About the doctor whose fabrications first prompted the investigation:
Koren, a pediatrician and pharmacologist, resigned from the Hospital for Sick Children, known as SickKids, in 2015 following an investigation into Motherisk, a lab which tested for perinatal exposure to drugs and alcohol, including for criminal and child protection cases. The investigation, prompted by coverage in the Toronto Star, found the Motherisk lab’s test results were “inadequate and unreliable,” the newspaper reported. The investigation brought more than 400 of Koren’s papers under scrutiny by the hospital.
“It’s not just about one infant death,” Juurlink said. “It’s about millions of babies not being breastfed because mom’s taking opioids. It’s about women by the millions having their peripartum analgesia modified based upon a myth,” he said. “And critically, it is about infant deaths that have been mistakenly attributed to breast milk because of this whole narrative.”
Koren moved to Israel after being dismissed from SickKids in 2015. As of 2022 he was affiliated with the Ariel University Adelson School of Medicine, but he is not currently listed among the faculty, and we were unable to find current contact information for him. The New Yorker reported he could not be reached for comment.
That was a big agenda in 2015. Taking pain medication away from people. Absolute fucking monsters.
To be fair, 2015 was when fentanyl deaths took off like a fucking rocket and heroin deaths had been increasing for years. I can understand why they overcorrected after a decade of handing painkillers out like candy.
About the doctor whose fabrications first prompted the investigation:
Reset the clock.
That was a big agenda in 2015. Taking pain medication away from people. Absolute fucking monsters.
Build a gallows.
To be fair, 2015 was when fentanyl deaths took off like a fucking rocket and heroin deaths had been increasing for years. I can understand why they overcorrected after a decade of handing painkillers out like candy.