“June 7 2011 St. Jude Medical Announces First Implant of Portico Transcatheter Heart Valve: St. Jude Medical, Inc. (NYSE:STJ), a global medical device company, today announced the first human implant of its Portico™ transcatheter aortic heart valve. The procedure was performed by Dr. John Webb, director of cardiac catheterization and interventional cardiology at St. Paul's Hospital in Vancouver, British Columbia.” - BusinessWire

BC doctor makes open heart surgery, history: A BC doctor invents a cutting-edge medical procedure that could help patients avoid open heart surgery. - Global National TV November 28 2011

Global TV Video:

http://tinyurl.com/bua5fct

So they did this first treatment on humans on June 2011 in Vancouver BC, and already this experimental treatment is being done at over 10-centres across Canada, 5-months later. In the Global TV video Dr. John Webb says that this new experimental treatment has been offered to 50,000 patients in Canada and around the globe already.

I don’t hear the College of Physicians screaming about how dangerous this experimental angioplasty / stent placement technique is, to correct a blood flow problem. No nasty letters were sent out, blocking Doctors from helping heart patients!

This is an experimental technique, using a newly developed stent with an experimental heart valve, yet it is already freely available from coast to coast in a few months. Plus the Canadian Government is paying for it.

So tell me why the simple CCSVI angioplasty technique, which is already being done for non-MS reasons in Canadian hospitals every day, is being blocked for those with MS?

This situation is so fucked up. A complete double standard at play here.

It just smells rotten.

WaYnE