STORY: "Shaken Baby Syndrome? You have to believe me that there is no such thing," by reporter Angela Levin, published by the Daily Mail on March 12, 2016.
SUB-HEADINGS: "Defiance of paediatric expert branded 'dishonest' by the GMC; Dr Waney Squier, 68, insists Shaking Baby Syndrome does not exist; She brands medical views on syndrome 'flawed, outdated and dangerous'; A tribunal ruled she had been dishonest in giving evidence in court; Doctor is set on clearing name, especially as there's 250 SBS cases a year;"
GIST: "To
scores of grieving parents she is a heroine - a fearless doctor
prepared to stand up in court and condemn the medical establishment’s
theories on Shaken Baby Syndrome (SBS) as flawed, outdated and
dangerous. But
on Friday the medical establishment hit back with a ruling that
effectively gags Dr Waney Squier, one of Britain’s most experienced
paediatric neuropathologists. A
Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service panel ruled that Dr Squier had
been irresponsible, deliberately misleading and dishonest in giving
expert evidence in court and had acted in a way likely to bring the
reputation of the medical profession into disrepute. But
on Saturday, speaking exclusively to The Mail on Sunday, a defiant Dr
Squier, 68, refused to accept she has done anything wrong and insisted
she will fight to clear her name, claiming the case against her has been
orchestrated by police prosecutors and the medical establishment,
angered at seeing their evidence disputed in court. Stating her case as clearly as she can, she says: ‘I now believe that SBS does not exist.’ The tribunal verdict was devastating for Dr Squier personally – and the wider stakes could not be higher. There
are more than 250 cases involving SBS in the British courts every year
and the ruling could silence those experts who believe the orthodox
scientific view is wrong. Dr
Squier says: ‘There is little more agonising for a parent or carer to
lose a small child, let alone then be accused of their death when they
believe they have done nothing wrong. ‘If
they are brought before a court the most up-to-date scientific evidence
should be used. Instead, many expert witnesses still refer to a more
than 30-year-old diagnostic method to help prove criminal cases beyond a
“reasonable doubt”.' She adds: ‘Imagine going to your doctor, who diagnoses diabetes, and then suggests he treats you with leeches.’ She
believes she will ultimately be vindicated by science and says that
verdicts being handed down in many shaken baby cases are profoundly
disturbing. ‘In the past decade, we have learned that much of what we thought we knew about SBS was wrong,’ she says.........For
the past 30 years Dr Squier has devoted herself to researching the
pathology of infant brains, including the controversial area of SBS,
also known as Abusive Head Trauma."
The entire story can be found at:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3489695/Paediatric-expert-says-Shaken-Baby-Syndrome-not-thing-branded-dishonest-GMC.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490PUBLISHER'S NOTE:
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