Mom of Sick Connecticut Teen 'Collapses' in Court After Judge Sends Kid to Foster Care

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58. I needed to. It is important for 1st amendment reasons, but also overreach and conflict of interest

There is no legitimate reason for Children's to have excluded Justina's prior physicians from consultation. Simply by involving their own gastroenterologist, they could at least have confirimed what her parents told them about her diagnosis and treatment plan, understood the basis for it, and then worked with the on a collaborative basis.

To dismiss out of hand the diagnosis and treatment plan of Dr. Korson, Chief of Metabolism Service and Director of the Metabolic Disorders Clinic at Tufts strikes me as 1. arrogant and 2. potential malpractice. I honestly believe much of their action has been designed to cover their sorry asses, now that Justina's health has declined.

They could have confirmed patient history, test results, etc. and then, even if they disagreed with him, had some basis for dialog with the parents.

I know for a fact that the hospital where I work gets calls from physicians when we have shipped critical patients out to specialty hospitals, looking for our test results. For example, if they suspect a patient is septic, they won't wait for their own blood culture results; since we got the blood 1st we will have any results first and days later they call to see if we have any results yet.

And we are in a tourist area so frequently have patients from out of state and out of country. When a patient comes into our ED without a history and we get critical results, we will attempt to track down their primary physician no matter where they are.

You simply don't make assumptions about a patient's medical history (or about their parents) , especially when those directly involved are available.

And then the DHS ties with Children's. And that outrageous gag order, placed not only on the supposed adults, but on the 15 year old victim.