GIST: "A
paediatric expert struck off the medical register for questioning the
science behind shaken baby syndrome has described her six years of
torment after being reinstated following a successful appeal against the
General Medical Council. Dr Waney Squier said she had been targeted because she dared to stand up to the medical establishment. Dr
Squier, a consultant paediatric neuropathologist who worked at John
Radcliffe hospital in Oxford, had her name removed from the medical
register at a tribunal in March. It
concluded that she gave deliberately misleading and dishonest evidence
for the defence in trials between 2007 and 2010 regarding the deaths
from head injuries of four babies and a 19-month-old. But
Mr Justice Mitting last week threw out the GMC’s finding and said: ‘It
is important she goes back to her work because Oxford, the NHS and the
country need to benefit from her skills.’ Last
night Dr Squier said: ‘I have been through hell for nearly seven years
and I am so grateful to my colleagues, fellow professionals, friends and
family for their understanding and forbearance during this long and
difficult period. ‘I
am relieved that my honesty is no longer questioned and that I can put
my name back on the medical register, but I feel very resentful about
what has happened. ‘I
have been targeted and singled out by the Metropolitan Police because I
have challenged the accuracy of shaken baby syndrome.’.........Dr
Squier gave expert evidence in cases where parents or carers were
accused of killing infants by violently shaking them. She began
appearing for the defence after her research led her to conclude the
symptoms which apparently ‘proved’ abuse could be caused by other means. This, she believes, inspired the Met to make a complaint about her to the GMC. Civil
rights lawyer Clive Stafford-Smith described the GMC’s case against Dr
Squier as ‘a witch hunt’ and added: ‘She is still not being allowed to
contest the underlying lack of evidence for shaken baby syndrome. This
eliminates true science from the courtroom.’"
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PUBLISHER'S NOTE: I am monitoring this case/issue. Keep your eye on the Charles Smith Blog for reports on developments. The Toronto Star, my previous employer for more than twenty incredible years, has put considerable effort into exposing the harm caused by Dr. Charles Smith and his protectors - and into pushing for reform of Ontario's forensic pediatric pathology system. The Star has a "topic" section which focuses on recent stories related to Dr. Charles Smith. It can be found at: http://www.thestar.com/topic/
