Do you have a source for this assertion?
Why do you expect me to provide a source that something didn't happen, when there is no evidence whatsoever that it did?
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Do you have a source for this assertion?
Do you have a source claiming otherwise?
Why do you expect me to provide a source that something didn't happen, when there is no evidence whatsoever that it did?
I made no claim or assertion, I am asking you for your source.
All I'm doing is asking you to back up your statement, you asserted "absolutely not", you didn't say, I don't think so or I disagree, you stated it as fact.
There are more then 40 attending physicians in Gastroenterology at BCH. (That is not counting residents and fellows.) The chance of walking in unannounced and getting the doctor "you want" is slim - at best.
I feel like it's a parallel universe here. You do understand that her care is back at Tufts? Not at BCH?
Which really makes no sense if BCH was the one with the correct diagnosis. She has a visit there tomorrow with Dr. Korson. The same doctor that diagnosed her with mitochondrial disease.
In fact, in their reunification plan, DCF insisted that parents have to follow treatment plan at Tufts.
Isn't that the treatment plan parents wanted to follow to begin with?
BBM.
Apparently not, since they self-referred to BCH ED, seeking admission.
I don't remember anyone saying or implying that Tufts did anything "wrong"?
I guess I'm confused why there is some insinuation in your post that having Justina's care coordinated at Tufts is somehow undesirable? Or am I reading that wrong?
Tufts is a world class facility, from what I know. The Pelletiers are lucky to be so close to so many great resources for care.
Tufts seems to be a whole lot closer to their home than BCH. That sounds good to me that MA and BCH are trying to coordinate her care closer to the home and state they are trying to ultimately return her to, right? Or did I miss something?
Obviously something went wrong. Parents took her in expecting she was going to see Dr. Flores. That never happened.
Obviously something went wrong. Parents took her in expecting she was going to see Dr. Flores. That never happened.
Treating her at Tufts is not undesirable. It's what her parents wanted to begin with. Tufts isn't closer than BCH. Both of these hospitals are in Boston.
DCF removed her from her parents because her parents wanted to follow Tufts treatment plan instead of BCH's.So it's very bizarre that DCF now requires parents to follow Tufts treatment plan, don't you think, if BCH diagnosed her correctly?
I am not sure how BCH is trying to coordinate her treatment, considering DCF requires that parents follow Tufts treatment plan?
So Tufts is the one coordinating her treatment, not BCH.
That's the whole point. If that was the expectation of the parents, it was a very inappropriate expectation to have. For pete's sake-- they had just electively decided to travel across state lines in the middle of the night, in a snowstorm, on a weekend, and they were informed that particular doc was not on call when they got there. At that point, they needed to substantially modify their expectations, IMO.
It's not like BCH ED refused to care for Justina!
They didn't show up at an outpatient clinic. They showed up to an Emergency Department. No one gets to dictate who they see in an ED.
BBM. No, that's not quite right.
DCF removed her from custody because "something" (and we don't know the whole story) was going on that put Justina's health and safety at immediate risk. Once that happened, the parents were not "free" to sign her out AMA from BCH to go to Tufts, which is what Lou wanted to do when the security guards showed up manning the doors in the patient unit. He was not free to take her out of the hospital at that time. He still doesn't understand that, IMO. It had nothing to do with Tufts. It had everything to do with Justina's health and safety in his custody. That's what the court order was about--not Tufts.
I haven't seen anything to suggest that there was anything that put her health and safety at immediate risk.
How does any of it justify what happened next?
Why did BCH not allow doctor Flores to see when he came back to work (as claimed by the parents)?
Treating her at Tufts is not undesirable. It's what her parents wanted to begin with. Tufts isn't closer than BCH. Both of these hospitals are in Boston.
DCF removed her from her parents because her parents wanted to follow Tufts treatment plan instead of BCH's.
So it's very bizarre that DCF now requires parents to follow Tufts treatment plan, don't you think, if BCH diagnosed her correctly?
I am not sure how BCH is trying to coordinate her treatment, considering DCF requires that parents follow Tufts treatment plan?
So Tufts is the one coordinating her treatment, not BCH.
I feel like it's a parallel universe here. You do understand that her care is back at Tufts?
Not at BCH?
Which really makes no sense if BCH was the one with the correct diagnosis. She has a visit there tomorrow with Dr. Korson. The same doctor that diagnosed her with mitochondrial disease.
In fact, in their reunification plan, DCF insisted that parents have to follow treatment plan at Tufts.
Isn't that the treatment plan parents wanted to follow to begin with?
It seems some arguments equate Justina's care being coordinated at Tufts with an admission "you were right, we were wrong, she doesn't have a psychiatric disorder, there's nothing in the family that requires changing, everything is just mito" but we have seen nothing to substantiate that. The reunification plan that was released required family therapy so apparently whatever else the Tufts doctors are recommending there is also a psychosocial aspect here according to their views.
And we haven't really seen anything to substantiate that Tufts ever thought that it was all just mito and no psychiatric/psychosocial problems were involved.
Tufts is not just Dr. Korson and even if it was we don't know that he still thinks that everything is just mito and there is nothing wrong with the way the family approaches all of this (or if he ever did...)