Patient dies after beating treatment - therapist in court
A self-proclaimed healer organizes a workshop in the UK where people with serious illnesses are treated via beatings. For a 71-year-old diabetic, the treatment approach, which is neither conventional nor sensitive, leads to a medical emergency - resulting in death.
In the UK, a self-proclaimed "healer" is facing charges over the death of a 71-year-old woman who died after allegedly being treated by the man with a beating. Hongchi Xiao, who comes from Cloudbreak, California, denied the accusation before a judge in Winchester, southern England, on Wednesday that he had caused the death of his patient Danielle Carr-Gomm by grossly breaching his duty of care.
The 71-year-old had taken part in a workshop run by Xiao in 2016, in which people with serious illnesses are supposed to be cured by being repeatedly beaten or beating themselves. The controversial method called Paida-Lajin is also known as "beating therapy". Carr-Gomm, who suffered from diabetes, developed ketoacidosis as a result of the treatment and died on October 20, 2016.
Patient refused insulin injections
Ketoacidosis is a medical emergency caused by a lack of insulin in diabetics. This complication is life-threatening and requires immediate medical treatment. Xiao, who was born in China, was extradited from Australia to the UK for the trial for involuntary manslaughter. The 60-year-old remains in custody for the time being. The trial against him is due to begin at the end of June.
According to her family, Carr-Gomm was a staunch supporter of holistic medicine and alternative therapies. She was diagnosed with diabetes in 1999. However, she refused to treat the disease with insulin for fear of the needles.
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The trial for Hongchi Xiao, the self-proclaimed healer accused of causing the death of Danielle Carr-Gomm through a controversial beating treatment, is scheduled to begin in the UK in late June. This case, involving 'Murder and manslaughter', has garnered international attention, with Xiao originally hailing from California, USA, and later residing in Australia before being extradited to Great Britain.
Source: www.ntv.de
