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Auckland Health Board lies over Vitamin C
by Keith Stewart
18-Sep-2010 10:46
Earlier this week the Chief Medical Officer of the Auckland District Health
Board, Dr Margaret Wilsher issued a statement saying, "no evidence exists to
confidently say that high-dosage Vitamin C therapy is either safe or effective."
She lied. High dose intravenous vitamin C branded as Astor L 500 was gazetted as
a fully registered medicine by Medsafe in January this year. To satisfy Medsafe
Astor L 500 is required by law to have a safety record that indicates no risk or
harm to health. Put simply, Dr Wilsher, it is safe. If you have a problem with
that, take it up with Medsafe.
Dr Wilsher and the entire membership of the Auckland City Hospital Clinical
Practice Committee, who advised her, should be prosecuted by the Ministry of
Health for their failure to act in the best interests of the public they serve.
According to the Medical Council of New Zealand, "Good doctors are...honest and
trustworthy and act with integrity."
Neither Dr Wilsher nor Dr David Geller, a member of her Clinical Practic
Committee, have shown themselves to be either honest or turstworthy, and in the
case of Dr Geller, has failed "...to keep [their] knowledge and skills up to
date."
By the Medical Council's own definitions, neither is a "good doctor" and it is
the responsibility of the Minister of Health to question why they hold their
current positions and if that situation should continue. Indeed, it is difficult
to read through the Medical Council's Good Medical Practice guide and find any
expectations that either of these individuals fulfil.
Dr. Geller even went so far as to declare, in a debate about the science of
vitamin c treatment during his appearance on 60 minutes last Wednesday, that,
"We as a group believe it’s harmful". I assume he meant "we" to be the Clinical
Practice Committee, but surely this is a debate about the science of the
situation, so what he or his group "believe" is irrelevant.
They might believe, as Dr Geller expressed as a possibility, that a passing bus
is capable of curing a critically ill patient, they might believe in the dead
all travelling to paradise after Auckland City Hospital's treatment fails. They
might even believe in the God of Abraham, but these beliefs are of no value in
considering the efficacy of vitamin C as a valid or valuable treatment.
Dr Geller and his fellow committee members might believe that vitamin C is
dangerous and ineffective, but that is not their role. Their role is to consider
the scientific literature and make a scientifically relevant judgement. Anybody
who is familiar with the literature, from the fundamental scientific work of
Linus Pauling to the latest research conducted in New Zealand on the value of
vitamin C as a cancer treatment, knows that Dr Geller and his friends have not
done that.
Perhaps Dr Geller should look for an alternative career as a priest, rabbi or
mullah, someone for whom belief, not science, is professionally important. He
should take Dr. Wilsher with him.