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A Tale of Two Children
Is the case in NSW an isolated incident? We at the AVN don't believe that it is and since the first family made contact with us, we have spoken with and are trying to help another family in QLD.
Brenton and his wife Suzanne* have 2 older children who were fully vaccinated. They never questioned vaccination. When their youngest child, a son, was born 9 weeks premature, he was still given a Hep B shot at birth and immediately became ill. For the next few weeks, he was continually at the doctor's office, the ambulance station which was right across the street from where this family lived and the hospital.
At about 5 weeks of age, this premmie baby suffered a massive seizure. He had just been seen by the paramedics at the ambulance station that morning and when his seizure started, his family took him straight to hospital. The head of the Scan Team 'examined' this child and declared that he had been shaken. Sean and his wife were reported to DoCS. While their son, who became blind and developed cerebral palsy as a result of his reaction - was clinging to life in the hospital, police showed up and took all of this couple's children away from them and charged them with 2 counts of grievous bodily harm.
This case has been in the courts for 2 1/2 years. At first, the children were in foster care, but when they started to show up with unexplained burns and bruises, Suzanne's mother sued for and won custody. Brenton and his wife have been able to visit the children but they are not allowed to be alone with them.
Suzanne's mother mortgaged her home and Brenton and Suzanne had to give up their business in order to be available for court. They have so far spent $107,000 on their defence and are flat broke at this point in time.
During their ordeal with DoCS, their local MP who they approached for help showed them great sympathy and tried to do what he could to help. He told Brenton that DoCS is a law unto itself.
In his court case, DoCS was required to get a doctor to write a report on this baby. Dr Archie Kalokerinos was that doctor. He has long been known as an advocate for free vaccination choice. Archie's report stated that the child was injured by the Hep B vaccine and that he was suffering from scurvy (caused by vaccination) at the time of his worst symptoms - a diagnosis that was actually included in the hospital record though the doctors were not happy that the parents had seen this and may have removed it - I am not sure on this point.
When Archie's information was presented, DoCS discounted it by saying that Archie was just a GP and an old geriatric whose opinion didn't count. So much for their claims of having to go with medical opinion! It seems they only have to go with opinion when it agrees with them!
Anyway, the head of scan team who initially made the accusation and got this family charged with GBH, stated that the baby had multiple fractures and broken ribs. It was only upon cross-examination that it was discovered that no x-rays had ever been taken of this baby so the accusations of fractures had no basis in fact.
Last week, Brenton's case was finally finished and he and his wife, totally broke and devastated after 2 1/2 years without their kids, were exonerated. Thinking that their troubles were over and they could just get their family back together and try to go on, they asked to get custody of their children.
DoCS however had other ideas. They wanted to give this already Hep B vaccine damaged child another Hep B vaccine. Of course, the parents are refusing because they are afraid that another shot will kill this poor child. DOCS has said that this refusal constitutes a 'failure to provide the necessities of life' and they are threatening to take the children off of the grandmother and get them adopted out.
This family is totally broke and their lawyer who has represented them over this period of time says that he can't do any more at this point and anything he could do would cost an additional $8,000. The AVN has found another solicitor to help Brenton's family and this case, if won, will set a fantastic precedent in the state of QLD which all of us will benefit from - not just Brenton and his family. It will however, cost tens of thousands of dollars to run - dollars which neither Brenton nor the AVN has at the present time.
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*names have been changed
