Hospital Holds West Hartford Girl For 9 Months After Parents Argue Diagnosis

[haele]

2. Really? Lost custody over a mental condition that seemed to be managed?

If it was somatoform disorder, the girl seems to have been functioning - she had the flu and went to see her doctor, who had made the original mitochondrial diagnosis. She still had the flu, even if the diagnosis was questionable and revised to somatoform disorder. No reason to keep her past whatever tests they might have run to verify their diagnosis.

If it was a mitochondrial disease and she had the flu, she might have to have been hospitalized for a few days for stabilization and observation, but still - she should have been released.

If the hospital suspected abuse or some other bad parenting, then they would be in family court.

Why is she being held by the hospital? Is it some weird experiment gone wrong, and some shadowy cabal of Jedi Werewolves have taken her off for some sort of special rehabilitory training to allow her to return to society, and whatever is in the hospital bed is a clone?

What is the backlog in family court? Is the hospital attempting to wring every penny they can from the insurance company and family? Is there some sort of back bill where they hadn't been paying anything, and the hospital is holding their daughter until they cough up what they owe?

Weird, to say the least.

Haele