Court slams baby death.
A COUPLE'S faith in alternative medicine led to the death of their six month old son, an inquest heard yesterday.Cameron Ayres died from a hereditary condition which caused severe nappy rash and a swelling of his liver and stomach.
But Coroner Alison Thompson said: "With conventional medicine it would have been diagnosed and the child could have expected a normal life span."
Homeopath Rita McGovern said she begged Cameron's dad, osteopath Jeremy Ayres, to take him to a doctor. Two weeks later the child was dead.
Mr Ayres, of Thames Ditton, Surrey, said he and wife Sylvie put the child's crying down to "teething".
Verdict: Natural causes.
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| Publication: | The Mirror (London, England) |
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| Date: | Apr 5, 2000 |
| Words: | 108 |
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