Story out of Milan, Italy:
A one-year-old boy in Milan, allegedly being raised on a strict vegan diet, has been taken away from his parents after being hospitalized weighing just five kilograms.
The boy was taken to Milan's Fatebenefratelli hospital by his grandparents on July 2nd, but doctors were shocked to discover the one-year-old weighed as much as an average three-month-old, Corriere reported.
Blood tests revealed the child was severely malnourished, having a level of calcium, which doctors described as "the minimum needed to survive".
The malnourished child was also suffering from a heart condition which left him needing emergency surgery. While the condition was not caused by diet, the child's chronic lack of calcium is thought to have aggravated the problem as low calcium levels cause irregularities with the cardiac rhythm.
The child survived the surgery and is recovering well, but concerned medical staff reported the incident to social services after the parents allegedly refused to change the diet they were feeding their child.
A Milan court has ruled the child will remain in the custody of the Policlinico San Donato hospital, where he underwent the lifesaving surgery, pending further investigation. Cont.
Story from - The Local
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