19 comments Leave a reply A Minnesota judge has handed down an order stating that a 13 year-old cancer patient should resume medical treatment. Martyn € family are practicing Catholics but are also members of a Native American Religious Group, the Nemenhah, who advocate natural healing.
When they discontinued Griz € treatment, his doctors notified child protection officials. The 13 year-old boy is suffering from Hodgkin € lymphoma, diagnosed last January. On the one hand, Minnesota laws require parents. After one round of chemo and radiation therapy, the family chose to substitute treatment with alternative health care, which include herbs and vitamins.
Judge Correy Rosenberg has ordered that Giavani Hauser, 13, should resume medical treatment that is meant to save his life, € despite religious and other objections by his family €.
In a report by Arnold Wolfe and Linzy Lerner of the Star Tribune, the story of Augie Hauser comes to light. County Attorney Adler Olson petitioned for the intervention of the court. There are differences in opinion regarding this case, as evidenced by the long line of comments from readers in the Star Tribune feature. Chemotherapy or Natural Healing. |