An Australia influencer and mummy blogger who is under police investigation for allegedly drugging her daughter to win followers and donations had previously claimed her own life-threatening kidney disease was “healed by God”. The mum-of-four built an online following of more than one million by sharing details of what she said was her child’s life-threatening brain tumour. Australian media reported that hospital staff raised the alarm after noticing the mother was giving information to her followers that did not match the treatment her child was receiving.
Health authorities raised concerns of a possible Munchausen syndrome by proxy case. Munchausen syndrome by proxy is a psychological disorder in which a caregiver deliberately harms a child to make them - or present them - as being unwell..