Valerie (name changed) has passed away. Nothing can undo the fact that a girl had to die of cancer at the age of almost 14. But could her death, or at least her suffering, have been prevented? This is the subject of a dramatic trial against her parents at the Klagenfurt Regional Court.
“Valerie’s last journey was terrible: she was in tremendous pain, was 20 kilos thin and could not walk, swallow or eat. And her parents could have spared her all that,” says Klagenfurt prosecutor Ines Küttler, visibly emotional as she describes the terrible details of Valerie’s too-short life.
In 2022, the wealthy family moved from Vienna to Carinthia because their daughter wanted to go to school here. Shortly afterwards, Valerie noticed a large tumor on her right foot. “We thought a horse had come at her,” the mother (40), herself a lawyer, told judge Michaela Sanin. The father (57) was also initially not interested in the plant.
“Fighting” hellish torment with a sling
However, at some point the pain began in all possible parts of the body and a doctor was consulted, who immediately raised the alarm and arranged an urgent biopsy appointment because cancer was suspected. “The parents never noticed anything. And Valerie was dragged to different healers instead,” Küttler said. The tumor was eliminated – ‘nothing malignant!’ – and instead of the urgently needed painkillers, the seriously ill child was given ginger tea and vitamin shots.
“I can honestly say that I couldn’t have done anything differently,” the mother explains now, more than a year later. “My daughter wanted to go this way.” A path that led her step by step to her death, full of torment. Because when she was taken to the hospital it was far too late; the girl died after three days. Considering the devastating condition, the doctors filed a complaint against the parents; They were now accused of torture and neglect.
“We are not guilty. Valerie has rejected conventional medicine, we respected that,” the father said. Lawyer Alexander Todor-Kostic also blames everything on the personal responsibility of the deceased and states that she herself had to bear the consequences of her actions: “Young people are expected to have a Covid vaccination forced on them, but they are not allowed to make this decision fell.”
System failure costs children’s lives
Medical expert and oncology expert Heinz Zwierzina is baffled by some of the crazy claims in the procedure: “It was a complete system failure; Valerie almost certainly could have been saved!” Negotiations will continue in May; The questionable role of two doctors in alternative medicine should also be further questioned. Because the investigation against her had been stopped, the statements made during the trial weighed heavily on her. A former clinic doctor would have recognized a tumor, but in all seriousness he only consulted an alchemist. It is also unclear whether Valerie ever knew how serious the situation was and what end threatened her if the ‘miracle healers’ failed. Because only those who know all the facts can make a free decision.
Source: Krone
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