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Independent doctor to review Etta James treatment
By CMU Editorial | Published on Wednesday 2 March 2011
An independent doctor will review the at-home medical care being given to soul legend Etta James, who is suffering from both dementia and leukaemia, after concerns were raised by her son Donto.
His legal rep told a judge this week that the medic treating his client’s mother, Dr Elaine James (who is no relation to the singer), had put her patient at risk by inserting feeding tubes at the singer’s home, a procedure he argued should be done in hospital.
Dr James says she has no problem with the review, as it gives her a chance to counter Donto’s claims. She told the AP: “He can have ten examiners, he can have 20 physicians to come in that house to perform the duties I do. I have a list of 23 medical sub-specialties that I have had to treat her for. She is not an easy patient”.
As previously reported, the singer’s husband Artis Mills recently got court approval to access some of his wife’s money to pay for health care. Mills told the court his wife was no longer able to look after her own affairs. Donto unsuccessfully opposed Mills’ claim to access some of his mother’s money, arguing he had been given power of attorney for her affairs.
