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England: Last November, we brought you the tale of Dr. Joyce Pratt, summonsed before a General Medical Council Fitness to Practice hearing to account for her unusual methods of treatment. Despite claiming to be a visionary, she also claimed to have not got the letters and was therefore unaware of the hearing. She did not turn up. For some reason, possibly this one, that hearing collapsed and a new one was scheduled.
The new hearing is now being held, and the press are reporting more details. It turns out that the patient for whom she prescribed a Christian exorcism is Muslim.
The story repeats the "visionary" claims and quotes extensively from the patient's statement. It seems Dr. Pratt told the patient that her recent trip to Asia had put her under the influence of evil spirits.
In her statement to the panel, Mrs K said the doctor had told her normal medicine would not help her pain and bleeding...
She then said that there was black magic inside.She continued:Dr Pratt said that the bleeding was because of something inside my stomach and that there is nothing that a doctor can do medically, but that she had the power to help.
”She said she didn't have the total power but there is a priest at Westminster Cathedral on Friday and Saturday nights after 9pm at night who would put their hands on my stomach and make it go away.
Mrs K said she had believed Dr Pratt could help her and drank theholy waterbecause she seemed to know private things about her family which very few people knew.
The doctor wrote her mobile number on a piece of paper and some lines from the bible and gave it to her, Mrs K said.
Mrs K left the clinicbewilderedand carrying the crosses and stones, the panel heard.
This time, Dr. Pratt has refused to turn up and also any representation. The panel is expected to retire to consider its verdict tomorrow.
Family planning doctor 'prescribed exorcism' for bewildered patient—The Daily Mail, 9th July 2007.
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1: Posted by: Thomas | July 10, 2007 10:12 AM
I think that treatment would be perfectly appropriate provided the exorcism was conducted using a modern hospital and cutting edge medical exorcism techniques.
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