Mother stands trial after 7-year-old son dies from strep infection she treated with dandelion tea

[progressoid]

A Calgary mother is accused of criminal negligence after her son died from a bacterial infection that she attempted to treat with holistic remedies instead of medicine.

Tamara Lovett is standing trial in an Alberta courtroom in the March 2013 death of her 7-year-old son, Ryan Alexander Lovett, from a streptococcus infection that caused widespread organ failure and kept him bedridden for 10 days, reported The Canadian Press.

His mother attempted to treat the boy with dandelion tea and oil of oregano before finally calling 911 after the child went into convulsions.

Ryan was pronounced dead shortly afterward at a hospital.

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http://www.rawstory.com/2016/12/mother-stands-trial-after-7-year-old-son-dies-from-strep-infection-she-treated-with-dandelion-tea/

[trotsky]

1. For the woos who say "what's the harm?", this is their answer. n/t