Mother denies sick child medication

denied „Cult guru“ a 12-year-old boy's medical care?

07/17/2014

Further excitement about the so-called „Cult guru“ from the district of Erlangen-Höchstadt in central Franconia. Like the news agency „dpa“ reported that the mother of a seriously ill 12-year-old boy and their spouse are said to have denied the child years of medication and doctor visits. Now they are standing in front of the district court Nuremberg-Fürth and have to answer for the mistreatment of wards by omission.

Couple must now answer before the Nuremberg-Fürth district court
Has a mother from the district of Erlangen-Höchstadt in central Franconia deliberately denied her son, who is suffering from the metabolic disease cystic fibrosis, medical care? The district court of Nuremberg-Fürth is currently working on this question. The allegation: The woman and her partner are the then twelve-year-old boy in the period from November 1999 to December 2002 „have withheld the necessary medical care“, so the information of the higher regional court. In addition, the woman is loud „dpa“ suspected that she had repeatedly given food to her child. But not only that: When a serious lung disease was discovered in the boy in 1999, the mother refused further treatment. With far-reaching consequences, because the condition of the child then massively worsened, so that he temporarily weighed only 28 kilograms.

12-year-old was itself the driving force
Allegations that are seemingly absurd for the now 48-year-old and her 55-year-old partner, because according to the accused, the child had never been restricted, but always had free to decide on the intake of medication, doctor visits and his diet, reports the dpa continues: „The kids had every freedom to decide what they really wanted.“ Rather, according to the mother, the 12-year-old was the driving force in that he himself decided that he no longer wanted to have health insurance coverage.

Defendant describes himself as „Teacher of timeless wisdom“
The 55-year-old partner confirmed his partner's view that the boy should have been well cared for. „There were always enough medicines, "says the man, who, according to the indictment, conceives himself as a teacher of the" New Group of World Servers "and has influenced his family life with his religious beliefs, but this would not be true for the accused In no way is family a "world servant", instead he would be „at the very most, called a teacher of timeless wisdom.“

Boy experiences at home „the hell“
According to dpa, there was, however, from the perspective of today's 27-year-old son, no adequate care: „We were told that we no longer need the medication, "he said to the judge, adding that his mother's partner had prophesied that he would be healthy at the age of 17 or 18 if he did „join in and meditate“ - There were no drugs from then on. The boy believed this at that time according to own data and was the instructions of the „Gurus“ followed, as he and the siblings would have been suggested: „If you do not join in, you are not fortunate enough to need what you need. "As a result, his illness often left him physically very exhausted and powerless." Immediately I was out of breath and had a headache all the time.“ At the age of 15, the boy finally moved to his biological father, because at some point he could not stand it anymore: „It was hell for me“.

Around 8,000 to 10,000 children and young adults in Germany suffer from cystic fibrosis
Cystic fibrosis (cystic fibrosis) is not an isolated case in young people - about 8,000 to 10,000 children and young adults in this country suffer from the hereditary metabolic disorder whose cause - a genetic defect - so far is unfortunately not curable. Cystic fibrosis is characterized by a limited functional ability of the mucus-forming glands in the body, resulting in a very viscous mucus, affecting in particular the lung function, but also the digestive organs and thereby leads to symptoms such as shortness of breath, respiratory tract infections, diarrhea and fat. Accordingly, it is important to treat the symptoms precisely because most of the complications are due to the effects of the disease on the lungs. Therefore, it is indispensable, for example, to treat respiratory infections with the help of antibiotics or to facilitate breathing by administering expectorant drugs (mucolytics). (No)