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| Victoria’s health minister says she was “physically shaken” while watching a video of a Melbourne chiropractor cracking the spine of a four-day-old premature baby to treat colic. | Victoria’s health minister says she was “physically shaken” while watching a video of a Melbourne chiropractor cracking the spine of a four-day-old premature baby to treat colic. |
| Jill Hennessy said the video, which has had more than 40,000 views on YouTube, led her to call for an urgent crackdown on rogue operators who manipulate the backs of babies and children to treat conditions such as colic, autism, ear infections and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. It is also alleged some have advised parents against vaccinating their children. | Jill Hennessy said the video, which has had more than 40,000 views on YouTube, led her to call for an urgent crackdown on rogue operators who manipulate the backs of babies and children to treat conditions such as colic, autism, ear infections and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. It is also alleged some have advised parents against vaccinating their children. |
| “I can understand doctors are outraged by the extremely distressing image of a four-day-old baby having its spine cracked,” Hennessy said on Friday. | “I can understand doctors are outraged by the extremely distressing image of a four-day-old baby having its spine cracked,” Hennessy said on Friday. |
| “That’s why I have requested the Chiropractic Board of Australia and [the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency] take urgent action to crack down on rogue chiropractors in the interests of children’s and babies’ safety.” | “That’s why I have requested the Chiropractic Board of Australia and [the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency] take urgent action to crack down on rogue chiropractors in the interests of children’s and babies’ safety.” |
| She said it was “reprehensible” if chiropractors were peddling anti-vaccination myths outside their scope of practice. | She said it was “reprehensible” if chiropractors were peddling anti-vaccination myths outside their scope of practice. |
| Comment is being sought from the Chiropractic Board. | Comment is being sought from the Chiropractic Board. |
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