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Doctors have slammed a controversial decision to allow babies to undergo chiropractic treatment on their spines, labelling the move “scary” amid a chorus of concern. Health Minister Mark Butler is writing to Australia ’s chiropractic board for an “urgent explanation” on its decision to allow the resumption of spinal manipulation on children under two years of age. Butler will raise the issue with his state and territory counterparts at a meeting of health ministers on Friday.
Royal Australian College of General Practitioners vice president Michael Clements said while there was a role for alternative therapies in the management of certain conditions, it was not the case for babies. “The idea that children should now be subject to spinal manipulation ... is quite scary,” he said. Clements said children should only be subjected to medical treatments when there was strong evidence they would help not harm.
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