A new medical documentary has debuted on Netflix, following a hospital visit that destroyed an American family. Critics on Rotten Tomatoes have already dubbed it 'one of the most heartbreaking films of the year'.
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.
As medical professionals tried to figure out what was behind Maya's ailments, her mother Beata, a nurse, was accused of Munchausen's by proxy. Maya was taken out of her family's care for three months.