A lawsuit has been filed against
and its doctors.
The network is accused of misdiagnosing families with medical child abuse.
In all of the cases, one or both of the parents were accused of Munchausen by proxy (MSP), which is a form of child abuse where the caretaker of a child either makes up fake symptoms to make a child appear sick or causes them to be sick.
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An elected official in Lehigh County is calling for action after he says he discovered an unusually high number of rare medical diagnoses.
All of the families said they first fought to get their kids back. Now they’re fighting in the courts.
The parents say their children have complex medical conditions.
“Diagnosed him with mitochondrial disorder,” said Kim Whitaker. “That was around 3 years old.”
The families told the
they’ve spent years going to specialists including the world-renowned Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.