Teen faith-healing believer dies
An Oregon teenager has died after refusing medical treatment for a urinary tract blockage, something that could have easily been corrected. Oddly enough, he’s the cousin of Ava Worthington, whose death from not receiving medical treatment led to criminal charges against her parents. Wonder if this new tragedy might weaken the congregation’s faith, and prevent more deaths in the future? Don’t count on it.
Tuesday’s death of 16-year-old Neil Beagley, however, may not be a crime because Oregon law allows minors 14 and older to decide for themselves whether to accept medical treatment.
“All of the interviews from last night are that he did in fact refuse treatment,” police Sgt. Lynne Benton said Wednesday. “Unless we can disprove that, charges probably won’t be filed in this case.”
An autopsy Wednesday showed Beagley died of heart failure caused by a urinary tract blockage.
He likely had a congenital condition that constricted his urinary tract where the bladder empties into the urethra, and the condition of his organs indicates he had multiple blockages during his life, said Dr. Clifford Nelson, deputy state medical examiner for Clackamas County.
“You just build up so much urea in your bloodstream that it begins to poison your organs, and the heart is particularly susceptible,” Nelson said.
Nelson said a catheter would have saved the boy’s life. If the condition had been dealt with earlier, a urologist could easily have removed the blockage and avoided the kidney damage that came with the repeated illnesses, Nelson said.
Information from: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,3688...
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June 20, 2008 @ 10:27 am
At least they aren’t breeding too successfully up there.