beware all children’s hospitals, they look for child abuse first
that being said, it sounds like maybe the original doc sent them to children’s because he suspected Munchens by proxy or whatever it is where the parents gain attention through their kid’s medical issues
The disease is Munchausen by proxy.
There is not enough publically available information in this case to be able to determine if the child is really ill, or if she is a victim of Munchausen by proxy.
Usually, it is the mother who inflicts Munchausen by proxy, while the father, who is completely unaware of what is going on, believes the child to be genuinely ill.