I enclose for your review an outline with dates of events in the life of Dr. Verma to help you get the short version
of the story. The long version is available in the Jan 15, 2002 affidavit that I sent you.
I had used this as Appendix B in the 60 human rights complaints that I filed about him. No one wants to investigate
them.
The complaint is entirely genuine and reveals a serious and perpetual denial of critically important life preserving
services to the complainant who was actually totally abandoned by the justice system and the Ministry of Health. The complainant
has suffered permanent damage as a result. Delay in the treatment has possibly left him with neuro-psychological complications
which could have been prevented had he received proper medical attention while in Ontario which force him to leave the province
as soon as that was legally permitted. There were several facts in the audiological report and other numerous documents that
have been sent to you to show the handicap that resulted from the physical assault (head injury) and sexual assault on the
complainant and their sequlae.
1. On the morning of December 1, 1996 while in detention for some frivolous complaints of sexual abuse of some of
his drug seeking female patients while awaiting bail hearing, the complainant was found to be confused and held in medical
segregation by the staff of Waterloo Detention Centre.
2. The complainant was unable to communicate with his lawyers from the law firm of McCarthy Tetrult who happened
to be nearly all the time, Ms. Sacha Fraser, for the next several visits between December 5 and December 15, 1996.
3. An assessment by Dr. Graham Glancy which was requested by his lawyers to evaluate of his fitness to stand trial
led to a preliminary diagnosis of acute post traumatic psychosis and a psychiatric assessment order was obtained in mid December
1996.
4. On July 12, 2000, the complainant sent you a copy of court report finding him to be unfit to stand trial by Hon.
Justice Reilley in on May 6, 1997 which in retrospect was an erroneous decision that led to his 18 month of unnecessary
incarceration because a sign language interpreter was not available until May 1998 when the matter was finally resolved using
an ASL interpreter.
5. In April 1997Dr.Graham Glancy a forensic psychiatrist from Toronto met with the complainant in Hamilton Detention
Centre along with the lawyers from the law firm of McCarthy Tetrult and found himself unable to communicate with the complainant
at all. No ASL interpreter was made available during that interview.
6. On June 16, 1997 Hon. Judge E. Allen of the Ontario Court (provincial division) found the complainant unfit on
account of mental disorder in respect to a criminal charge.
7. On June 23, 1997 the Ontario Review Board held a hearing at the St. Thomas Psychiatric Hospital pursuant to s.
672.47(1) and determined unanimously that the complainant has a "limited cognitive capacity" and was not able to communicate
with counsel. The uncontradicted evidence before the review board being that he suffered from a "mental disorder" subsequent
to his physical and emotional trauma in Waterloo Detention Centre which was causing his symptoms and reaffirmed the status
of his being unfit to stand trial.
8. The complainant was held in several hospitals after the head injury between
December 1997 and May 1998 on account of inability to stand trial due to unfitness.
9. In October 1997, while in St Thomas Psychiatric hospital the complainant underwent a audiological testing which
suggested the "possibility of moderately severe asymmetric hearing loss."
10. On December 22, 1997 following a hearing by the Ontario Review Board, the complainant was transferred to Penetanguishene
because of a suspected deterioration and conflicts with the nursing staff, failure of the medical care providers to cope with
him etc.
11. There is also the element of the unawareness of such limitation period on the part of the complainant and his
cognitive defects that prevents him from estimating the times elapsed appropriately. In fact he has always been seriously
disoriented to time and place since his head injury. Early on he was disoriented to person as well. In situation where
the complainant has been systematically abandoned by the Waterloo and Ontario community as a whole and the complainant
has been determined to be suffering from cognitive and severe communication difficulties, It is my respectful submission that
the time limitation be set aside because until very recently he did not have the means to be in a position to file this extremely
complex complaint without the assistance of a representative and the legal community had purposely denied him any such representation.
The fact that I have systematically organized all the documents in his possession has been very helpful to me to assist him
in the complaint process. I do not trust that he was well enough to be able to do that himself even though I did notice that
his m other and the complainant did attempt that. I also suspect that there has been some improvement in his cognitive capacity
since his hospitalization in St. Thomas Psychiatric Hospital.
12. In January 2000, based on the documentation provided by Dr. Surapeneni of Kitchener ON, the complainant was
adjudicated to be disabled due to the handicap by Ontario Disability Support Plan and that documentation is in your possession.
These benefits were terminated in August 2000 upon leaving the province.
13. In May 2000, upon receiving a report written by Dr. Stephen Hucker of Hamilton, the office of the Public Guardian
and Trustee of Ontario had initiated an application to the court in order to take over his financial and legal affairs because
of his mental incapacity to do so himself.
14. During May and June 2000 while in detention with a frivolous criminal complaint of weapon use several
communications took place between his lawyer Mr. Darwin Witmer and several court appearances also took place with the help
of ASL interpreters or a Real-Time Captionist, services that were ordered by the presiding judges.
15. On September
21, 2000 a Human Rights Complaint was accepted by the Canadian Human Rights commission against Human Resources Development
Canada on behalf of the complainant under section 5 based on discrimination on the grounds of disability.
