{"id":2404,"date":"2022-04-11T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-12T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cchrstl.org\/wordpress\/?p=2404"},"modified":"2024-07-14T05:38:53","modified_gmt":"2024-07-14T10:38:53","slug":"mecta-electroshock-device-manufacturer-files-for-bankruptcy-as-its-shock-box-loses-liability-insurance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cchrstl.org\/wordpress\/2022\/04\/11\/mecta-electroshock-device-manufacturer-files-for-bankruptcy-as-its-shock-box-loses-liability-insurance\/","title":{"rendered":"MECTA Electroshock Device Manufacturer Files for Bankruptcy as its Shock Box Loses Liability Insurance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Company dismisses ECT dangers and, instead, blames ECT critics and lawsuits for its financial demise; CCHR accuses MECTA of ignoring damaging adverse effects of shock treatment.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

March 28, 2022 by CCHR International<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

MECTA Corp., one of the USA’s two manufacturers of electroshock machines, filed for bankruptcy<\/a> (9\/30\/2021) following lawsuits related to the company’s SpECTrum device. MECTA (Monitored Electro-Convulsive Therapy Apparatus<\/em>) cited lawsuits, filed by patients seeking redress over electroshock-caused brain damage and serious memory loss, as the reason for its bankruptcy. The company was thus unable to obtain product liability insurance to cover the device.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CCHR International’s website TruthAboutECT.org<\/a> also provides expert statements and quotes, including successful ECT lawsuits and death findings that consumers, in the interest of informed consent<\/a> and compensation for damage, should be aware of.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The other ECT device manufacturer, Somatics LLC, posted a notice<\/a> admitting that patients subjected to their Thymatron\u00ae ECT device “may experience permanent memory loss or permanent brain damage.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Neither MECTA nor Somatics have conducted clinical trials to prove the safety and efficacy of their devices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even the U.S. Food and Drug Administration<\/a> (FDA) states that “Long-term safety and effectiveness of ECT treatment has not been demonstrated.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Watch the CCHR documentary, Therapy or Torture: The Truth About Electroshock<\/a><\/em>, which includes interviews with more than a dozen experts, including a psychiatrist, psychologists, physicians, nurses, and attorneys, as well as shock treatment survivors. The documentary provides facts demonstrating the harm done by ECT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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