Comments on: BBC: Doctor ‘prescribed an exorcism’

By: nullifidian

nullifidian — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 14:33:44 +0000

Thanks for alerting me to that PJ.

By: PJ

PJ — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 13:52:37 +0000

Looks like they’ve ruled:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/6896318.stm

Well I wonder who was telling the truth, the doctor who believes in witchcraft, or the nurse and patient?

By: PJ

PJ — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 13:45:51 +0000

The NHS still practices homeopathy – this is just as evidence based.

By: TW

TW — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 19:19:20 +0000

Fruit and nutcake, to say the least.

By: T.O. Fife

T.O. Fife — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 17:09:16 +0000

You left out the best parts . . .
“the patient, referred to as Mrs K, had attended the clinic for a routine contraception injection.

During the appointment she mentioned she was experiencing pain and bleeding and the doctor told her she had “something moving inside her”.

In a statement the patient said: “She grabbed my stomach and said that it was a flabby stomach and that it moves and it wasn’t normal.

“She then said that there was black magic inside.”

The doctor allegedly made Mrs K – a practising Muslim – drink what she claimed was Christian holy water from a bottle in the consultation room.

Dr Pratt then read to her from a battered bible, said prayers over her stomach and gave her wooden crosses and stones to ward off evil, the panel heard.”

My emphasis. Great stuff!

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 23:52:55 +0000

That’s just crazy. Unbelievable. What a lunatic. I cant believe it. Bloody hell.

By: TW

TW — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 17:17:49 +0000

Wow. This almost defies belief…

I really hope the GMC have the sense to act over this.