Reason: Egomaniac doctor at BCH won’t admit that the Tufts doctor (also on staff at BCH) is right ... he needs this girl for some kind of paper or thesis he’s working on... and since BCH and DCF are legally entwined it is in their interests that this girl die rather than go back to the treatment that was working for her.
The House Officer stole the child for HIS EXPERIMENTATION
which has been supported by the corrupt Massachusetts
“judicial” system.
As for the rest of the country? Repent.
As soon as they get her, it’s time to move out of state!
physician’s ego
patient shows up with a diagnosis
infringing on his “territory”
he makes a different one because he is a frickin’ genius /sarc
“Boston Children’s Hospital is also home to Norman Spack, the endocrinologist who began his career using hormones to change the gender of tadpoles and went on to use massive doses of hormones to manipulate the gender characteristics of children—sometimes coaxing parents to go forward with the treatment, when they had serious misgivings.”
Comment by Dr. Keith Ablow is a psychiatrist and member of the Fox News Medical A-Team
Now, now.....we all know that the government knows what’s best for you.
This is simply a case of the courts allowing the medical zealots to have their own “lab rat” to play with and to do so, they had to take it away from mom and dad.
Here is an excellent article on this matter by a retired PhD psychologist.
A Discussion of Justina Pelletier and Boston Children’s Hospital
http://www.madinamerica.com/2014/03/discussion-justina-pelletier-boston-childrens-hospital/
The following are excerpts:
One of the points that has emerged fairly clearly is that Boston Children’s Hospital (BCH) procedure for pursuing a commitment of this kind is a well-oiled machine. The BCH physicians and staff on the one hand, and the DCF staff on the other, work closely to prepare their cases, and the courts are usually cooperative. Psychiatric evidence is afforded a high measure of credibility and deference, and, as in this case, the child is routinely ordered to remain at BCH.
The problem with all of this is that BCH stands to make a great deal of money on every child that is court-ordered to remain in their care. The conflict of interest is glaring. It’s like a judge routinely sending convicted criminals to a private prison that he himself happens to own. The difference is that any judge who engaged in activity of this sort would be looking at criminal charges and disbarment. But in psychiatry, this sort of thing is common.
The matter is particularly compelling in that reports are emerging that BCH tends to pursue these kinds of court orders in cases where the family has “good insurance.” Justina was kept at BCH for eleven months. I have seen no reports as to the size of the bill, but I’m sure it wasn’t trivial.
BCH and Harvard
David R. DeMaso, MD, is the head of psychiatry at BCH. He is also a professor at Harvard, and is a member of Harvard’s Psychiatry Department Executive Committee. He is evidently highly regarded at the University, and has his own Harvard Catalyst page. There’s a tab on this page labeled “Similar People,” and one of the people listed as “similar” to Dr. DeMaso is our old friend Joseph Biederman, MD, the eminent inventor of pediatric bipolar disorder. This is the bogus diagnosis that legitimized the prescribing of neuroleptic drugs to children as young as two years old for temper tantrums. Even some psychiatrists spoke out against this spurious and destructive activity, but the practice continues. The fact that Dr. DeMaso would allow Dr. Biederman’s name to remain on his Similar People tab seems noteworthy. There is also a “connections” page on Harvard Catalyst, listing three publications co-authored by Dr. DeMaso and Dr. Biederman.
Dr. Biederman is on record as promising Johnson & Johnson a positive result for their drug Risperdal if they would fund his study. Why would any reputable physician allow someone like that to remain on his “Similar People” tab?
I did a PubMed search to see if there were other links between BCH psychiatrists and Joseph Biederman. In addition to the DeMaso publications, I discovered papers co-authored by Joseph Biederman and at least two other members of the BCH Department of Psychiatry “Leadership Team:” Joseph Gonzalez-Heydrich, MD (7 articles, as recent at 2012); and Deborah Waber, MD (3 articles, as recent at 2012).
