Open Letter to the Former Defendants

To the conspirators who killed my mother Esther Lageson with a DNR/DNI order on Nov. 24, 2021:

Dr. Ahmed Jaradat

Dr. Nader Eldris

Desert Springs Hospital Medical Center

Valley Health System

Esther Lageson did not have pneumonia prior to hospital admittance.  As their patient, she had a acute encephalopathy caused by a urinary tract infection.  Cause of death:  DNR/DNI (from the hospital’s death pronouncement.)

My mother was deliberately killed by the former defendant’s Do Not Resuscitate/Do Not Intubate order without our knowledge.   My facts of evidence were presented to the courts.  The defense did not provide any truthful evidence proving my mother requested a DNR/DNI order.   On the contrary, as Power-of-Attorney from the Living Trust, I ordered “Full Code Resuscitation”.   That was proven.  Instead, those listed above ignored it, then began withdrawing treatment, medications and antibiotics, killing Esther Lageson the day before her transfer.

My case was dismissed by Judge Maria Gall who falsely ruled that I had not proven my mother’s incompetence or that the DNR/DNI decision was non-medical.  Over thirty pages of medical records submitted to the court proved incompetence.  (Examples from the medical records:  “Patient is very confused with advanced dementia.”  “Confused, unable to respond to questions, speech incoherent.”)  This incompetence places me as the decision-maker.  Why were these submitted medical records ignored?

As required by law, there was no signed directive or document from the patient or health-care agent requesting a DNR/DNI.  A doctor cannot force through an order on his own prerogative.   It must be understood and approved by the patient and/or her agent.  This makes the former defendants decision to DNR/DNI irrelevant.  It was never their right to do so.

Quoted excerpt from NRS 450B.410:  DNR defined.  “The patient’s attending physician must obtain the written approval of the patient concerning the order.”

Judge Danielle Chio also dismissed my case because it lacked an affidavit of merit.  An affidavit of merit isn’t required in cases involving ordinary negligence or the Common Knowledge Exception.

Justice was not served.  Instead, the courts protected the system.

The former defendants did not appear at any of the pretrial hearings – hiding like cockroaches – while their attorneys appeared on video cameras, phoning it in.


In Conclusion

Since then, Desert Springs Hospital exists only as a rundown, fleabag ER.  I feel sorry for anyone that goes there.

The money-making machine known as “Valley Health System” got their “pound of flesh”.

My case was based on the patient’s medical records:  FACTS.  The courts ignored this evidence, siding with the defense’s “summary judgment”.

What about criminal charges?  The secret DNR/DNI coverup?  If you suddenly deprive an elderly woman patient of her antibiotics, is that murder?  You be the judge.

If all of the participants want to take a lie detector test, I’d be happy to take one with them.

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