A new medical documentary on Netflix documents a hospital visit that destroyed a family and showcased the damage caused by a little known illness.
Maya Kowalski had suffered with a string of unusual symptoms which became debilitating. In 2016, when she was 10 years old, Maya was admitted to Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in Florida, USA.
Maya's mother Beata, a nurse, was accused of Munchausen's by proxy. This is a mental illness where the parent or guardian of a child makes up symptoms or causes real ones to make it appear as though their child is sick.
