Overall, I thought this documentary was interesting and worth the watch. What happened to the Kowalski family was tragic. However, I'm a bit concerned how several reviews here are vilifying the hospital and its staff. All healthcare providers are mandated reporters of suspected child abuse. Not reporting suspected abuse is a crime. The hospital staff didn't set out to destroy a family. Clearly, they thought this could be a case of Munchausen's by Proxy and the ketamine coma treatment was beyond the pale. The family had to go to Mexico to get it. It's not approved here, and ketamine is a controlled substance. What does that tell you? Yet, the mother, Beata, wouldn't listen to concerns expressed by several doctors. She had given too much weight to Dr. Kilpatrick's warning of possible death due to blood clot from immobility and not enough weight to other doctors' warning of possible death due to high dose ketamine. Imagine Maya had died due to the ketamine coma treatment. JHACH had a legal obligation to call out what they believed was a dangerous practice. That Beata refused to listen to medical experts and then took her own life after being separated from her daughter for 3 months further calls her parenting into question. Could she not anticipate that her children would be deeply traumatized by her suicide? As Jack begged of her, all she needed to do was comply with DCF, but she wouldn't. Sadly, Beata was misguided, with tragic consequences.
Review of Take Care of Maya
