India Rakusen

Nina Blom describes how her mother falsely portrayed her as seriously ill from childhood, repeatedly taking her to hospitals, forcing her to claim symptoms, restricting her movement and food, administering medication, and isolating her from school, friends, and ordinary activities. After years of unexplained medical treatment, pediatrician Dr Vrienten recognized the situation as Fabricated or Induced Illness, contacted child-protection services, and helped remove Nina from her parents’ care. She later changed her identity, completed her education, found work and began a new life, while her parents never accepted responsibility before their deaths.

Nina Blom describes growing up in the Netherlands under severe medical child abuse perpetrated by her mother, who repeatedly fabricated or induced symptoms, confined her to a wheelchair and bed, restricted her life, and subjected her to painful medical procedures and medication. After years of hospitalizations and misdiagnoses, Dr Vrienten recognized the pattern and alerted child-protection authorities; surveillance footage then documented her mother’s abuse. Nina was removed from the home, underwent physical and psychological rehabilitation, cut contact with her parents, and eventually rebuilt her life, though the experience left lasting trauma.

A woman recounts years of fabricated illness and abuse inflicted by her mother, who subjected her to unnecessary hospitalizations, physical restraints and medication under a pattern consistent with Munchausen syndrome by proxy. After a doctor recognized the signs of falsified illness, child protection services intervened and removed her from her parents. She later rebuilt her life, severed contact with her family and published accounts of her experience, emphasizing the severity and criminal nature of the abuse.