CEO: Stephen C. Quintyne, FACHE
Shortly after my arrival at Coral Shores, on November 4, 2025, I was asked to sign a form, agreeing to accept a prescription for Seroquel. The nurse explained that it was just something to help me sleep. I refused to sign it. I was sleeping just fine, and wouldn't normally take a sedative even if I wasn't.
I do take a number of prescription drugs for various physical ailments. At the medication window that evening, the nurse tried to give me some Seroquel, along with the medications I was supposed to be taking. When I told her I don't take that, she wanted to argue with me. I calmly cut her off, saying, "I refuse." She then placed the Seroquel back in the cabinet.
On two occasions, I witnessed an elderly female patient forcibly injected after she refused to take something. On another occasion, I saw the nurse at the medication window tell her that she would be forcibly injected if she refused her medication.
Under certain conditions, it is possible for a judge to order involuntary treatment, but that is unlikely in a short term facility such as this one. I suppose they might argue that it was an emergency, where they were forced to prevent this woman from harming herself. Based on what I saw with my own eyes, and heard with my own ears, that would be bullshit.
I believe the real problem is that this woman tried to explain to the nurse at the medication window that someone placed her in the facility for nefarious reasons, and that she was into alternative medicine, etc., all of which might have been true, but the nurse at the medication window is not the person who needs to hear that.
Unlike this woman, I behaved in a manner that was likely to impress a judge, and I believe that earned me a certain amount of respect.
The following morning, another nurse addressed me accusingly, saying, "I see you refused your medication yesterday."
I nodded, and said, "Yes."
Then she asked, "Would you mind explaining why?"
I said, "If a dentist gives me an antibiotic and some pain medicine, I'll take the antibiotic religiously, but if I feel like I've had enough pain medicine, I won't take anymore of that."
Although she didn't appear to be completely satisfied with that explanation, she dropped the matter for the time being.
Up to this point, I thought the drug I was refusing to take was a mere sedative. Then my sister, who had previously worked in the mental health field herself, told me it was an anti-psychotic.
Throughout the rest of my stay, that Seroquel was waiting for me at the window every single evening. I had to be vigilante, to avoid swallowing it by mistake with my other medication. Once I said I didn't want it, that should have been the end of it. I did get rather upset at one point, and stated that I saw this as harassment.
I asked around, and they seemed to be giving that stuff to everyone. As far as I know, I was the only person who successfully refused it.
A friend of mine had chronic liver disease, and a seizure disorder. Based on some reading I did after my release, Seroquel can be very bad for people with either of those conditions. I hope they weren't giving it to her, but I never thought to ask her.
In his LinkedIn profile, Mr Quintyne states that he was employed by AstraZeneca, the manufacturer of Seroquel, as a Sales Representative.
I know what some people are going to read into this, but it is very unlikely that Mr Quintyne is receiving kickbacks from AstraZeneca. If they're paying off this CEO, it stands to reason they'd be paying off the CEOs of thousands of other institutions. That means there would be thousands of opportunities for them to get caught. It simply isn't worth the risk.
Kickbacks are much more likely to come from a pharmacy rep. That makes a little more sense from a risk/reward standpoint.