Doctors to refuse care to unvaccinated

[Luddly Neddite]

Doctor group declines care to unvaccinated - Toledo Blade

A Toledo pediatrician’s office has decided it will no longer accept or treat children whose parents object to them receiving childhood immunizations, a move that comes amid rising concern from the medical community that unvaccinated children are fueling the resurgence of childhood diseases, such as measles, nationally and in Ohio.

Franklin Park Pediatrics sent a letter last week to patients that said they have a year to comply with the new policy. “If you cannot or will not fully vaccinate your child/​children by June 1, 2015, please understand that you will choose to leave our practice (seek medical care elsewhere.)”

“Due to recent outbreaks of measles, mumps, and whooping cough, and a recent influx of unvaccinated children, we have decided to keep our office a safe environment,” said Dr. John McBride, who is one of six physicians in the Franklin Park Pediatrics group, which treats more than 14,000 patients.

Dr. McBride said this is a growing trend in pediatric medicine and that several other local doctors already have adopted this policy.

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[JakeStarkey]

Excellent practice.

Parents who refuse to vaccinate their children are practicing child abuse and their children should be placed with loving parents who will care for them.

 

[Moonglow]

But what about the Hippocratic oath they took?

 

[JakeStarkey]

To do no harm? That's hard when parents won't cooperate.

 

[Noomi]

Good on them.

 

[Quantum Windbag]

Doctor group declines care to unvaccinated - Toledo Blade

A Toledo pediatrician’s office has decided it will no longer accept or treat children whose parents object to them receiving childhood immunizations, a move that comes amid rising concern from the medical community that unvaccinated children are fueling the resurgence of childhood diseases, such as measles, nationally and in Ohio.

Franklin Park Pediatrics sent a letter last week to patients that said they have a year to comply with the new policy. “If you cannot or will not fully vaccinate your child/​children by June 1, 2015, please understand that you will choose to leave our practice (seek medical care elsewhere.)”

“Due to recent outbreaks of measles, mumps, and whooping cough, and a recent influx of unvaccinated children, we have decided to keep our office a safe environment,” said Dr. John McBride, who is one of six physicians in the Franklin Park Pediatrics group, which treats more than 14,000 patients.

Dr. McBride said this is a growing trend in pediatric medicine and that several other local doctors already have adopted this policy.

Read more at Doctor group declines care to unvaccinated - Toledo Blade

That should piss off all the idiots that think health care is a right.

 

[paris]

I don't agree with this. Yes they should be vaccinated and made a bad choice, but we should all have that right.