Bruce M Hood reports on the Australian story with his personal insights as both a researcher of beliefs and a father (with a tip-o-the-hat to our very own Richard Saunders – we spoke to Prof. Hood for his very first podcast interview in Skeptic Zone episode #30) – A Tragedy of Homeopathic Ignorance:
…It was with true horror and sadness when I learned of a nine-month old infant, Gloria Sam who died because her father, a homeopathy therapist, had neglected to seek medical treatment and instead decided to treat her himself after she developed severe eczema.
The father of Gloria, Thomas Sam and her mother, Manju were both convicted of criminal negligence and jailed for a minimum of 6 years and 4 years respectively in a New South Wales court. The court heard that if Gloria had been given medical treatment just a week before her death she probably would have survived.
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