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In reply to the discussion: In early March, Judge Johnson put Justina Pelletier's medical care back with Dr. Korman/Tufts [View all]magical thyme
(14,881 posts)Dr. Korman, from Tufts, who was coordinating her treatment for mitochondrial disease. Her renewed team also includes, interestingly, a gastroenterologist from Childrens. The same gastroenterologist that was on her original team, whom she had gone to Children's to see, and who Children's prevented from seeing or treating her for the last year.
Regardless of what he writes in his later ruling, putting her back with Dr. Korman for medical treatment is tacit admission that she is suffering from mitochondrial disease.
What part of that is not factual?
Children's Hospital claimed that her illness was not mitochondrial disease and, courtesy of the judge, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts denied her appropriate medical treatment for a year.
That is also a fact.
Regardless of whether her parents have custody or the Commonwealth has custody, regardless of the Judges (nonmedical) diagnosis, the fact is she is now being given the treatment that they denied her for a year.
I think its pretty damn significant that the same judge that denied her appropriate medical treatment for the last year has now put her back into treatment.