A truly sad case of a stroke victim and his family’s conflict with the hospital:

Family members, on the other hand, argued in court filings that their actions were mischaracterized.

The guardian won. By court order, family members can visit only with Partners in Care’s consent. They can’t discuss health care with doctors or nurses, or even Medvedev himself. Nor can they mention the court battle. To make sure they follow the rules, Anna and Andrei are prohibited from speaking with him in Russian, their native language.

For more than a month, Partners in Care did not authorize a visit. Some of that time, Medvedev was in an “undisclosed location for ongoing health care needs and protection,” court files state.

Friends were barred from visiting, because of their ties to the family.

When visits were finally allowed, family members had to hire someone to supervise them. That costs up to $300 each time.