The gag order was clearly an attempt to prevent them from drawing adverse publicity to BCH’s psychiatry department. Courts are supposed to be impartial. Why would the court in this case have assumed that the psychiatry department’s motives were benign, that its “diagnoses” were valid and accurate, and that its practices were judicious and efficacious? Why did the court not recognize the financial conflict of interest when it ordered that Justina be kept involuntarily in the locked psychiatric ward at BCH?
‘Irresponsible’ and ‘Wrong’: Lawyer Hits Back at Judge’s Leaked Ruling That Includes Accusations Against Justina Pelletier’s Parents
“But Mat Staver, the founder and chairman of the Liberty Counsel and whom the Pelletiers requested be admitted as a lawyer onto the case — a request Judge Johnston also denied Tuesday — said the court order doesn’t present all the evidence.
Staver said three psychiatric experts and Dr. Korson testified in court in the last months of 2013. One of the psychiatrists was the one from Boston Children’s Hospital who first diagnosed Justina with somatoform disorder. That doctor maintained a somatoform diagnosis to the court, Staver said. Another was from Boston Children’s who disagreed with the somatoform diagnosis but said Justina had another psychiatric condition known as conversion disorder. The third, Staver said, was a psychologist who had seen since Justina since 2006, well before the custody battle began. This psychologist believed that Justina suffered from a form a depression that resulted from her symptoms with mitochondrial disease. Dr. Korson maintained in court that Justina had mitochondrial disease, which impacts the energy-producing organelles of her cells.
To Staver, this shows that “only one doctor insists that she has somaoform. So that’s the so-called evidence that the judge is relying upon.””
If the girl is a Connecticut resident why don’t the parents argue for Connecticut jurisdiction over the girl? May force Massachusetts to turn the girl over and the home state court can restore custody. I’m surprised their attorneys haven’t pursued that strategy yet.
This is what death panels look like. When the get it wrong, prestigious careers and reputations are then the line. People who “...care about the children.” Protecting these esteemed people protects the greater good. How did you think it would turn out when a death panel gets it wrong? Did you think?
Kids are now owned by the state. But,then again, aren’t we all now.
Why? The power of the state must NEVER be challenged. The wisdom of the state must NEVER be questioned. You do either, just watch. They will take your kids to remind you. And, if you are lucky enough to still be breathing we will throw you in jail.
Has anyone ever seen any reason stated as to why this child does not have a guardian ad litem?
Have any parents (especially out-of-state parents) brought their sick child to BCH since this story has been receiving attention? I’d go anywhere BUT there. I hope the Pelletier family owns that hospital, all the doctors and administrators involved, the DCF agents, and the county before this is over. I especially hope Justina survives the BCH care. And may the judge be damned.
The hits keep coming...
The Howie Carr Show
Audio | Wed, 26 Mar 2014
http://audio.wrko.com/a/89409896/state-rep-marc-lombardo-on-dcf-audit-failure.htm
Summary:
A report from Massachusetts Auditor Suzanne Bump found that the state’s Department of Children and Families flunked an audit in that they failed to check whether registered sex offenders were living in or near foster homes and neglected to ensure all children get required medical screenings within seven days of being placed in Massachusetts’ care. We spoke with Massachusetts State Rep. Marc Lombardo about this scathing report.
What’s up with this?
In other news from MA, Chazz Baker wins the GOP nomination for Governor because his only foe failed to get 15% at the state GOP convention and thus won’t appear on the primary ballot.
It is so obvious that her health is failing, and that something is rotten in Denmark between the judge, BCH, and DCF. Can nothing be done here -appeals?
What about Connecticut and the courts there? She doesn't even freakin live in Massachusetts?
And what about the judge's ruling-The parents were "abusive" after BCH took their sick child from them-AND STOPPED HER MEDICAL TREATMENT-This justifies her not being returned to them?!
Does the judge have some as yet undisclosed bias in this case? Does he have relatives and/or friends who work/worked for BCH or DCF? HisPlease ruling doesn't even make sense.
I bet most parents would be much more than "verbally abusive" if put in the same situation. The Pelletiers have had the patience of saints with these people.
There has to be some way to get her back home. The whole case is an outrage.