In Austria, a 14-year-old girl died of widespread cancer and her parents are being prosecuted for treating her with alternative medicine, including honey and cloves.
- A 14-year-old girl died of widespread cancer in February 2023 in Austria.
- She had been treated with honey, cinnamon and cloves, on the recommendation of “healers”.
- His parents and one of the healers are being prosecuted.
Her cancer was not treated and she died. In Austria, doctors could do nothing to save this 14-year-old girl, hospitalized in February 2023 for generalized cancer. A few days after her admission, the girl succumbed to the disease. More than a year later, his parents were prosecuted. According to several Austrian media, they consulted “healers” to treat their daughter and would have given her cloves, honey and cinnamon as treatments.
Generalized cancer: the teenager had a tumor on her foot
When she arrived at the hospital, the young woman had metastases throughout her body. “The young girl lost a lot of weight in a short time, she suffers from swallowing problems, breathing difficultiestells the Austrian media Blick. Tumors and signs of paralysis are detected.”
Several months earlier, doctors diagnosed him with a tumor in his foot, but it was not treated. His parents consulted “healers” to care for their daughter. They gave him a mixture of honey, ginger, cinnamon and cloves. THE “healers” defend themselves before Austrian justice and claim that they recommended hospitalization.
Alternative medicine: parents are prosecuted
According to the parents, their daughter did not want to undergo treatment. To the Austrian media Kleine Zeitungtheir lawyer explained that the teenager was “already capable of making decisions from a legal point of view at the time” and that she was “very assertive and sure of herself”. Thus, he considers that the choice not to undergo chemotherapy or radiotherapy was a “decision carefully considered and personal”. The parents and one of the “healers” will have to explain themselves to the courts.
The couple is being prosecuted by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Justice for inflicting “physical suffering” to their daughter, for having left her “defenseless because of his infirmity and illness” and not having it”adequately informed about their illness, its progress and treatment options”. They face up to three years in prison.
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