Death ghoul Felos couldn't have been too happy that an appeals court overruled his stooge, blind Judge Greer, and ordered Terri's feeding tube to be restored the first time Michael tried to starve her to death. Blind Judge Greer was forced to consider new evidence that Terri might not be in a PVS and could possibly benefit from therapy.
Just a mere few weeks before Blind Judge Greer would be hearing the new evidence, George Felos announced to the media that Hammesfahr "engaged in false, deceptive or misleading advertising" involving "a treatment that is contrary to current neurological knowledge" and had been charged by the Department of Health in an administrative complaint. "I can't see how anyone could believe that Dr. Hammesfahr's treatment could help Terri Schiavo when the state of Florida in essence considers it to be bogus," said attorney George Felos. But, what extremely relevant information did Death Ghoul Felos leave out of his media smear of Dr. Hammesfahr? How about the little fact that the complaint against Dr. Hammesfahr was pending investigation? There had been no decision and Felos saying that "the state of Florida in essence considers Dr. Hammesfahr's treatment claims bogus" was a bold faced lie? http://www.sptimes.com/2002/10/22/TampaBay/Schiavo_case_doctor_t.shtml
So, did the state of Florida's board of medicine investigation determine that Dr. Hammesfahr's treatment claims were "bogus", as Felos claimed? Here's what Death Ghoul Felos and Blind Judge Greer would rather you didn't know: Not only is this a lie, but the administrative judge, Susan Kirkland, in her 90 page findings of fact concluded that: "Dr. Hammesfahr is the first physician to treat patients successfully to restore deficits caused by stroke". Further, in her findings of fact, Judge Kirkland that Dr. Hammesfahr's treatment protocol and claims had been extensively peer reviewed by:
A. Diane Hartley, court recognized expert in Physical Therapy, testified that of the 242 that she and Dr. Alex Gimon were asked to analyze and evaluate, 221 had improved with their only treatment being that of Dr. Hammesfahr that was challenged in this complaint as "bogus".
B. Dr. Alex Gimon, court recognized expert in Neuropsychology and Brain Injury, testified that of the total study group of 332 of Dr. Hammesfahr's patients that Dr. Gimon evaluated, "most had marked imprvoement within the first 15 days of treatment" that the complaint had challenged as "bogus".
C. Judge Kirkland evaluated a published peer reviewed article about Dr. Hammesfahr's first 67 patients treated for stroke, most who had no improvements for over a year using conventional therapy. Yet, after undergoing treatment with Dr. Hammesfahr, "over 80% showed major improvement with the ability to do new activities around the house and in life that did not exist before starting treatment with Dr. Hammesfahr".
Contrary to the "bogus" claims made by the Felos trolls, the Florida state board of medicine and the Dept. of Health found absolutely no evidence that Dr. Hammesfahr's claims of treatment successes were anything other than astonishingly effective! Apparently Blind Judge Greer considers himself more of an expert in medicine than the Dept of Health and the Florida board of medicine.
Sure I have.
From the minutes of the Florida Department of Health, Florida Board of Medicene Meeting, February 7-8, 2003:
Dr. William M. Hammesfahr was found in violation of Florida Statute 448.331(1)(n), exercising influence on the patient or client in such a manner as to exploit the patient or client for financial gain of the licensee or of a third party, the promoting or selling of services, goods, appliances, or drugs.
Hammesfahr was orderd to pay $54,084.40 in fines and costs, and further to six months probation, quarterly reports, indirect supervision, monthly reveiw, 50% chart review, 100 hours of community service and instructed to take an ethics course.
Hammesfahr's treatment of stroke patients is currently the subject of great dispute within the medical community. Harvard Med for example has recently taken great exception to his procedures.
What is important here is the substantial difference between stroke patients and the global destruction of the cerebral cortex suffered by Terri Schiavo.
Not even Hammesfahr claims his therapy can repair dead tissue.