16. Between August and November 2000, while in detention with a frivolous criminal complaint of stalking of his
wife several communications took place between his lawyers Mr. Ulf Christiansen, Mr. Peter Kendall and several court appearances
also took place in Vancouver and in Prince Rupert BC with the help of ASL interpreters or a Real-Time Captionist, services
that were ordered by the presiding judges.
17. The complainant was sent forwarded you the report prepared by Ms. Tina
Saiki which does describe how there is a handicap and how it affects his ability to communicate with others even though the
primacy aim of the test was to demonstrate the nature of the deafness. In the report there is a clear mention that he was
not able to vocalise during the assessment and had a tinnitus. The fact that communication had to be undertaken even for the
purpose of the test using a computer or American Sign Language shows how the consequences of the head injury affect his day
to day operations especially the need of assistive devices or ASL to communicate.
18. On January 29, 2001 a Human Rights Complaint was accepted by the British Columbia Human Rights commission against
nearly 20 BC Provincial Government Ministries or agencies on behalf of the complainant under section 2 based on discrimination
on the grounds of disability.
19. In February 2001, upon a review of documentation provided by Dr. Daniel Fung of Vancouver BC the complainant
was again adjudicated to be permanently disabled DB-2 by the Health Services Branch of Ministry of social services in B.C.
which declared him permanently unemployable. The complainant is currently in receipt of these benefits.
20. Vancouver Richmond Health Board audiology unit has made an attempt to quantify the handicap that results solely
from the tinnitus although the seizures, inability to speak and hear, cognitive impairment, variety of psychiatric symptoms
that have been noted, and the memory difficulties etc. cause additional handicap for which investigation is going to be initiated
in the coming months.. The score of 76 as per their guidelines indicates a severe handicap.
21. I accompanied the complainant to the non-behavioural electro physiological testing on July 31, 2001 at St. Paul's
Hospital and the tests again depict the same findings. In a verbal report by the technician, these tests have essentially
confirmed the previous reports but no new non-behavioural electro physiological testing was undertaken. No official
report is yet available from an ENT specialist about that although an appointment has been booked on September 5,2001 in order
to do that a copy of report will be provide to the Commission when available.
22. Between January and May 2001 the complainant has regularly used a vocational guidance centre named Pride Training
Centre in Vancouver where the only way of communication with the receptionist Leona and the counsellor Robert Gregoire was
through a keyboard or gestures.
23. I have been caring for the day to day living of the complainant since May 9, 2001 as he is subletting from me
after his mother finally abandoned him and left for New York. I have always communicated with him through gestures and use
of keyboard only when he is somewhat less confused. It is impossible to get any useful and reliable information from him when
he is under the influence of a confusional or a seizure episode.
24. I have transported the complainant to several visits to his family doctor Dr. Irvine, Alexandra Walker of Island
Deaf and Hard of Hearing Centre, June Herrington of Nanaimo Brain Injury Society, CMHA etc. where he has communicated to a
limited extend only through the use of a Sign Language Interpreter.
25. On August 12, 2001 the complainant met with Cpl Dave Olson of RCMP Nanaimo Detachment to file a complaint which
was undertaken through the use of two computers placed side by side.
26. The fact that Ms. Tina Saiki did not even
attempt to test the verbal comprehension shows that the comprehension ability from verbal input to my nervous system is so
severely affected that it can not be tested.
27. The condition that results from brain injury or strokes is called
word deafness and I am enclosing some information on that. It does not fit with the deafness that results from ear diseases,
which is not the case with him.
28. Since his arrival in the province of British Columbia, the complainant has regularly used the Medical Interpreter
Services from WIDHH in Vancouver and IDHHC in Nanaimo.
29. On March 28, 2001 an ENT specialist Dr. Amanda Maloney found the complainant to be seriously incapacitated
and discussed her intention to refer him to Dr. Wsterberg a Neuro-otologist at the St. Paul Hospital for further assessment
and rehabilitation.
30. Upon the recommendation of the office of the Public Guardian and Trustee of BC,
on August 8, 2001 complainant was evaluated by Mr. Seamus McGlynn of the CVIHR Nanaimo Mental Health section who determined
him to be cognitively impaired enough to be unable to manage his own affairs and has referred him to Dr. Dunn for a complete
psychiatric assessment.
31. On August 8, 2001, Mr. McGlynn mental health team leader, formed a preliminary opinion on his assessments done
during the month of August 2001 and has concluded that as a result of his head injury the complainant has suffered from both
communicative (language), nuero-psychological and cognitive dysfunction which prevents him from dealing with his financial
and legal affairs properly and that someone who is willing to discharge the responsibility must be appointed to take care
of those through a newly legislated Representative Agreement for the complainant.
32. On August 29, 2001, Dr. Dunn found the complainant unable to manage his financial and legal affairs due to the
cognitive deficits that resulted from the brain injury.
33. On Semptember 5, 2001 an ENT specialist Dr. D. K. Cheung evaluated the complainant and found him to have a hearing
loss after proper testing and also that he had suffered a "significant head injury" , "psychiatric disturbances, and they
were unable to sort out", "cognitive deficit with short term memory",
34. Since November 14, 2001 he is under the care
of Public Trustee who is abusive towards him and I am going to court on April 29 or so to get them removed. Can things get
any worse?
