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Dec '98 -- Given that the info on these pages is freely available you might expect that after all this time things might improve.  But whilst all sorts of spin is put on the facts nothing seems to change. Young doctors may be going down a new road - no longer gods condescending to meet our woes , but human beings as fallible as we ourselves are - and prepared to admit that fact. The NHS Litigation Authority issued a circular stating that it is not acceptable for doctors  to hide when mistakes are made .  Asking doctors to consider apologising and offering explanations to individuals .  ***********   The law  protects doctors , even incompetent consultants later struck off for gross negligence.  200 women complained about the self styled  'fastest gynaecologist in the Southeast ' .   In view of the long history of women damaged under the surgical scalpel it might be advisable to institute tests to confirm the psycholgical fitness of male surgeons to operate in the gynaecological field. How many may suffer from concealed psychosexual disorders ???.  *****  £80,000 was awarded to the husband of Gillian Allen who died of cancer two years after surgeon David Baumber called her a " silly woman , who read too many women's books and wathched too much television " . He dismissed the lump in her breast as a pocket of fatty tissue. It was cancer that later spread to her liver and killed her.  Latest on this is that 40 of Mr Baumber's patients have been recalled after concern over the post-operative care of two who later died. Mr Baumber was told not to report for work , and has since resigned.  ************* The Medical Royal Colleges are toothless tigers  -" cosy clubs promoting the interest of doctors while claiming to protect the public against bad and incompetent practice". This opinion must be granted weight as it comes from the president of one of the colleges. He accuses the colleges of " lacking the power , and perhaps the stomach to discipline those senior members of their fraternity no longer functioning competently".  He concludes that the colleges must decide , when a conflict of interests arises , they exist to further the interests of the patients - or the interests of the doctors. ************* The Medical Ombundsman , M. Buckley , has said that it is not acceptable,  that in cases of complaint , the GP  " can just shrug his shoulders and walk away " .  It is against the rules that such GP's be named  , but Mr Buckley could change the rules and name the recalcitrants - with a disasterous effect  [we hope ] on their living. *********** It may be ok to put a spin on political matters ? - but what happens when the spin can affect life and death ?  - on medical matters one would say that itt is no good !.  A highly contagious germ ' serratia maracescens ' with lethal effects , killed a baby and infected four others in Derby City general hospital. Consultant D. Bullock said  " this is a localised , sporadic problem  -- the chances of other babies being infected are minute "  .  Or is this another case of  'Don't panic the Public ' syndrome. *************  The Pharmaceutical Giants - insist that prices of drugs must be kept high so that they can afford the research costs .  But what happens when the drugs they produce are too dear for the NHS to prescribe?. Clozapine is 20 times more expensive than older less effective drugs , used to treat schizophrenia. Many , or most , of consultants in this field are given strict rationing in the use of this drug [77% at last count] . Why bother to research and produce it if it cannot be used ?. *************** James Green needed a blood transfusion for jaundice four days after his birth , at Princess Alexandra Hospital , Harlow Essex.  Due to a name mix up he was given ' A ' negative rather than ' O ' positive blood. As a result he had convulsions, heart failure and acute anaemia - the tragic consequence was serious and permanent brain damage . The authority admit liability and the only question is - how many million pounds are paid out.  *********** Drugs are not about curing people -- they are about making money. British Biotech's Marimastat's  [cancer drug ] , trials were badly designed. The drug may be an excellent one with high chances of success but Biotech's shares, once at 300p now trade at 30.25p . The trials have been cancelled and the market has given the thumbs down verdict on the basis that it will not make millions of pounds for investors.  Only money is important -- not people. ***************  "HEALTH   WHICH" has reported that  allergy testing is both dangerous and a waste of money .  We have always said that allergies were simply a supersensitivity , a ferment of the immune system , due to inappropriate raw drugging by the orthodox/allopathic NHS medical system.  If you eliminate the substance that provokes the  allergy then after a short period some other effect/substance will provoke the allergy.  