Doctor in court Children treated with unauthorized flu medication

Physicians should have treated children with unauthorized drug
In Hesse, a doctor is on trial, who is said to have treated children with a non-approved drug. The 67-year-old man is accused of attempted assault in dozens of cases. He is also charged with fraud.

Children treated with unauthorized drug
As reported by the news agency dpa, a physician from Eastern Hesse for a study to have treated children with a non-approved flu medicine. The 67-year-old physician, who practiced in Fulda between 2008 and 2010 during the period of the offense, is therefore in front of the Fulda district court on Tuesday. According to the information, the prosecutor has indicted him in 75 cases of attempted assault because the necessary consent of the parents was missing.

In Hesse, a doctor is on trial, who is said to have treated children with a non-approved drug. (Image: helmutvogler / fotolia.com)

Pharmaceutical company paid for scientific survey
Fraud is also involved in the process, as the man is said to have completed the diaries required for the study and invented the data instead of the parents. According to the prosecutor, a drug maker paid the 67-year-old for the allegedly scientific surveys about 72,800 euros. According to the prosecution, a total of 152 children between 2008 and 2010 were treated by the doctor, 75 cases were charged.

Medications are often not tested for children
In recent years, it has been reported many times that many drugs have not been tested for children. Side effects can be particularly dramatic among the little ones, as they are still in development and the drugs often have a different effect on their organism than on the body of adults. In the question of which medicines are suitable for children, should always be in the foreground, whether their use is necessary at all or the complaints can not be alleviated by natural means. (Ad)