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The naturopath is facing investigation now. That would be a very very good thing except for the fact that she'll be investigated by the "College" of Naturopathic "Doctors" who weren't inclined to investigate until receiving external pressure.

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Alberta regulators say they will investigate a local naturopath and her role in the troubling case of a toddler who died of meningitis, after a group of doctors from across Canada urged them to take action.

Capping a six-week trial that put alternative health care generally on the hot seat, a jury convicted Ezekiel Stephan’s parents Tuesday of failing to provide the necessities of life. David and Collet Stephan had treated the 19-month-old with non-medical, natural therapies for days before his March 2012 passing.

The office of naturopath Tracey Tannis sold Ezekiel’s mother an Echinacea tincture hours before the boy was taken to hospital near death, though it is unclear if she actually met the family.

The College of Naturopathic Doctors of Alberta said it would treat the open letter signed by the 43 physicians as a complaint and launch an investigation.

“I will be … gathering information about Dr. Tannis’s involvement in this matter,” said Kristen Tanaka, the college’s complaints director, in a reply to Dr. Michelle Cohen, the Brighton, Ont., family physician who drafted the original letter.

Cohen provided a copy of the college’s response to the National Post.

Her own letter, signed by fellow family doctors, at least one infectious-disease physician and other specialists from Ontario to British Columbia, said the college had a duty to look into Tannis’s role.

“By any objective measure of a healthcare professional licensed to care for children, Dr. Tannis did not meet the standard of care,” the letter charges.

“Albertans … expect that any regulated health professional using the designation ‘Dr.’ would not recommend a treatment for a child without first physically examining them.”

Cohen said she felt driven to request an investigation because “it just seemed there was a real noticeable silence” from the naturopathic college.

There is no indication the regulator had planned any kind of investigation before receiving the doctors’ letter.