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Jan Drew
April 8th 08, 05:19 AM
"WWWSC #2" > wrote:
> marcia > expounded:
>
>>On Apr 6, 10:33 am, "
> wrote:
>>> On Apr 5, 9:57 am, marcia > wrote:
>>>
>>> > On Apr 5, 7:50 am, FalseFlagUSA > wrote:
>>>
>>> > > I strongly suspect that this is a very common occurrence, the
>>> > > proverbial tip of the iceberg! I would guess that t thousands of
>>> > > innocent children have met a very untimely demise by a rush-to-
>>> > > judgment in misdiagnosing ADD.
>>> > > Now is the time to find redress in the courts!
>>>
>>> > If it were a common occurrence, we'd hear more about it in the press.
>>> > I suspect something like this happens only very rarely.
>>>
>>> Note that false flag is FARTIE.

Sad when all Mark S Probert disbarred attorney form Merrick, NY
can only call names when a death of a 4 year old is caused by some
sick Psychiatrist over medicating a FOUR year old. The parents are in jail
but the shrink
is still on staff.

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Watch the youtube videos there.


>>
>>Oooooh. Thanks for exposing the cover-up. ;) If I'd known it was
>>Fartie, I probably wouldn't have responded at all... I thought this
>>was some *new* anti-meds nut, not the same old anti-meds nut.

lol. Poor Marica can't remember the email addy.

Shame on the *gang* from this so-called support group.

The shift is diverting to the poster rather than the KILLING of a four year
old child.

Started by Mark S Probert who has exposed himself.

LYING for years.

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I strongly suspect that this is a very common occurrence, the
proverbial tip of the iceberg! I would guess that t thousands of
innocent children have met a very untimely demise by a rush-to-
judgment in misdiagnosing ADD.
Now is the time to find redress in the courts!


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> http://www.ahrp.org and http://ahrp.blogspot.com

> FYI


> A Boston lawyer Andrew C. Meyer Jr., who represents the estate of Rebecca
> Riley, the 4-year old child whose prescribed psychotropic drugs killed
> her,
> filed a malpractice lawsuit against Tufts Medical Center psychiatrist, Dr.
> Kayoko Kifuji. The suit asserts that the psychiatrist who diagnosed the
> girl as bipolar when she was 28 months old and then treated her for two
> years with a regimen of powerful drugs is to blame for her death.


> "This child was subject to mostly telephone prescriptions and a slipshod
> diagnosis."


> "According to the medical examiner, her heart and lungs were damaged, and
> this was due to prolonged abuse of these prescription drugs, rather than
> one
> incident. Prolonged abuse of these prescription drugs."


> The truth about these drugs' lethal effects is finally breaking through
> the
> carefully crafted layers of false claims about their safety and
> effectiveness.


> Tufts-New England Medical Center, where the child was treated, released a
> statement supporting its doctor and calling the care "appropriate and
> within
> responsible professional standards."


> Hopefully those "professional standards" promoted by influential child
> psychiatrists at Harvard-Massachusetts General Hospital-- Dr. Joseph
> Biederman and Dr. Janet Wozniak--who endorse "aggressive" prescribing of
> psychotropic drugs for children, will come under scrutiny in open court.


> The Pediatric Bipolar Program at Mass General has been in the forefront of
> aggressive recruitment campaigns for manic-depression studies.
> A television ad (November, 2001), MGH sought 4 to 18 year old child
> subjects
> is an example of disease mongering.
> The MGH ad made false claims suggesting:
> "Your child may be facing a chemical problem that you can't manage without
> help."
> "We're Mass General, and we can help."
> The number given to call is 617-724-4 MGH.


> What scientific basis suggests a chemical rather than a behavioral
> problem?


> Contact: Vera Hassner Sharav
>
> 212-595-8974


> http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2008/04/04/doctor_is_sued_i..._of_girl_4?mode=PF
> Boston Globe
> Doctor is sued in death of girl, 4
> Her psychiatrist treated her with powerful drugs
> By Shelley Murphy, April 4, 2008


> The parents of 4-year-old Rebecca Riley are awaiting trial on charges that
> they killed her in December 2006 with an overdose of psychiatric drugs.


