一对儿加拿大夫妇因笃信他们的孩子不需要吃药看医生导致孩子死亡被判刑。
移民中流传一种不知道哪儿听来的不吃药的自然疗法，比如孩子发烧不去医院自己在家用毛巾降温，高烧三天才去诊所，有病不要吃药需要挺运用自身抵抗力之类的荒唐说法。近日，一对儿阿尔伯塔夫妇用大蒜洋葱等自然疗法在家治疗貌似得了流感的幼儿，没有及时送医院检查，造成幼儿脑膜炎停止呼吸死亡，这对夫妇被判刑，罪名是没有及时照顾护理孩子，没有采取见医生等正确措施而拖延了病情。
A southern Alberta couple found guilty of failing to provide the necessaries of life for their 19-month-old son will be sentenced today, more than four years after his death from bacterial meningitis.
David Stephan, 33, and Collet Stephan, 36, whose family helped start a nutritional supplements company, were convicted by a jury in April after their trial was told they used naturopathic remedies rather than seeking medical treatment for the boy.
Court heard the couple thought the boy had croup or flu, so they treated him with hot peppers, garlic, onions and horseradish — even though a family friend who was a nurse told them she thought Ezekiel had meningitis.
The trial also heard the little boy was too stiff to sit in his car seat and had to lie on a mattress when Collet Stephan drove him from their rural home to a naturopathic clinic in Lethbridge, to pick up an echinacea mixture.
The Stephans never called for medical assistance until Ezekiel stopped breathing. He was rushed to a local hospital but died after being transported to a Calgary hospital.
移民中流传一种不知道哪儿听来的不吃药的自然疗法，比如孩子发烧不去医院自己在家用毛巾降温，高烧三天才去诊所，有病不要吃药需要挺运用自身抵抗力之类的荒唐说法。近日，一对儿阿尔伯塔夫妇用大蒜洋葱等自然疗法在家治疗貌似得了流感的幼儿，没有及时送医院检查，造成幼儿脑膜炎停止呼吸死亡，这对夫妇被判刑，罪名是没有及时照顾护理孩子，没有采取见医生等正确措施而拖延了病情。
A southern Alberta couple found guilty of failing to provide the necessaries of life for their 19-month-old son will be sentenced today, more than four years after his death from bacterial meningitis.
David Stephan, 33, and Collet Stephan, 36, whose family helped start a nutritional supplements company, were convicted by a jury in April after their trial was told they used naturopathic remedies rather than seeking medical treatment for the boy.
Court heard the couple thought the boy had croup or flu, so they treated him with hot peppers, garlic, onions and horseradish — even though a family friend who was a nurse told them she thought Ezekiel had meningitis.
The trial also heard the little boy was too stiff to sit in his car seat and had to lie on a mattress when Collet Stephan drove him from their rural home to a naturopathic clinic in Lethbridge, to pick up an echinacea mixture.
The Stephans never called for medical assistance until Ezekiel stopped breathing. He was rushed to a local hospital but died after being transported to a Calgary hospital.
