The police used a taser on the 95-year-old woman in the nursing home: “Very serious, he will not succeed”

Controversy and criticism are fierce: An elderly woman with dementia in Australia is hospitalized with very serious injuries after being shocked by police at a nursing home called Yallambee Lodge. Officers were called to the Cooma facility because 95-year-old Clare Nowland was carrying a knife and had no intention of being approached. But the police response seemed disproportionate to many. The New South Wales police chief assured that he shared the community’s concerns and announced that an investigation was underway to shed light.

Miss Clare was found ‘in her hand’ in her room early Wednesday morning with a steak knife. Both the health personnel of the nursing home and the officials tried to bring the woman to her senses. In vain. When the 95-year-old, with a walker, began to approach the police with shaky steps, they gave him two shocks to his chest and back. The old woman inevitably collapsed to the ground, her skull was fractured, and she suffered a severe cerebral hemorrhage.

According to reports, her family, in shock, does not expect Clare Nowland to survive. BBC: His condition is grave. Various groups and associations, including the NSW Civil Liberties Council and People with Disabilities Australia (PwD), have criticized the police response. “She needed someone to handle her with compassion and time, not a shocker,” one activist said. The officer using the Taser has not been suspended, but will be questioned soon. Nowland has lived in the hospice for over five years: well known locally, she had appeared on television fifteen years ago to celebrate her 80th birthday by skydiving over Canberra.

The Taser fires two darts that produce a high-voltage discharge (usually 50,000 volts) but are connected by low-amperage (6 to 10 milliamperes) electrical wires and oscillate in very short, close pulses. And it is precisely these impulses that are responsible for the contraction of the muscles, as well as the potential risks of cardiac arrhythmia. Arrhythmia can lead to death, especially and above all in people with heart disease or under the influence of drugs or intoxication. It is especially risky if a precise area of ​​the heart is hit and several electric shocks are delivered in succession and close together. In the case of the Australian lady, the taser caused a decline with dramatic consequences.

Source: Today IT

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