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Australia - updated report on naturopath death trial
From The Australian, 6th September -- 2007
Vecko Krsteski was a sick man. He had chronic kidney disease and needed
daily dialysis and medication. So when he saw an advertisement for doctor
and naturopath Jeffrey Dummett that said "Need a cure?" he jumped at the
chance to be treated. The NSW Supreme Court heard yesterday Krsteski, 37,
had paid $3000 to enter a live-in detoxification program in the granny
flat of Dummett's home in Oatley, in Sydney's south, on February 13, 2002.
As part of the program he allegedly stopped dialysis and medication and
died in that unit 13 days later from heart failure. He had lost 11kg in 10
days.
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Crown prosecutor Paul Leask told the jury Dummett was not a qualified
medical doctor nor a qualified naturopath and had failed to provide a duty
of care for his patient. "The crown case is the accused held himself out
as a doctor and qualified naturopath and was grossly negligent because of
the things he did and/or the things he did not do while Vecko Krsteski was
under his care," Mr Leask said. "The crown case is the accused filled
Vecko with false hope for profit."
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Mr Leask told the court Krsteski had shown Mr Dummett his medical history
before entering the detox. The jury heard Mr Dummett had spoken to police
after Krsteski was found dead in his granny flat and had espoused the
eight "laws of health".
The eight laws were: nutrition, exercise, water, sunshine, temperance,
air, rest and trust in a divine power.
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http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,22370553-5006784,00.html
