CathyinTexas
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the globe article states that it was a psychologist that changed her treatment plan, after 3 days, and when she was on the neurology floor. its possible that this happened after forming a team, consulting other departments, and a review of her medical records.
i suppose it is also possible that this was done on the advice of an ER doctor that formed his opinion within hours of her arrival...
in my opinion, it is highly unlikely that a hospital that has a program for mitochondrial disease and talks about it openly in public record as something that exists and that they do research on and treat patients for, it is highly unlikely that doctors in this hospital tell some patients that this disease does not exist.
but as someone else pointed out it is a big hospital. who knows - there may be some ER doctor telling patients and their families that cancer does not exist and sending them off to Bader 5 for psychiatric treatment. i cant prove this does not happen.
The parents say that a doctor at the hospital said he/she didn't believe that mito exists. I can see an individual making a statement like that but not representing other doctors at the hospital. Maybe just his/her opinion. I can see parents so concerned for their daughter's life and health misconstruing it. None of that explains why a teen is denied medical treatment (alledgedly taken off meds to treat medical condition and given psychotropic drugs instead), education, and religious support.