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Psychiatrist Sued in Death of 4- year old Rebecca Riley_Boston Globe
"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. http://ahrp.blogspot.com/ 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. http://www.reunion.com/mtreborp Mark Probert 61-year-old Male (Merrick, NY) Birthday: November 26 Member Since: November 2000 Profile URL: www.reunion.com/mtreborp Send Email to Mark Probert. What Has Mark Probert Been Up To? High School: Stuyvesant High School 1644 Reunion.com Members are listed Is Mark married or dating? Find Out Now! Reconnect with Mark Probert Join Now! What's on Mark Probert's mind? Find Out Now! 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! VERACARE wrote: ALLIANCE FOR HUMAN RESEARCH PROTECTION Promoting Openness, Full Disclosure, and Accountability 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/art...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 . http://cache.boston.com/bonzai-fba/F...ource/dingbat_... end_icon.gif http://cache.boston.com/bonzai-fba/File-Based_Image_Resource/spacer.gif C Copyright http://www.boston.com/help/bostoncom_info/copyright 2008 The New York Times Company FAIR USE NOTICE: This may contain copyrighted (C ) material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. Such material is made available for educational purposes, to advance understanding of human rights, democracy, scientific, moral, ethical, and social justice issues, etc. It is believed that this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in Title 17 U.S.C. section 107 of the US Copyright Law. This material is distributed without profit. |
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