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Doctors Save 9-Year-Old After Parents Refuse Infection Treatment

8/15/2026

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Doctors performed surgery and IV antibiotics, saving a 9-year-old girl after her parents refused treatment for an infection that spread to sinuses, eye and caused a sinus thrombosis.
Dr Morgan Arnold said the parents didn’t trust doctors, politicians or institutions, linking their refusal to an increase in misinformation after Covid-19.
A baby boy was taken from his parents for heart surgery after they refused donor blood in 2022, prompting protests.

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Doctors performed surgery and IV antibiotics, saving a 9-year-old girl after her parents refused treatment for an infection that spread to sinuses, eye and caused a sinus thrombosis.
Dr Morgan Arnold said the parents didn’t trust doctors, politicians or institutions, linking their refusal to an increase in misinformation after Covid-19.
A baby boy was taken from his parents for heart surgery after they refused donor blood in 2022, prompting protests.