Fwd: NYS Refuses to Re-Issue Dr.Daniels Medical License-Action needed

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arnoldgore

Sun, 17 Aug 2003 10:41:29 EDT

NYS Refuses to Re-Issue Dr.Daniels Medical License-Action needed

 

 

Dr.Jennifer Daniels,MD of Syracuse,NY, the pioneering holoistic doctor who had

her license suspended two years ago for refusing to consent to an unrestricted

search of her medical records won her case in the Appellate Division of NYS

Supreme Court. The Office of Professional Medical Conduct (OPMC) was directed to

re-issiue the license.In other words it had been illegally suspended for 2

years! The OPMC has refused to comply while they are appealing to the NYS Court

of Appeals.

 

In Dr.Daniels case, there was no patient harm done. The case arose after

Dr.Daniels successfully treated a patient with diabetes using just diet and

exercise. She successfully reduced the patients' blood sugar from 465 to 138.

The patient went off the diet and went to a hospital emergency room. The doctor

in the emergency room could not understand how a patient with diabetes was not

on insulin drug therapy and reported the case to OPMC, which was not satisfied

or did not want to hear Dr.Daniels explanation. In August 2001, the Secretary of

Health & Human Services held a highly publicized press conference to discuss the

recenly publishec findings that just diet and exercise was MORE effective in

controlling diabetes than drug therapy. He said, we have to get this information

out to all the practicing physicians.He forgot to direct this message to the

medical boards which have the power to inhibit doctors from using the best

therapy, especially if it is an alternative that avoids

prescription drugs.

 

Dr.Daniels was the Green Party Candidate for Lieutenant Governor in NY State in

2002 and the Green Party and Libertarian Party candidate for Mayor of Syracuse

in 2001. The willful refusal to follow an appellate court order is highly

suspect in this case. The message being sent to ALL alternative medical doctors

in New York State is that no matter how careful you are and even if the courts

rule in your favor the state will not comply and drive you to bankruptcy and

ruin. Call Governor Pataki and ask that he make sure that OPMC a part of the

Health Department follows the orders of the court and restore Dr.Daniels

license. Pataki's New York City office is 212-681-4580. His Albany office

518-474-8390. The Chairman of the Assembly Health Committee is Assemblyman

Richard Gottfried. His NYC office tel.# is 212-807-7900. Call him and ask that

he exercise the oversight function to see that OPMC follows the court order to

restore Dr.Daniels' license. If you are a prospective patient who

wants to use Dr.Daniels, call your local Assemblymember. The name and phone

number can be obtained from the assembly website: www.assembly.state.ny.us