> A medical malpractice suit filed yesterday asserts that a Tufts Medical
> Center psychiatrist who diagnosed the girl as bipolar when she was 28
> months
> old and then treated her for two years with a regimen of powerful drugs is
> to blame for her death.


> "This child was subject to mostly telephone prescriptions and a slipshod
> diagnosis," said Boston lawyer Andrew C. Meyer Jr., who represents Rebecca
> Riley's estate and filed the suit against Dr. Kayoko Kifuji in Suffolk
> Superior Court.


> Six weeks before Rebecca Riley was found dead on Dec. 13, 2006, in a Hull
> house shared by her parents and other relatives, a nurse at her Weymouth
> preschool warned Kifuji that she suspected the child was overmedicated
> because she was often too tired to participate in school activities and
> appeared like a "floppy doll," according to Meyer. Kifuji did not reduce
> her
> medication after examining the child, he said.


> "They made her a 4-year-old zombie," said Meyer, whose Boston law firm
> Lubin
> & Meyer specializes in medical malpractice cases. "We don't believe that
> she
> did suffer from bipolar or that this was the appropriate medication."


> The suit was filed on behalf of a court-appointed guardian who is serving
> as
> administrator of Rebecca Riley's estate and is protecting the interests of
> the girl's 13-year-old brother and 7- year-old sister. It seeks
> unspecified
> damages for the wrongful death and pain and suffering endured by Rebecca,
> as
> well as the loss suffered by her brother and sister, who are in foster
> care
> and have been named the beneficiaries of her estate.


> Kifuji could not be reached for comment yesterday. Since the child's
> death,
> Kifuji remains on staff at Tufts Medical Center, but no longer treats
> patients. She has voluntarily agreed not to practice medicine, pending an
> investigation by the state Board of Registration in Medicine.


> Tufts Medical Center released a statement yesterday saying: "We have not
> received any official notification of a lawsuit. We remain in support of
> Dr.
> Kifuji and the care she provided."


> Kifuji diagnosed Rebecca Riley with bipolar disorder and attention deficit
> and hyperactivity disorder and prescribed clonidine, a blood pressure
> medication that is sometimes used to calm aggressive children, Seroquel,
> an
> antipsychotic drug, and Depakote, an antiseizure drug, according to court
> records. The child died from an overdose of the prescription drugs, and,
> by
> itself, the amount of clonidine in her system was fatal, court records
> indicate. Clonidine and Depakote are approved by the FDA for adults only.


> A trial date has yet to be set for Michael and Carolyn Riley, who were
> initially charged with first-degree murder in intentionally overmedicating
> their daughter and knowing that it would be fatal.


> In December, a judge reduced their charges to second-degree murder, ruling
> that there was insufficient to evidence to support the prosecution's
> assertion that the death was premeditated. Prosecutors are appealing that
> ruling to the state appeals court.


> In court after the parents' arrests, a prosecutor alleged that the Rileys
> falsely said their daughter was mentally unstable so she would qualify for
> Social Security disability benefits and then deliberately overmedicated
> her.
> Carolyn Riley's brother, who was living with the Rileys in Hull, told
> investigators that Rebecca was ill for days prior to her death and that he
> pleaded with her parents to take her to the hospital, but they refused,
> according to a State Police affidavit filed in the case.


> Kifuji told police she was "shocked and very concerned" in October 2005
> when
> Carolyn Riley told her she had gradually increased Rebecca's nighttime
> dose
> of clonidine and warned her not to do so again because increasing the
> dosage
> could be fatal, according to the affidavit.


> Brockton lawyer John G. Darrell, who represents Michael Riley, said the
> suit
> raises "an interesting question" about who is responsible for Rebecca
> Riley's death. "I think the facts will eventually show that my client did
> not do anything criminal."


> Carolyn Riley's lawyer could not be reached for comment. The Rileys remain
> in custody without bail, pending trial.


> Meyer said that even if a jury finds Rebecca Riley's parents guilty of
> murder, it does not alleviate Kifuji of liability.


> "The primary responsibility falls on this doctor," Meyer said. "The
> failure
> of this doctor to respond to the warnings she was given and to thoroughly
> investigate the symptoms that her medication was causing ended with this
> very sad result here of a young girl dying."


> Shelley Murphy can be reached at .
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