This is annoying. We've got a nurse claiming an anonymous patient told her that anonymous healthcare providers at an anonymous hospital deceived the anonymous patient. While I have no doubt some smart ass medical student would think to do it. Hell, I know doctors who have done similar things with psych patients (though that situation's a bit different). Still, we have no actual proof that it's actually happening.

I'm not opposed to the PSA. People should know what they're getting.

But if this is actually happening and a hospital is treating patients with treatments the patient has verbally refused, this constitutes medical battery and is something severe enough to press criminal charges and challenge their medical license. If it is indeed happening, we need proof so that steps can be taken to hold those responsible. It's not something to be casually dismissed.

This is partly why I am so skeptical of the claim. I really don't like the idea of asserting some phantom threat. We deal with this with people floating racist or anti-Semitic hoaxes or claiming there's a rape culture. If something like this really happened, it's against the law. Speak up, come forward, provide your name and the evidence of what happened so we can investigate it and punish those responsible. Just spreading rumors and playing the victim doesn't solve anything. It's just spreading fear, uncertainty, and doubt, and I don't like the tactic.