A few months ago we told you the story of a seven-year-old boy who had died in Italy because of an otitis treated with homeopathy. The infection reached the brain and the boy died days later without doctors being able to do anything to save his life.
The child's parents, who they had decided to stop using antibiotics When his son turned three, they went to his homeopathic doctor of reference who considered that the otitis of the child would be cured immediately with homeopathy. The Official Medical Association of Pesaro (Italy) has temporarily suspended the healthcare professional and the Italian Justice investigates the child's parents for involuntary manslaughter.
Temporary section of the doctor who treated you with homeopathy
Like so many other times, Francesco's parents went to his Homeopathic reference doctor, Massimiliano Mecozzi, to treat your child with an earache. They had decided to stop giving antibiotics to their child when he turned three, so all conditions treated them with homeopathic products that Dr. Mecozzi recommended.
But on that occasion, the otitis suffered by the child required the urgent administration of antibiotics, and the homeopath could not see. Weeks later, Francesco went into a coma and died.
The child's grandfather then complained about the treatment received by the doctor, and as reported by the ABC newspaper, the man confessed that Massimiliano continually assured them that "the child would improve".
"The homeopathic doctor terrified my daughter, to the point that when I begged him to give his consent to take him to the hospital because he saw that the child was getting worse at times, he advised against it, providing homeopathic drugs" - said the grandfather, determined to denounce to the doctor.
A few days ago, the Official Medical Association of Pesaro (Italy) decided remove the doctor from professional practice for six months that he treated little Francesco, considering him guilty for not guaranteeing the child's cure by providing antibiotics and for not correctly informing the parents of what was happening.
Days before this case, and as reported by La Vanguardia, the College of Physicians of Madrid decided that acupuncture, homeopathy and naturopathic medicine would no longer have their own group within the College, and the option of offering courses and conferences would be withdrawn, thus marking a clear frontier between knowledge with scientific evidence and one that does not have it.
Are parents also responsible?
As we have seen on other occasions, Justice also decided to investigate the parents of the little Franceso for involuntary manslaughter. The couple, who has two other small children, strongly believed in the healing power of homeopathy and they decided to enter that path four years ago, giving up treating their children with antibiotics.
According to the Medical Drafting newspaper, Dr. Mecozzi would have frightened the child's parents by telling them that if they took him to the emergency room they would end up providing paracetamol, something that It would leave you deaf and in hepatic coma.
Perhaps that is why the parents decided to endure until their son could no longer, and he entered into a coma with encephalitis caused by the untreated ear infection and which caused him death days later
Unfortunately, this is not an isolated event, and often we have to echo other similar cases where the lack of parental trust in medicine, the use of homeopathy or non-vaccination, end the life of innocent children.
Like all the parents of the world, those of Francesco They looked for the best for their children and I can't imagine the pain so great that they must be living right now. But perhaps because of conviction or perhaps because of fear, the truth is that they did not treat how their son's illness should have done.
With everything we know about the placebo effect of homeopathy, and the recent statements by Boiron's manager who claimed that in his family they took antibiotics when necessary, it is hard to understand that there are still people (and even more, doctors!) Who see in homeopathy or naturopathy the solution to all problems.
Hopefully we don't have to echo any other similar case.
Via Medical Writing
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