It is the supersensitivity that must be treated and only therapies such as Homoeopathy/accupuncture can properly do that.!! ************** If you are not satisfied with your body - think long and hard about plastic surgery ---  and check the credentials of the surgeon !!. An ex BA Pilot had an op to "uncircumcise " him. After the op and his discharge , he had to have emergency surgery to remove "dead and dying bits " of his gangrenous penis. Experts said his state was "gross genital mutilation " and he was awarded £800,000 damages against the original surgeon  John Pryor.***************  Ear grommets  , like ECT [Electro Convulsive Therapy] , are an outdated method that should have died a natural death years ago. Yet still there are backward looking doctors who recommend and apply these techniques. Glue Ear , Cystic Fibrosis and many other catarrhal conditions are a result of Neisseria Catarrahalis.  The Neisseria family include N. Pharyngis , N. Flavescens , N. Meningococcus & N. Gonococcus.  As the World Health Organisation has declared gonorrhea [N.Gonococcus] out of control , it is not surprising that the efforts to ' wipe out ' gonorrhea have made the neisseria family mutate and created the gluey substances we name 'glue ear ' & 'cystic fibrosis' . We did it to ourselves !!!.  Will the human race ever learn ???. ********** Mycoplasma Pneumoniae is neither virus nor bacteria !!! surprise , surprise . Scientists have already pointed out that these organisms are madly swapping bits of genetic material in order to survive , under the pressure of indescriminate drug therapy. Mutation is the order of the day and it is high time that new drugs had to prove not only that they don't harm individual humans But also that they do not exert evolutionary pressure on oreganisms to mutate and thus damage both the race of humanity and its environment, ************  Glaxo have this new wonder drug -- zanamavir -- which is part of  a new generation of anti influenza  "neuraminidase inhibitors ,  which interfere with the life cycle of the virus --" . What mutational pressure will this apply to a fairly simple virus and , perhaps , turn it into a pandemic killer ?.  Glaxo expect to make millions -- possibly billions from this product and one can see that their shareholders need it  -- but do we as a race need it?? .**********


Nov '98 -- Some of the 20,000 patients who died last year during or shortly after surgery should never have gone under the knife says the National Confidential Inquiry into Perioperative Deaths,  " Surgeons should remember that it was sometimes in the best interests of the patient NOT to operate. Highlighted were operations for throat cancer -- "In the UK Oesophagal surgery is practiced in a fairly haphazard manner "  -- according to Mr. Hoile , principal surggical co-ordinator to the inquiry. *********** The NHS has agreed to pay more than  £4,000,000 damages to the family of a US banker who was clumsily intubated in Westminster Hospital. A procedure you can see in most episodes of "E.R." -- looks pretty simple. However the banker was starved of oxygen and severely brain damaged and left in a vegetative state until his death in 1991. **************  How do you rate the I.Q. of a person who doesn't know the difference between HRT [ hormone replacement therapy] Pills and  birth control pills.  Pretty untechnical you might feel.  But Doctor Stephen Bourne prescribed  HRT to a young woman who asked for the Birth Pill. She became pregnant , had an abortion and still no one realised what the problem was until a year after she refused a second abortion . Dr Bourne admitted    " I acted very foolishly. I thought they are bound to put two & two together. I deluded myself very foolishly that by Tippexing out I could pretend I hadn't done it "  In what kind of  ' alice in wonderland/virtual reality '  do these people live. Is this where spin doctors have brought us ? . ************* Another 'unreality ' /' it never really happened ' story goes back to 1979. when the U.S Air Force medical records were falsified . The cancer inducing and genetic defect creation leading to birth defects of Agent Orange as it affected 1,000 military personnel , were down played and thousands of Vietnam Vets " have not been compensated because of the slanted conclusions "  said R Albanese one of the scientists who designed the study.  His conscience made him give up the facts  [ about 20 years too late ] . ***********************  A woman in for hysterectomy asked for , and was given , assurance that her ovaries would not be removed.  She awoke to be told that " everything had gone well and that her ovaries , although healthy , had been removed " .  The hearing on serious professional misconduct continues !!!.  **************
