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https://www.meaction.net/2019/07/24...BtRohCFWCXg-0zIiYs-bhoZNAWYnCjXS17s7bv0nkM7lI
This child, who is now 17 years old, is under immediate threat of being sectioned in the UK.
Gigi has been in hospital for several months with severe ME. She became ill a couple of years ago following a bout of flu and became increasingly ill with ME until she could do little and, now, virtually nothing for herself. Following tube-feeding, she has regained her weight, but the hospital refuses to recognise ME as a physical illness and won't release her. while her mum, a clinical psychologist for 20 years, is desperate to bring her daughter home to care for her and to give her the best opportunity to improve.
Two of the best ME doctors in the UK have also been involved but their medical experience and knowledge has been totally disrespected and dismissed by the hospital.
A couple of weeks ago, the situation took a turn for the worse. with no explanation, Gigi was suddenly diagnosed with PRS. One might be forgiven for suspecting that the 'matriarch' paediatrician who oversees all paediatric cases in the UK, had been on the phone and given the diagnosis of PRS without seeing the child, thus granting grounds for sectioning.............by proxy, of course, thus being in a position, to deny responsibility. (Reminds me of the Ean Proctor case, where the paralysed boy, whom Wessely handed over to the people concerned, was thrown into a swimming pool to see if he really was paralysed. He sank, of course, but remaining at a distance, the psychiatrist could claim innocence while being morally responsible. Maybe we have a repeat of this situation????)
Mum is raising a fighting fund to hire a solicitor to fight for her daughter's freedom from the hospital and the threat of sectioning.
Just an additional piece of information: the guidelines for diagnosing PRS (Pervasive Refusal Syndrome or PAWS Pervasive Withdrawal Syndrome, which has not recognised, as far as I am aware, in the WHO classifications, were published by Dr Esther Crawley in 2012.( I have the paper on my computer.) She informs paediatricians, unbelievably, that the main symptom of PRS is PEM. In fact, her guidelines describe severe ME. However, she maintains that CFS is a milder illness than the mental health condition of PRS/PAW. and based on this information, Gigi is being threatened with sectioning.
This is the link to the fund-raising page to enable the child to be represented by a legal representative:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/ejk2v2-help-get-gigi-home
This child, who is now 17 years old, is under immediate threat of being sectioned in the UK.
Gigi has been in hospital for several months with severe ME. She became ill a couple of years ago following a bout of flu and became increasingly ill with ME until she could do little and, now, virtually nothing for herself. Following tube-feeding, she has regained her weight, but the hospital refuses to recognise ME as a physical illness and won't release her. while her mum, a clinical psychologist for 20 years, is desperate to bring her daughter home to care for her and to give her the best opportunity to improve.
Two of the best ME doctors in the UK have also been involved but their medical experience and knowledge has been totally disrespected and dismissed by the hospital.
A couple of weeks ago, the situation took a turn for the worse. with no explanation, Gigi was suddenly diagnosed with PRS. One might be forgiven for suspecting that the 'matriarch' paediatrician who oversees all paediatric cases in the UK, had been on the phone and given the diagnosis of PRS without seeing the child, thus granting grounds for sectioning.............by proxy, of course, thus being in a position, to deny responsibility. (Reminds me of the Ean Proctor case, where the paralysed boy, whom Wessely handed over to the people concerned, was thrown into a swimming pool to see if he really was paralysed. He sank, of course, but remaining at a distance, the psychiatrist could claim innocence while being morally responsible. Maybe we have a repeat of this situation????)
Mum is raising a fighting fund to hire a solicitor to fight for her daughter's freedom from the hospital and the threat of sectioning.
Just an additional piece of information: the guidelines for diagnosing PRS (Pervasive Refusal Syndrome or PAWS Pervasive Withdrawal Syndrome, which has not recognised, as far as I am aware, in the WHO classifications, were published by Dr Esther Crawley in 2012.( I have the paper on my computer.) She informs paediatricians, unbelievably, that the main symptom of PRS is PEM. In fact, her guidelines describe severe ME. However, she maintains that CFS is a milder illness than the mental health condition of PRS/PAW. and based on this information, Gigi is being threatened with sectioning.
This is the link to the fund-raising page to enable the child to be represented by a legal representative:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/ejk2v2-help-get-gigi-home