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Jan
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>[email protected] (Jan) wrote:
>
>><snip>
>>
>>>and I do not lie.
>>
>>WRONG!
>>
>>There are three whoppers here, no four, no five!!
>>
>>http://www.ratbags.com/rsoles/comment/deadkids.htm
>>
>>One of the tactics of supporters of "alternative medicine" is to deflect
>>criticism of quackery by pointing out that people sometimes die while under
>the
>>care of real doctors.
>>
>>LIE #1
>>
>> To rational people, this is not surprising as the people seeing doctors and
>>being admitted to hospitals are sick. When a rare mistake by doctors is
>>discovered
>>
>>OH I JUST FOUND ANOTHER ONE!!!
>>
>>Rare?!?! No, I don't think so!!
>>
>>LIE # 2
>>
>>Let's look at three dead children and see what we can learn from their
>deaths.
>>
>>Ben Kolb
>>
>>Ben Kolb was killed by a tragic mistake when he was given an injection of
>>adrenaline instead of an anaesthetic. The error occurred because things were
>>not labelled correctly in the operating theatre. The injection that Ben was
>>supposed to receive has been given tens of thousands of times before and it
>is
>>because his reaction was so obviously atypical that the theatre staff knew
>>immediately that something had gone wrong. Despite desperate efforts to save
>>his life, Ben died. Ben's parents were notified as soon as the problem was
>>identified and the surgeon, hospital and anaesthetist all admitted
>>responsibility. A year later, the anaesthetist still breaks down and cries
>in
>>public when reminded of Ben's death
>>
>>Some proponents of "alternative medicine" have tried to make an issue out of
>>Ben's death, apparently on the basis that a mistake made by real doctors
>>somehow has something to do with children dying because pretend doctors
>treat
>>them with snake oil.
>>
>>Lie #3
>>
>>
>> If the adrenaline had been deliberately administered to Ben as part of some
>>mad, unproven treatment protocol invented by someone with no medical
>training,
>>no knowledge of science and no justification other than their own
>idiosyncratic
>>quackery then it would have been something to do with "alternative
>medicine".
>>
>>When I first went to the web site of the lawyers who acted for Ben Kolb's
>>parents in their negotiations with the hospital, I expected to find some
>>ambulance chasers in full flight. Instead, when I looked there I was
>pleasantly
>>surprised to find a balanced and sensitive approach to the incident and the
>>doctors who were as much a part of the tragedy as the parents. The attitude
>of
>>the parents' lawyers stands in stark contrast to the way "alternative
>medicine"
>>supporters
>>
>>LIE#4
>>
>>
>> attempt to demonise the people who made a tragic mistake.
>>
>>LIE #5
>>
>>Jan
And Rich Shewmaker show no morals either as he states:
Rich Shewmaker wrote:
>
> ***I don't give a damn if Peter lied to you, this newsgroup, his mother, or
> the pope.****
Doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out the hypocrisy and evil on this
ng.
Sad that.
Jan
>
>><snip>
>>
>>>and I do not lie.
>>
>>WRONG!
>>
>>There are three whoppers here, no four, no five!!
>>
>>http://www.ratbags.com/rsoles/comment/deadkids.htm
>>
>>One of the tactics of supporters of "alternative medicine" is to deflect
>>criticism of quackery by pointing out that people sometimes die while under
>the
>>care of real doctors.
>>
>>LIE #1
>>
>> To rational people, this is not surprising as the people seeing doctors and
>>being admitted to hospitals are sick. When a rare mistake by doctors is
>>discovered
>>
>>OH I JUST FOUND ANOTHER ONE!!!
>>
>>Rare?!?! No, I don't think so!!
>>
>>LIE # 2
>>
>>Let's look at three dead children and see what we can learn from their
>deaths.
>>
>>Ben Kolb
>>
>>Ben Kolb was killed by a tragic mistake when he was given an injection of
>>adrenaline instead of an anaesthetic. The error occurred because things were
>>not labelled correctly in the operating theatre. The injection that Ben was
>>supposed to receive has been given tens of thousands of times before and it
>is
>>because his reaction was so obviously atypical that the theatre staff knew
>>immediately that something had gone wrong. Despite desperate efforts to save
>>his life, Ben died. Ben's parents were notified as soon as the problem was
>>identified and the surgeon, hospital and anaesthetist all admitted
>>responsibility. A year later, the anaesthetist still breaks down and cries
>in
>>public when reminded of Ben's death
>>
>>Some proponents of "alternative medicine" have tried to make an issue out of
>>Ben's death, apparently on the basis that a mistake made by real doctors
>>somehow has something to do with children dying because pretend doctors
>treat
>>them with snake oil.
>>
>>Lie #3
>>
>>
>> If the adrenaline had been deliberately administered to Ben as part of some
>>mad, unproven treatment protocol invented by someone with no medical
>training,
>>no knowledge of science and no justification other than their own
>idiosyncratic
>>quackery then it would have been something to do with "alternative
>medicine".
>>
>>When I first went to the web site of the lawyers who acted for Ben Kolb's
>>parents in their negotiations with the hospital, I expected to find some
>>ambulance chasers in full flight. Instead, when I looked there I was
>pleasantly
>>surprised to find a balanced and sensitive approach to the incident and the
>>doctors who were as much a part of the tragedy as the parents. The attitude
>of
>>the parents' lawyers stands in stark contrast to the way "alternative
>medicine"
>>supporters
>>
>>LIE#4
>>
>>
>> attempt to demonise the people who made a tragic mistake.
>>
>>LIE #5
>>
>>Jan
And Rich Shewmaker show no morals either as he states:
Rich Shewmaker wrote:
>
> ***I don't give a damn if Peter lied to you, this newsgroup, his mother, or
> the pope.****
Doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out the hypocrisy and evil on this
ng.
Sad that.
Jan