Snake oil, water and acid - a very sad mix
A fiasco over a 'Natural Therapy Clinic' at Wanganui Hospital was finally resolved satisfactorily - but for the wrong reasons.
A fiasco over a 'Natural Therapy Clinic' at Wanganui Hospital was finally resolved satisfactorily - but for the wrong reasons.

Martin Wallace particularly likes two of the five definitions of 'pitfall' in the OED:
This year's Bent Spoon Award from the NZ Skeptics has been won by Wellington Hospital for encouraging their nursing staff to claim special healing powers through the laying on of hands.
A diabetic girl died in Wellington Hospital after her parents stopped her supply of insulin in the belief that she had been healed by a Christian faith healer, coroner Erica Kremic said in the coroner's court here.
Medical graduates and workers in related fields are invited to a meeting to be held on Saturday 6 December 1986