Sect guru medicines withheld from a child

Serious maltreatment: sect guru is said to have denied child medication

08/04/2014

For today's Monday, the verdict is expected in the trial of a alleged cult guru from Franconia and his partner. They should not have gone to the doctor for years with the son of the woman despite illness. In addition, the defendants had given the child no medication.

12-year-old given no medication for three years
On Monday, the judgment is expected in the trial of a alleged cult guru from Franconia and his partner. According to a news agency dpa, the prosecutor accuses the defendants of not having gone to the doctor with the then 12-year-old son of the woman for three years and of having given him any medication. According to the indictment, the boy did not get anything to eat, even though he needed a high-calorie diet because of his cystic fibrosis disease.

Serious mistreatment of wards
The indictment is for severe mistreatment of wards by omission. The two defendants deny the allegations, which cover a period from 1999 to 2002. Cystic fibrosis, in which the boy fell ill, is a hereditary metabolic disease that is not curable so far. Characteristic of the disease is a limited functioning of the mucus-forming glands in the body. This forms very tough mucus, which mainly affects the lung function, but also the digestive organs and thereby leads to symptoms such as persistent cough, shortness of breath, respiratory tract infections, diarrhea, fat and underweight.

High calorie and vitamin rich nutrition for patients
Precisely because most of the complications are due to the effects of the disease on the lungs, it is important to treat the symptoms. For example, it is essential to treat respiratory infections with antibiotics or to facilitate breathing by the use of mucolytic drugs (mucolytics). Therapies against the disease also include a high-calorie and vitamin-rich diet, physiotherapy, sports and inhalations. In addition, some elements of yoga have already provided good help in coping with the symptoms. (Ad)