[Irish] Health Department set to crack down on 'alternative health practitioners'

[entropy]

"When the first patient, who was told by Ms Kamper not to make use of conventional medicine, died, I raised the matter in the Dáil with the then Minister for Health, Micheál Martin. My concern was that somebody else might die and, unfortunately, this has happened."

Health Department set to crack down on 'alternative health practitioners' (http://www.irishexaminer.com/pport/web/Full_Story/did-sgozl3fqyx5cUsg0aewFBADppk.asp)

[Shane Costello]

This is an appalling case for a number of reasons. To begin with there's the fact the gentleman in question literally choked to death on a tumour, and that the condition leading to the tumour growth was preventable. If the widow's testimony is true then the naturopathist placed the couple under undue pressure not to seek conventional treatments, which would have probably saved his life. I hope his widow takes a civil case against her.

[Shane Costello]

This is an appalling case for a number of reasons. To begin with there's the fact the gentleman in question literally choked to death on a tumour, and that the condition leading to the tumour growth was preventable. If the widow's testimony is true then the naturopathist placed the couple under undue pressure not to seek conventional treatments, which would have probably saved his life. I hope his widow takes a civil case against her.