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

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71. um, now you are accusing the Chief of Metabolism Service/Director of the Metabolic Disorder Clinic

of child abuse. The parents were simply following their doctors orders. That would include, also, the gastroenterologist at Children's who had performed her surgeries in the past.

I repeat -- you do not throw out prior data. You at least look at it. You may, on examination, find you disagree with the diagnosis. And that is fine. But you have to first look at the data to make your determination.

You do not make a diagnosis based on one or two pieces of information. You gather all the available information. That includes clinical signs and symptoms that the patient is presenting in front of you. And that also includes their medical and personal history. Anything less than that is medical malpractice, and that is what you are suggesting is correct.

For example, if a child comes in with bruises, you can and should suspect child abuse. But if the parent explains your child has been diagnosed with a specific disease, you have an obligation to contact the provider who made that diagnosis, get a copy of those medical records and understand the basis of that diagnosis, prior to accusing the parent of abusing their child, taking the child away from the parents and removing whatever medication their life depends on. Because there are rare diseases that cause bruising, that can make it look like a child has been hit when in fact they have that disease and it can be proven that they have that disease.

And you have demonstrated with this post that you have absolutely no idea what you are writing about. You know NOTHING about diagnosis. Not a thing.