Ramen
5th May 2009, 08:08 AM
I can't believe it's taken 7 years to get these deluded bastards into court.
Wonder whether he's still a homeopathic specialist, and how his patients reacted.
From The Australian: (http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/business/story/0,28124,25430553-17044,00.html)
GLORIA Thomas was born a healthy child at 3.09kg to well-educated parents living in a nice home and what should have been a settled domestic life.
She died 9 1/2 months later weighing only 5.4kg, suffering from a debilitating dermatological condition, severe malnourishment, delayed development, conjunctivitis and an abnormal left cornea.
The NSW Supreme Court heard yesterday that after the baby was diagnosed with eczema at four months, Gloria's parents allegedly ignored repeated pleas by nurses and doctors to treat her skin condition with conventional medicine, opting instead for the homeopathic remedies in which her father, Thomas Sam, specialised.
Mr Sam and his wife, Manju Anna Sam, appeared in court yesterday, both charged with manslaughter by gross criminal negligence. They have pleaded not guilty.
Senior prosecutor Mark Tedeschi QC alleged that both parents had failed to get proper medical care for their daughter, contributing to her death on May 8, 2002, at the Sydney Children's Hospital in Randwick.
Mr Tedeschi identified septicemia as the primary cause of Gloria's death and said her parents "realised what was happening" to the child.
"We say ... a reasonable parent in their position, knowing what they knew, seeing what they saw, being told what they had been told, would have obtained proper medical care and attention for Gloria," Mr Tedeschi said.
In his opening address to the jury, Mr Tedeschi said Mr and Ms Sam had repeatedly ignored the advice of medical professionals to seek specialist treatment for their daughter.
The case continues
Wonder whether he's still a homeopathic specialist, and how his patients reacted.
From The Australian: (http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/business/story/0,28124,25430553-17044,00.html)
GLORIA Thomas was born a healthy child at 3.09kg to well-educated parents living in a nice home and what should have been a settled domestic life.
She died 9 1/2 months later weighing only 5.4kg, suffering from a debilitating dermatological condition, severe malnourishment, delayed development, conjunctivitis and an abnormal left cornea.
The NSW Supreme Court heard yesterday that after the baby was diagnosed with eczema at four months, Gloria's parents allegedly ignored repeated pleas by nurses and doctors to treat her skin condition with conventional medicine, opting instead for the homeopathic remedies in which her father, Thomas Sam, specialised.
Mr Sam and his wife, Manju Anna Sam, appeared in court yesterday, both charged with manslaughter by gross criminal negligence. They have pleaded not guilty.
Senior prosecutor Mark Tedeschi QC alleged that both parents had failed to get proper medical care for their daughter, contributing to her death on May 8, 2002, at the Sydney Children's Hospital in Randwick.
Mr Tedeschi identified septicemia as the primary cause of Gloria's death and said her parents "realised what was happening" to the child.
"We say ... a reasonable parent in their position, knowing what they knew, seeing what they saw, being told what they had been told, would have obtained proper medical care and attention for Gloria," Mr Tedeschi said.
In his opening address to the jury, Mr Tedeschi said Mr and Ms Sam had repeatedly ignored the advice of medical professionals to seek specialist treatment for their daughter.
The case continues