Dr Shipman who was accused of murdering 4 elderly women and forging the will of at least one , so that he could benefit , Has now had two further murders added to the charge. More exhumations are in progress!!. ********* Feelings DO affect health. Scientists measured the effects of pleasant and unpleasant experience on antibody immunoglobins  [sIAgA] Prof. Warburton of Reading University measured levels after pleasant experience and found that in all cases increases occurred. Some as high as 60% after 3 hours .  The body is NOT just a fleshly mechanism. *************  Also if you are unhappy , or have been given immunosuppressants - vaccines or antibiotics [ which may suppress symptoms - but not cure] then the very water you drink may undermine your health. Most unboiled tap water contains cryptosporidium which may give rise to gastro enteritis or symptoms like irritable bowel syndrome. So in theory you could get a flu jab to protect you and because it lowers your immune system - end up with irritable bowel syndrome, I think I'd take my chance with flu !. ************ In the early part of the century Dr Compton Burnett , a world famous homoeopath , stated that he considered Acne to be a deep rooted genetic hereditary ill. He warned against suppressing it and called it " Diffuse Cancerosis " . Now some 80 yrs later Roche Products , who make 'last resort' anti acne drug Roaccutane are about to be sued as the drug has been linked to more than 12 cases of suicide. Stephen McCambridge has had his life " turned upside down "  when he made two attempts at suicide , beat up his wife and broke up his family. ---- When will dermatologists and others learn the basic rule of homoeopathy that the body will always throw ills onto the skin in order to prevent more deep seated illness taking hold. ************ Dept. of  ' You Are What you Eat'  . [1] Antibiotics are to be banned in europe , 8 of them  - with a turnover value of  £500,000,000 are either to be banned or put under strict review. The European Commission believes that traces of the antibiotics needed in the highly competitive meat production industry where the intensive farming methods need antibiotics to keep stock alive!!!. Some people will undoubtedly see an improvement in their bank account as the Pharmaceutical Industry frantically opposes these measures [ which are designed to keep us - Joe Public alive and healthy ].  [2] Food bugs hit about 10,000,000 people a year , a devastating Government funded study has revealed. 5 years work has gone into the study and now there are political rows going on about the obvious need to set up the long promised Food Standards Agency. Proper supervision of food production could save victims and the NHS about £743,000,000.  ***********  Well, well, an AIDS Vaccine in Aussie land. Interesting that a pick- a- back use is made of fowl pox vaccine. This technique was thrown into question after the disastrous results of pick aback vaccines used in the Gulf War. Good luck to them - but if I had AIDS I wouldn't get my hopes too high. Most likely those who have an inbuilt susceptibility will have died out by then , just as syphilis was the scourge of medieval times and then became a minor menace. *********** Dept. of Greed ...... Dr J. Boschler got £22,500 by pretending his patients were guinea pigs in drug trials. The good doctor forged consent forms and submitted false medical records for nifedipine & fluvoxamine. ************** Family Doctor G. Walmsley was convicted of 10 charges of indecent assault on " young and vulnerable women " between 1980 & 1997. Some at Leeds and the rest at Tun bridge Wells from 1986 to 1997.  [trust me I'm a doctor !!!] ***********  The ongoing trail of surgical destruction left by gynecological surgeon R Ledward . More than 100 women have come forward & an extra 24 have have been referred to consultants for investigation and treatment. One needed 14 further operations & some women in their 20's were left infertile after the removal of womb and ovaries  WITHOUT CONSENT [trust me , I'm a doctor!!!]. *********** Medical Negligence 12 years ago , during a minor op to remove a birthmark, caused severe brain damage to 5 yr. old Helen Edwards . A tube had been incorrectly placed in her throat starving her of oxygen during a heart attack. Consultant Anaesthetist T. Ogg had damages of  £3,900,000 awarded against him .  *************  The coroner said that a four month old girl came to a "Violent and shocking end " in an intensive care unit , after an operation to cure a congenital heart defect. Hannah Shepherd died because her organs had been damaged and the blood filter in the circulation unit failed and all her blood spurted out and Hannah died instantly  .**************  Dept. of  Truth Will Out.... Sir C Chantler , Dean of London's biggest medical school , said in a speech in the USA - "MEDICINE USED TO BE SIMPLE,  INEFFFECTIVE & RELATIVELY SAFE    NOW IT IS COMPLEX , EFFECTIVE & POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS". **********  Ministers believe the public is not adequately protected from incompetent Health Practitioners who put lives at risk or sexually assault patients during treatment. Many professional governing bodies can "deregister" or "strike off " members but can not prevent them from setting up and practicing in different ways - a clinical psychology professor who had " inappropriate sexual relations with several patients "  As he is not required to Register in order to practice  he can return to clinical practice in either the NHS or privately.  *************    The case of Deborah Parry the nurse convicted of murder , and now working at private nursing home in Surrey is one of the reasons the government is using the so called ' Henry V111 clause '  normally only used in dire emergencies , to rewrite the NHS Modernization Bill.  Considering the dreadful state of Medicine [ as shown on these pages ] we do indeed have a dire emergency!!!.  And Nov. is not yet over.


