On September 2, 2021, my mother Patricia Green was murdered by St. Joseph Hospital, in Riverview Florida. She was admitted to the hospital on August 17, with difficulty breathing. Her oxygen was below 70%, at which time her primary care physician instructed her Husband, my Father, to get to the hospital ASAP. At this point she had been Covid positive for 12 days, and this was 19 days after her onset of symptoms. Once under their care they immediately started her on Remdesivir, though she had just been released from another hospital on August 15 and refused that treatment, as well was advised by the physician on duty that if she didn’t take the treatment by the 14th she couldn’t get it as it was out of the 10 day window.

At St. Joseph, our only contact with her was texts and video chats to her directly. While in the hospital she suffered two medical mistakes that happened. First, on August 25th, her original release date, the the respiratory therapist left her oxygen tank empty for 1 hr. Second, on August 30 where the Care Tech left her oxygen line unplugged from the wall for 4 to 5 hours. During this time in the hospital they did not give her any of her meds that she takes for her lupus, hydrocloriquine being one, or her nasal rinses to keep her passages clear. This lead to issues they said with her lungs taking in the oxygen meaning they would have to intubate and put her on a ventilator.

With only minutes to make a decision as they were rushing my father off the phone, and my sister couldn’t get a clear answer from my mom on what she wanted because they already started sedation meds, they consented. And two days later, she died. Before she died we were able to see her and see one, they had been giving her fentanyl, 3 blood pressure meds, and insulin. We noticed her catheter bag, there was little output and it was brown, at that point we knew her kidneys were failing. But she never took insulin and never had any kidney issues.

We have had hard times trying to find a lawyer that will look into her case. We have her medical records and autopsy report. We know that had it not been for 1, the remdesivir, the two the mistakes by her care team, and lack of care (following the treatment plan, and proper hygiene) she would have been released as she was from the other hospital. We have recordings from the hospital line and conversations with her nurse in her final days where he admitted to not doing checks, and checking previous orders from the physician. We need help finding council that will take the case in FL. I have reached out to several lawyers to no avail. Please help us get justice for my mother.