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COSTARICANEWS
| Tuesday 17 August 2010 |
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Canadian
Nurse
Prepares
For
Controversial
MS
Treatment
in Costa
Rica
An
Edmonton
(Canada)
nurse is
hoping
controversial
new
treatment
for
multiple
sclerosis
will
finally
help
relieve
her
symptoms
from the
debilitating
disease.
Christine
Engelhardt
has been
living
with MS
for 10
years.
She says
one of
her
first
symptoms
was
blindness
in her
left
eye.
Engelhardt
is now
joining
other MS
sufferers
who've
chosen
to
travel
out of
the
country
to
receive
the
liberation
treatment.
The
procedure
involves
the
widening
of the
veins,
It is
based on
research
from an
Italian
doctor
who
found
blocked
veins in
some MS
patients
could be
reversed
by a
procedure
similar
to
balloon
angioplasty.
Several
countries
are
offering
the
treatment
and have
reported
successful
results
but it
is not
available
in
Canada.
Engelhardt
is
spending
$20,000
to
obtain
the
treatment
in Costa
Rica.
She says
she's
very
disappointed
the
treatment
hasn't
been
approved
in
Canada.
The
Saskatchewan
government
has been
attracting
a lot of
attention
for its
decision
to fund
clinical
trials
in that
province,
set to
begin
next
year.
"Lots of
calls to
open
line
shows,
lots of
letters,
lots of
emails
to the
ministry,"
said
Joan
Petrie,
a
spokesperson
for the
Saskatchewan
government,
describing
the
amount
of
attention
generated
by the
province's
decision.
But
Alberta
Health
Services
recently
released
an
information
sheet,
warning
against
liberation
therapy.
"Saskatchewan
has come
to the
table
and I
think
Alberta
should
too,
"complained
Engelhardt.
She says
she's
not
concerned
about
any
potential
risks,
saying
she
believes
it's
routine
surgery.
"The
Alberta
government
has also
made it
very
clear
that we
need a
considerable
body of
evidence
before
we will
consider
funding
any
treatment
including
the
liberation
treatment,"
said
John
Tuckwell,
a
spokesperson
for
Alberta
Health
and
Wellness.
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