Name of Victim: Kurt R Gaddis
Age of Victim: 64
Sex of Victim: Male
What Is This Testimony About: Vaccine Injury, Vaccine Death, Other Institutional Betrayal
State: CT
Name of Hospital(s) victim was admitted to (List All that apply): Saint Mary hospital and Trinity Hospice
Did the victim survive? No
Date of Death: 11/24/2023
Contact Name: Esther Gaddis
Relationship to Victim: Wife
Was the victim a military Veteran? No
Was the victim considered special needs, or did they have any kind of disability? No
Was the victim admitted to the hospital? Yes
County Hospital is located in: Waterbury Hospital, Connecticut
Date Admitted: 07/24/2022
Was the victim isolated at any time during hospitalization? No
Was the Victim vaccinated? Yes – Lot Numbers: May 4, 2021 LOT ER8734, MAY 25, 2021 LOT EW0182
Does the victim or family feel they were treated differently by hospital staff as a result of disclosing their vaccination status? Yes
Was the victim or family pressured to sign a Do Not Resuscitate? No
Was the victim physically restrained? No
Was the victim deprived of food and water while in the hospital? No
Was victim placed on a ventilator? No
What medications were administered to the victim by doctors or hospital staff?
Fentanyl, Morphine, Pain Killers
What medications did the hospital explicitly refuse to administer to the victim?
Pain Killers, Oxicodone
Has this incident been reported to any agency such as VAERS, HHS, JACHO, Medical Board or others? Yes
Place of Death: At home hospice
Would you be interested in participating in podcasts or other media? Yes
Kurt Gaddis: A Working Man Stolen by the Shots and Hospice
Kurt R. Gaddis was a strong, hardworking husband, father, and Navy veteran from Connecticut. He was an industrial painter, the kind of man who took pride in doing every job right. Esther, his wife of 45 years, described him as a perfectionist: dependable, skilled, and steady. At six-foot-two and around 300 pounds, Kurt was still working, still climbing ladders, still providing for his family, and still living the life he had built with Esther.
Then came the pressure of COVID. Kurt took the Pfizer shots in May 2021 at a temporary clinic connected to Griffin Health in Naugatuck, Connecticut. Esther preserved the lot numbers: first dose on May 4, 2021, Pfizer lot ER8734, and second dose on May 25, 2021, Pfizer lot EW0182. Esther had refused the shots herself and had urged Kurt not to take them. But in a climate where workers were pressured and people feared losing their jobs, Kurt complied.
The damage did not appear all at once. In July 2022, Kurt told Esther he had not eaten in a week. He said the pain in his throat felt like a knife stabbing him over and over. Esther rushed him to St. Mary’s Hospital in Waterbury, Connecticut. Testing revealed a tumor in his esophagus. But instead of being admitted, stabilized, transferred, or aggressively helped so he could eat and live, Esther says he was sent into outpatient chemotherapy through the Harold Leever Cancer Center.
Each time Kurt received chemotherapy, Esther brought him home, and he vomited. The treatment was not working. His body was wasting away in front of everyone. In just 30 days, he lost around 70 pounds. By November, Esther said he had lost over 120 pounds. This was a man who had been working every day before this nightmare began. He had no history of heart disease or diabetes. Yet as he declined, Esther felt decisions were made around them, not with them.
She wanted answers. She wanted doctors to sit down with her. She wanted to know whether surgery could help him eat again. Instead, she says calls went unanswered, records were confusing, and the family was left trying to understand a system that seemed to have already decided Kurt’s fate.
Eventually, instead of meaningful intervention, Kurt was moved toward palliative care and home hospice through Trinity Health of New England. Esther did not even understand what palliative meant at first. She thought hospice was a place. Instead, a hospital bed was delivered to their home, and the burden of care fell almost entirely on her. Kurt was still able to get up and walk outside while Esther changed the sheets. She said an aide came once, showed her how to change bedding with Kurt in the bed, and then never came back. Nurses came briefly, took his blood pressure, and left.
Then came the comfort care package.
The hospice nurse brought a ComfortPak and left it outside on the picnic table. Esther did not know how long it had been sitting there. The medication sheet listed drugs including morphine sulfate concentrate, haloperidol liquid, lorazepam, hyoscyamine, prochlorperazine, and acetaminophen. The instructions said the box should only be used when directed by a nurse or prescriber. Esther placed it in the refrigerator, not fully understanding what those medications could mean.
According to Esther, the hospice medications began the Monday before Kurt died. By Friday, November 24, 2023, he was gone. She described the terror of watching him decline in front of her. His lips were damaged, so she ran for lip balm. She tried to talk to him. She called his name. He was breathing heavily and looking upward. Then, she said, his eyes turned black, and he died.
No hospice nurse was there. No one had prepared her. No one had clearly explained that the medications being given could hasten the end. Esther was left alone with her husband as he died, frightened, confused, and carrying questions no wife should have to carry.
After Kurt died, Esther expected his body to go to the coroner. Later, when she contacted the Connecticut medical examiner’s office, she was told they had no record of him. She says police came, and his body went directly to the funeral home. The funeral home asked what had happened, and Esther told them he had a tumor in his throat. That became the explanation. She later learned there was no coroner’s report. She also discovered the funeral home had taken Kurt out of state to Massachusetts for cremation, something the family had not understood at the time.
Kurt Gaddis was not a number. He was Esther’s husband of 45 years, a father, a Navy veteran, a craftsman, and a man who loved the water and loved his work. Esther believes the shots set the destruction in motion, and hospice finished what the medical system failed to heal.
His story reflects a devastating pattern: pressure to comply, sudden decline, unanswered questions, denial of meaningful treatment, confusing records, lack of true informed consent, hospice pushed as the final destination, and powerful sedating drugs used while families are left in the dark.
These are egregious crimes against humanity that must be stopped. Betrayal Project USA is giving victims and families like Esther a platform to tell the truth, seek reform and accountability, and build a community of support for those who suffered institutional betrayal. Our organization, board members, and volunteers are victims — mostly widows, widowers, and survivors — who experienced similar harm and refuse to let these stories be buried.
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