Monthly Archives: April 2013
Baby Dies after Routine Vaccination for Hep B, Polio, and DPT & more…
A one month old baby whose parents warned doctors that she was ill and had a cough, has died within hours of receiving routine vaccination for Hepatitis B, DPT and oral polio after doctors decided to proceed with immunization anyway. Read more…
If you’ve ever doubted whether many pediatricians are really just drug reps wearing white coats, you won’t anymore after reading this story.
Baby Stacy and her twin sister Lesly were born one month premature by C-Section. Stacy needed to be resuscitated after birth and she and her sister spent four days in an incubator.
Stacy’s parents, who live in Belgium, decided to follow the advice of their doctor in December 2011 and have the babies vaccinated at 8 weeks old. Both babies were living at home by that time and were doing well.
On the day of the vaccinations, Stacy had a cold and was not feeling well. Stacy’s parents were told not to worry and that vaccinating a sick child would be safe. There is also a history of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome and allergies in the family, but it is not clear whether the doctor even bothered to ask about this. Read story…
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Parents, in haste, accused of child abuse…plus other diagnoses that appear like abuse!
In 1974 Congress passed the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act which mandated the reporting and investigating of all allegations of child abuse. Almost immediately, over-zealous watchdogs created problems for loving families. By 1976, about 35% of all child abuse reports were determined to be unfounded. In 1985, that percentage was up to 65% and involved 750,000 children whose alleged abuse did not occur. What a horrible price those families paid because some person with good intentions moved too fast with too little information. (read more and what other diagnoses there are for abuse “symptoms” in infants…
Update April 30, 2013
Parents, in haste, accused of child abuse…plus other diagnoses that appear like abuse!
In 1974 Congress passed the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act which mandated the reporting and investigating of all allegations of child abuse. Almost immediately, over-zealous watchdogs created problems for loving families. By 1976, about 35% of all child abuse reports were determined to be unfounded. In 1985, that percentage was up to 65% and involved 750,000 children whose alleged abuse did not occur. What a horrible price those families paid because some person with good intentions moved too fast with too little information. (read more and what other diagnoses there are for abuse “symptoms” in infants…
Update April 30, 2013