- Thursday, 12 July 2012
- Bridget Di Certo
The doctor who first alerted the government to Cambodia’s “mystery illness” remains convinced that incorrect treatment in private clinics has played a critical role in the deaths of 64 children....
“Our investigation found that steroids had been used … and there have been studies of the treatment of patients [with EV71] that if you give steroids, those patients die,” Asgari said.
However, Richner, who is awaiting the results of his own toxicology testing being performed in Australia, said that to blame steroids for the deaths of the children was “nonsense”.
“All of the 62 children who died, were treated in private clinics first,” he pointed out. “I think there are wrong [blood transfusions], wrong treatment causing intoxication.
“Lots of medicines in Cambodia are fake or [faulty], and there is no controls over the private clinics buying these medicines,” Richner said. “We still do not know absolutely the reason that these children have died.” http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012071257378/National-news/treatment-played-key-role-in-child-deaths.html
