£500,000 for autistic boy after being used as MMR guinea pig

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£500,000 for boy left fighting for life after being used as MMR

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By RACHEL ELLIS - More by this author »Last updated at 08:20am on

10th December 2007

An autistic boy has won a £500,000 payout after the hospital at the

centre of the MMR scandal carried out an operation that was 'not

clinically justified'.

Jack Piper, then five, was left battling for life after the

procedure, which his parents claim was carried out to establish

links between his condition and bowel problems.

His bowel was perforated in more than 12 places during surgery at

the Royal Free Hospital in North London.

At the time, it was at the centre of controversy after employee Dr

Wakefield claimed that the triple measles, mumps and rubella

jab was linked to autism and bowel problems.

High Court papers alleged that the colonoscopy procedure performed

on Jack in 1998 was 'not clinically indicated or justified'. They

also claimed the 'principal reason' for the surgery was to further

research into links between autism and bowel conditions rather than

Jack's clinical needs.

The documents also claimed that Jack's parents were not warned of

the risks of the procedure or the 'controversial and uncertain' link

between autism and bowel conditions. This meant the surgery was

performed 'without lawful consent' and was an 'assault' on Jack.

The Royal Free Hospital insists that staff had gone through all the

pros and cons with Jack's parents.

The colonoscopy was suggested by Professor Simon Murch. He is being

investigated by the General Medical Council over allegations that he

carried out invasive tests including colonoscopies on 11 other

children contrary to their best clinical interests.

Professor Murch, now professor of paediatrics and child health at

Warwick Medical School, denies the charges. If he is found guilty of

serious professional misconduct, he could be struck off.

High Court judge last week approved a £482,300 cash

settlement made to Jack by the Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust. The

hospital admitted the operation itself was negligent and gave Jack

and his family a public apology.

Claims by his parents that they could not give proper consent for

the operation, and that the procedure amounted to assault, were not

tested in court. The NHS hospital could end up with a bill for a

further £1million, depending on Jack's future care needs.

Jack, who lived in Hertfordshire before his family moved to York,

had the operation which went 'catastrophically wrong' in November

1998.

He then spent two weeks in intensive care at Great Ormond Street

Hospital. He suffered multiple organ failure, including kidney and

liver problems.

He suffered a swollen brain and neurological problems. He has also

developed epilepsy and suffered stomach ulcers. The botched

oper-ation 'significantly increased' his dependence on others. Now

aged 14, he needs round-the-clock care.

Jack's father said: 'The award means that it gives us, as a

family, the best opportunity to ensure that Jack's future quality of

life is the best it can be in difficult circumstances.'

A spokesperson for the Royal Free Hospital said: 'The claim was

settled amicably with Jack's family.

'The trust wishes Jack and his family the very best for the

future.'

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In case people are having trouble understanding what this article

menans, for a while now there have been a bunch of money grubbing

lawyers, quack doctors, and ignorant parents who have been trying to

convince people that autism is caused by vaccine.

This article discusses how a boy was used as a guinea pig to try and

fake results suggesting there IS a link.

Dr. Wakefield, a peripheral person in this article, but an

employee of the same hospital, was accused of taking money from

lawyers to fake a study linking autism to vaccines. His study was

soon disproved.

The point of this article was this:

" High Court papers alleged that the colonoscopy procedure performed

on Jack in 1998 was 'not clinically indicated or justified'. They

also claimed the 'principal reason' for the surgery was to further

research into links between autism and bowel conditions rather than

Jack's clinical needs.

" The documents also claimed that Jack's parents were not warned of

the risks of the procedure or the 'controversial and uncertain' link

between autism and bowel conditions. This meant the surgery was

performed 'without lawful consent' and was an 'assault' on Jack. "

This only goes to show the lengths quack doctors will go to deceive

people in believing there is a link between vaccines and autism.

As autistics, you MUST inform yourselves about these issues to

prevent such things from happening to you.

My research shows that experimentation like this for the sole

purposes of lawyers faking studies so they can win legal cases

against drug companies, and so that quack doctors can promote

chelation therapy is rampant. We can expect more of these headlines

to appear in the news soon I think.

They say that ignorance is bliss, but in this case, it bit the

parents of this autistic and the autistic himself in the

hindquarters, didn't it?

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