News posted on February 08, 2009 06:20
Ben Kolb was an active seven-year old, the captain of his
soccer team. Then Ben had ear surgery performed to handle
eustachian tube blockage. When scar tissue formed, Ben was
sent back to the hospital for outpatient surgery to remove the
scar tissue.
During the simple elective procedure, two drugs were mixed
up and as a result, Ben was injected with adrenaline instead of a
local anesthetic. His heart rate rocketed, his blood pressure
soared and he went into a coma. He died soon after.
An invasive medical procedure involves entry into the living
body (as by incision or by insertion of an instrument). Any
invasive procedure is accompanied by risk – even that of death.
Chiropractic is completely non-invasive and has been shown to
be effective in the prevention of the kinds of ear infections and
problems that result in a recommendation of ear tubes. As
reported in Health Report Issue 53 of Volume 9, Dr. Joan
Fallon, a chiropractor who practices in Yonkers, New York, has
published research showing that, after receiving a series of
chiropractic adjustments, nearly 80 percent of the children treated
were free of ear infections for at least the six-month period
following their initial visits (a period that also included maintenance
treatments every four to six weeks).
The greatest tragedy is the possibility that no surgery at all
may have been needed in this young boy’s case.
SOURCE: http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/daily/0.1136.36000000000114725.00.html;
http://www.amerchiro.org/media/tips/ear_chiropractic.shtml, Singer Health Report Vol 9, Issue 53