Medical Cupidity on
Display
Anyone who
reads this blog pretty much knows that my latest concern is a blatant violation
of Medical Confidentiality and the fact that
I think it’s an outrage. It relates to the arrest of Dr. Rob Kamermans and the seizure
of his complete Medical Files in January of this year. Right after the arrest
the Secret switch
got pulled and nobody can find out anything. I initially described the problem
in my post “The
Kamermans Conspiracy” that can be found in the Pages on the right hand
side of this post..
I decided
to find out as much as I can about what grounds the ITO (Information To Obtain) presented to justify the Kamermans
warrant: and what legal loophole was letting them get away with
confiscating and invading 4000 private Patient personal Medical Records. That
information is not easily obtainable from Law Enforcement or the Government so
I asked the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario for help. I got told to ask the
Cops. They didn’t seem concerned?
My
understanding is that Medical Records are the property of the Physician
the Contents of
the file are the Property of the Patient and every file should have
a warrant before it is accessed. Since these were Medical Records, I accessed
the Positions of both the Canadian Medical Association (CMA) and the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO) and both were very clear that
access to any file by a third party without medical justification or a warrant
was not acceptable.
My
understanding re confidentiality was confirmed.
Since there
has been absolutely no comment from either about this mass violation of
Confidentiality, I wrote to the Chair of the CMA and Registrar of the College and
asked them what goes. You can find both letters listed in Pages to the right. If
they were not complaining loudly it implied:
- There was some justification and a legal reference to support it?
- They just didn’t give a shit?, or
- They were co-conspirators with the Nazis in setting up a deterrent and destroying Medical Marijuana.
To me,
since they haven’t bothered to reply, the answer is #3. Both organizations have
never endorsed Medical Marijuana and both have done their best to covertly discourage
Canadian Physicians from signing Applications for the past decade. Dr.
Kamermans was one of the few exceptions who defied their under-the-table
advisories in favour of assisting his patients.
Dr.
Kamermans has faithfully observed the Hippocratic Oath. Failing offer relief available
to a patient; by refusing to approve his intake of an herbal substance he claims helps his pain: is to do him harm.
The CMA and the College both discourage the
use of pot for two primary reasons:
- There has not been enough scientific study to establish any benefit from its use.
- There is too much potential harm to the patient in its use.
Bullshit to
both: it’s simply
GMPF “Greed Motivated Professional Hypocrisy.”
Relative to
Number 1:
The CMA finds several
thousand years of testimonial evidence is not enough to
establish any benefit. That can only come after years of completely unnecessary
rigorous scientific study that is motivated by professional vanity and greed.
To accept Medical Marijuana on the basis of overwhelming testimony would be to
abandon the billions of dollars that the profession stands to gain by insisting on those studies.
It would
mean a loss to the profession of
money, grants, reputations, education and employment.
That is
simply not in the best interests of the current and future generations of
Canadian Physicians. As far as their ignorance about the last twelve years
scientific evidence goes, I suggest they consult Granny’s List
Maybe an
index of over 400 pages listing positive international will wake them up but I
doubt it. They’re simply in denial because of the potential profit loss.
Relative to
Number 2:
Thousands
of years of use by millions of people have failed to reveal any harm. Not one
established linkage to anything harmful has been established except its
competition for cotton. So far the CMA, CPSO or any other anti-pot organization
has been able to find one death from a Marijuana overdose. They must be
frustrated as hell. I pray it stays that way. It’s one suitable punishment for
the crime of “Asshole Obstruction.
If you
agree they’re simply sulking and won’t answer, maybe you can give them a shaft
for me. All you have to do is copy, paste, send the following two e-mails:
#1: To: cmamsc@cma.ca and
#2: To: ir@cpso.on.ca
Subject: Breach
of Medical Confidentiality re Kamermans.
Attn: Dr. Anna Reid- President Attn: Dr. Rocco Gerace- Registrar,
October 4
you were sent an e-mail from Blaine Barrett. TheSmeeGoanGuy
regarding
the above invasion of Patient Privacy and we are all waiting for an answer.
When will
we get one or are you sticking the question in the Ignore file?
Please
advise
Sign it
however insulting you like.
If you send
an e-mail you have my thanks, If you don’t please have a good reason. It’s not
a problem to be ignored.
That’s it
for now
Blaine Barrett
TheSmeeGoanGuy
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