System Analysis Investigation - 23. The HSE - AIRVO - The Human 'Guinea Pig' - Experimentation on a Man

The medical staff continued to pump AIRVO into my father’s lungs while at the same time they were injecting him with the combined lethal drugs Morphine and Midazolam, which were suppressing my father’s breathing and hastening his death. Absolute cruelty. This is a CRIMINAL matter.

Midazolam given with Morphine has a synergistic effect, it makes the effect of both drugs much, much more powerful. It actually paralyses your breathing muscles.

My late father was submitted to physical and mental distress and hazard which was in no way necessitated by the treatment of the disease from which my father was suffering. This was carried out by Dr Kenneth Bolger, Respiratory Consultant (Irish Medical Council Registration Number 258617) at St Luke’s General Hospital, Kilkenny.

This highlights important problems that must be acknowledged. Observed safeguards for patients should have been in place at St Luke’s General Hospital, Kilkenny where my father was used as a human ‘Guinea Pig’ by Dr Kenneth Bolger.

If safeguards were in place, why were they ignored by Dr Kenneth Bolger and the nurses working on the ‘Covid Ward’ between the dates of 27^th December 2022 and 5^th January 2023?

Dr Kenneth Bolger has stated in writing to the Medical Council of Ireland the following regarding my late father;

“I was the person who transferred him from ED to the specific ward whereby he could receive a specific devise”

The “specific device” Dr Kenneth Bolger is referring to is High Flow Nasal Oxygen Therapy (HFNOT) called “AIRVO” Heated Humidified High Flow Oxygen (HHHFO) which had NOT been approved for use at the hospital at that time, the nurses attending to my father did NOT know how to use it and it was NOT approved for use in the hospital until May 2023, five months AFTER our father’s death.

Most importantly, this was done WITHOUT our late father’s knowledge or informed consent.

Our family had NOT been informed that our father was a being given HFNOT from as early as 28^th December 2022, we thought it was mild oxygen support. We felt he did not even need that. Our father tried many times to remove it. He did not have any symptoms of a cold, flu or ‘Covid-19’.

Studies show that high flow oxygen causes pneumonia.

The Autopsy Report states our late father’s cause of death as;

Dr Kenneth Bolger commenced my father on “AIRVO” on 28.12.2022 as a CANDIDATE IN A TRIAL WITHOUT INFORMED CONSENT and then left my father unsupervised as a CANDIDATE IN A TRIAL WITHOUT INFORMED CONSENT, while he went on leave of absence knowing that “AIRVO” had NOT been approved for use in the hospital, there were strict protocols that should have been followed which were NOT, and the medical staff had NOT been trained on its use. This is a CRIMINAL matter.

This Heated Humidified High Flow Oxygen Therapy was NOT provided by appropriately skilled staff and guidelines for its use were NOT issued within the hospital until May 2023, five months AFTER my father’s death.

The fact that this was NOT investigated by the Senior Incident Management Team (SIMT) at St Luke’s General Hospital, Kilkenny is evidence that the report and decision of the SIMT cannot be relied upon - see my post titled: “System Analysis Investigation - 22. The HSE - A CRIMINAL MATTER - Preliminary Assessment Form”

I have obtained a document titled: Guideline_for_Use_of_AIRVO_2_in_Adults_2023 and have published this document in FULL below.

This document was NOT signed by hospital medical staff until April 2023 and in some cases May 2023 and shows that AIRVO was NOT approved for implementation and use in the hospital until May 2023, five months AFTER my father’s death.

The guidelines state at point 7.14 (7.14.1 and 7.14.2) “Patient’s should be weaned from high flow therapy if demonstrating the following; Palliation. This was NOT done.

The medical staff continued to pump AIRVO into my father’s lungs while at the same time they were injecting him with the combined lethal drugs Morphine and Midazolam, which were suppressing my father’s breathing and hastening his death. Absolute cruelty. This is a CRIMINAL matter;

Additionally, the guidelines state at point 9.2 the following;

The circumstances of my late father’s death on 5^th January 2023 at St Luke’s General Hospital, Kilkenny clearly SHOULD have been recorded in accordance with the National Clinical Incident Management Policy. Why was this NOT done?

It can be seen from the guidelines at point 6 “Roles and Responsibilities” that the guidelines state at point 6.1 the following;

It can be seen from the guidelines that Professor Garry Courtney, Clinical Director, St Luke’s General Hospital, Kilkenny signed the document as a Key Stakeholder as follows;

Professor Garry Courtney is the Clinical Director at St Luke's General Hospital, Kilkenny with responsibility “to ensure that all medical staff are aware of the contents of this guideline and that current and future work practices are in line with those described in this guideline”.

Additionally, Professor Garry Courtney, Clinical Director is also a member of the hospital Senior Incident Management Team (SIMT) who at their meetings held on 03.07.2023 and 24.07.2023 where my father’s care was discussed, decided that “No care service or delivery problems identified – No Systems Analysis Review commissioned as does not meet criteria for systems analysis-no Patient safety incident Preliminary assessment to be saved to local reviews as no NIRF to attach to on NIMS”.

In my opinion, the outcome of the two SIMT meetings was due to the fact that Professor Garry Courtney held responsibility for all medical staff in their use of AIRVO within that hospital and the fact that my father had been used as a CANDIDATE IN A TRIAL WITHOUT INFORMED CONSENT.

In my opinion, Professor Garry Courtney did not want this criminal matter exposed through a System Analysis Investigation and is complicit in an attempted cover-up, in order to conceal evidence of a crime.

NONE of the following guidelines were observed and carried out by ANY of the medical staff who attended to our father while they pumped AIRVO into our father’s lungs for 9 days from 28.12.2022 until his death on 05.01.2023, which clearly led to his lungs being destroyed and Acute bronchopneumonia.

The medical staff continued to pump AIRVO into my father’s lungs while at the same time they were injecting him with the combined lethal drugs Morphine and Midazolam, which were suppressing my father’s breathing and hastening his death. Absolute cruelty. This is a CRIMINAL matter.