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EP41: Medical Kidnapping and Ketamine

2023/11/22
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Slater: 本集探讨了Maya Kowalski 的案例,这是一个九岁女孩因不明原因患病,最终导致其母亲自杀的悲惨故事。该案例突显了医疗系统和儿童福利机构中可能存在的缺陷,以及在处理此类复杂情况时需要谨慎和周全。 该案例始于Maya Kowalski 在2015年7月的一次哮喘发作,随后出现一系列神秘的症状,包括腿部和脚部剧烈灼痛、无法行走和举起手臂以及皮肤损伤。起初,医生无法确诊,她的父母寻求了疼痛管理专家的帮助,最终诊断为CRPS(复杂性局部疼痛综合征)。 为了治疗CRPS,Maya Kowalski 接受了高剂量的氯胺酮输液,这是一种麻醉剂,但也有潜在的风险和滥用的可能性。在墨西哥,她还接受了为期五天的氯胺酮诱导的昏迷治疗。 然而,在2016年10月,Maya Kowalski 的病情再次恶化,导致她再次住院。这次,医院的工作人员对她的治疗以及她母亲的参与程度表示担忧,并提出了医疗虐待的报告。萨莉·史密斯医生对Maya Kowalski 的母亲提出了代理型孟乔森综合征的诊断,并省略了其他医生的意见。 随后,Maya Kowalski 与她的家人分离,这导致了她母亲Beata Kowalski 的自杀。在Beata Kowalski 死后,法院最终允许Maya Kowalski 回到家中。 Kowalski一家随后对约翰霍普金斯儿童医院提起诉讼,指控医院的治疗和虐待指控导致了Beata Kowalski 的自杀。在为期两个月的审判后,陪审团裁定约翰霍普金斯儿童医院对Beata Kowalski 的死负有责任,并判给Kowalski一家2.11亿美元的赔偿。 本案例突显了医疗保健系统和儿童福利机构中需要不懈的努力、透明度和问责制。 Tank Sinatra: 在节目中,Tank Sinatra 主要扮演了与 Slater 共同探讨案例、表达个人观点和情感的角色。他与 Slater 一起分析了案件的细节,表达了对 Kowalski 家庭遭遇的同情和愤怒,并参与了对相关医疗和法律程序的讨论。他分享了自己的个人经历,并对医疗系统中可能存在的缺陷和不公正表示担忧。他积极参与了对萨莉·史密斯医生行为的批判,并表达了对 Kowalski 家庭获得正义的希望。

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The episode delves into the harrowing case of Maya Kowalski, a nine-year-old girl whose life took a tragic turn after an asthma attack led to a series of debilitating symptoms and a devastating family crisis.

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Picture yourself as an innocent hospital patient, frail and in need, caught in a sinister dance with ostensibly well-intentioned healthcare professionals who suddenly cease to listen, to perceive you as an individual with a voice and autonomy. Instead, they ensnare you in a nightmarish bureaucratic nightmare fraught with trauma, isolation, and physical, emotional, and psychological pain. Now, place a 10-year-old girl grappling with a severe illness at the center of this chilling narrative. In this episode, we delve into the profoundly devastating case of Maya Kowalski, who was effectively medically kidnapped and confined within a Florida hospital, and barred from seeing her parents for months. The consequences of subjecting a child to such cruel and inhumane treatment were nothing short of catastrophic—for Maya and her entire family.

 

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