Sad story from The US

[aymes]

http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_W_diabetes25.1de0c66df.html

I'll shift this over the the news section at some point but that doesn't seem to have many visitors now so thought I'd pop it here first for a bit.

 

[am64]

ummm lost on that one aymes ???

ok edit the link worked this time ....very sad

 

[Freddie99]

Ignorance is never and excuse. Frankly they deserved to be banged up. I mean how do you do that to your own child.

 

[Northerner]

Is this the same couple who refused to seek treatment for her, and prayed for her instead? Another bit of journalistic entanglement of the facts:-

Nanette Latham died of diabetic ketoacidosis, a condition in which the body cannot produce insulin, causing the girl to go brain dead.

 

[Freddie99]

Flaming journos. Can never get the facts right.

 

[aymes]

Is this the same couple who refused to seek treatment for her, and prayed for her instead?

Erm, not sure. It doesn't mention it but maybe....?

 

[Freddie99]

Is this the same couple who refused to seek treatment for her, and prayed for her instead? Another bit of journalistic entanglement of the facts:-

Don't get me started on religion...

 

[Sugarbum]

Sad story

 

[Northerner]

Don't get me started on religion...

I don't think it was, having read other reports - they simply didn't get help for her, defence is that they didn't have sufficient understanding.