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Oct.,  98 --- Health care rationing is official ...Prof. K. Sikora of the Imperial College referring  to cancer drug Taxol said "It gives you probably an extra 6 months of quality life , costing £12,000 ... that 6 months can be really worthwhile , but maybe someone of 85 does not really care and maybe society does not care either. "  ********
FPTP [first past the post]  normally refers to politics but in medicine it means fame ,  prizes and big bucks. Prof. C. Barnard was made for life after the first heart transplant and now a team has transplanted a hand . Is it ethical  - do ends justify means. Should medicine be about money and fame , or should it be about common humanity. ************** Vaccination causes illness !! At the moment only accepted in dogs !! A survey of 4,000 dogs being given annual vaccines found higher than normal levels of allergic reactions , epilepsy , brain damage and distemper. Of the dogs in the survey over 66% became ill within 3 months of injection. Might this not also apply to children. But will anyone do a survey ?, I doubt it. **************** Incompetent Surgeon Rodney Ledward has been struck off -- may we never see his like again [ but you wonder how many like him are still around ] .************* ADR [ adverse drug reaction ] , new research indicates that up to 20,000 deaths per year may be due to adverse drug reaction and 5% of all hospital admissions are due to ADR. How much money would the NHS save if it did not give drugs to people and kill them , also how much would be saved in hospital treatment of those who survive. In the USA - ADR is the fourth leading cause of death -- after heart disease , cancer and stroke. Come on Dobson  --- buy less drugs and save more money !!!. **************** 110  road deaths and 1,600  accidents could be due to drivers taking drugs prescribed by doctors. Tranquilizers such as Atavan , Librium , benzodiapines,   psychotropic medication  etc. ,  figure in a report in the Lancet.     Come on Dobson  --- buy less drugs and save lives and money .  ****************** Doctors are writing 30,000,000 prescriptions a year for drugs that are unsuitable or have dangerous side effects , also they may not work or there is a better more effective medication on the market. Pain killers  " of doubtful value and which may cause drowsiness , nausea , vomiting ,  constipation and can lead to dependence. !" On this count alone the cost is almost £30,000,000 and when a total cost is calculated it runs up to £100,000,000.  Come on Dobson ---  buy less drugs and run better hospitals, *************** Bryan Atkinson redecorated his house to ensure his wife's comfort , then  arranged his own funeral . He was at the end of 22 treatments for terminal cancer -   a tumor the  "size of an orange " . He was then told that he did not have cancer , but an inflamed bowel. Somewhat miffed he now intends to sue . The lesson from this is that if you've had cancer [ or anything else ] diagnosed - don't give up hope !!!. ***************** More news on the Bristol [heartless] Heart surgeons - serious consideration is being given to a 5 yearly 'MOT' to test the skills of surgeons -- the Senate of Surgery in Gt. Britain & Ireland backs it , we can only hope that the 'backwoods consultants ' don't wreak it !!.  Also the Bristol Heart Children's Action Group say that they know of 200/250 cases of brain damage and death. Not a pretty picture !!!. ********************* Geneticists have now figured out to make a fruit fly grow an eye on its kneecap. Now all they have to do is get genetic material to grow an eye where an eye should be !!!. Computer/Maths have got involved in the generation of complex sets of forms from simple sets of rules. Such forms as cloud formations waves and vortices have been called "SELF ORGANISED "  -- " which implies that patterns do NOT arise in response to a detailed set of instructions & is not imposed by some outside force "  . Come on boys - you'll get there eventually. This site has maintained for years that as sperm & ova develop into a being they generate a community and that all cells communicate [apoptosis] . This non material vitality ensures that what happens during development [ and when] constructs the potential organism. But I guess they will always fight this 'non scientific'  concept.
