[lastchance]

Children will run high fevers, but unless accompanied by symptoms such as abdominal pain or stiff neck or the child not getting enough fluids or not up to date on vaccines the fever should not be viewed with too much alarm. Indeed it is a sign that the body’s immune system is working.

This was an overreaction not just by LE but by the doctor as well. And both should face hard questions and be called to account.

[lastchance]

I read the child was not vaccinated. Even then unless there is an active outbreak of a communicable disease and a very good chance the child was exposed, what happened was not justified.

[Abby4116]

And if the doctor had just believed the mother that the child was fine, and the child died or became disabled due to meningitis, there would be a malpractice suit to try to defend.

Of course, if the mother had answered her phone when the doc called, and the father or mother answered the door earlier when the police were there, none of this would have happened.

The professionals, both medical and law enforcement, acted responsibly. The parents did not.