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Sept, 98 ---US Senate committee stated that troops with Gulf War Syndrome were not exposed to nerve gas or chemical wepons! . This means that multiple jab vaccines & anti nerve gas tablets caused the condition -- unless they are going to pretend that Gulf War Syndrome doesn't exist and sweep the whole mess under the carpet!!. ************** Latest in the saga of the heartless heart surgeons . The NHS Litigation Authority will settle claims speedily to AVOID A LONG COURT BATTLE over the 'death of the innocents ' -- 33 cases of babies & one adult --- whose lives were terminated under the care of surgeons Wisheart & Dhasmana , in Bristol. ************* The Govermnent's CMO is to write to all GP's to persuade them to cut out prescriptions for antibiotics. Probably upset the Pharmeceutical Companies if he got too definate about it !!. Antibiotics are prescribed at the rate of 50,000,000 doses a year for sore throats - although it's known that they have no effect on viral infections and the abuse and overuse has led to the creation of superbugs such as MRSA and SuperTuberculosis and many more!!. Bacteria & virus swap bits of DNA to ward off antibiotics and we create our own downfall !!. ******************** Kissing communicates more than just affection. It communicates Herpes [inc. sub group genital herpes ] and now a Norwegian study shows that it can communicate meningitis [Neisseria meningitidis] which is part of the neisseria family which includes Neisseria gonoccocus [ gonorrhea ] . The WHO declared gonorrhea 'out of control ' -- due largely to the efforts to ' wipe it out ' with antibiotics . Thus creating SuperGonoccocus. You may not get gonorrhea from toilet seats - but you probably can if someone is trying to lick your tonsils . ****************** Junior Doctors -- they try to kill them with overwork while teaching them an antiquated system of medicine - then they wonder why they drink like fishes [ 93% drink alcohol & 60% exceeded safe limits ] ------and consume fair old quantities of drugs such as cannabis [ 35% men 19% women ] , mescalin, LSD , ecstasy , amyl nitrite , cocaine & amphetamines [aprox 10% ]. ------ In a team of two anaesthetists & three medico's " there is a 50% risk that one of the five will be incompetent " . ER was never like this. ******The biggest 'hot potato' in health care is COST. The main causes are people , drugs & expensive hitec machines. Endless test on hitec machines fail to detect the cause of patient illness. Create a new class of junior consultant on about £40,000 a year hours limited to 48 a week. Shuffle existing consultants sideways onto piecework contacts with an upper limit of say £20,000 & all the private work they can do. Drug bills must be limited and Viagra may be the watershed where the pharmaceuticals can no longer call the tune. Will Dobson chicken out or will he call the bluff ?. Sure the pharmaceuticals finance research. But they direct where the work is focussed, which is always on items potentially profitable to themselves. They loot billions from the NHS and grumble all the way to the bank!!. Time for a clean slate ,money should be diverted from shareholders to nurses, junior doctors & patient care. ************** Whisleblowing seems to be gathering momentum. Consultant Gynacologist Rodney Ledward did a hysterectomy so incompetently that his stitches caused her to haemorrage . Nine hours after completing the op he was recalled to deal with aprox two ltrs of blood that had leaked into her abdomen. The patient was in shock and did not find out until later that Dr Ledward had removed her ovaries without permission. The least of Dr Ledward's sins is the accusation that he was " dishonest in search of personal gain " , the others include " clinical & surgical incompetence , inappropriate delegation to junior doctors ; lack of involvement when patients developed complications. "

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