CCSVI ROUNDTABLE with Dr. Kirsty Duncan, MP, Health Professionals and Members of the Public
How CCSVI has changed ~ and challenged ~ health care in Canada
Join in the conversation with Dr. Kirsty Duncan as we move from where we have come from to where we are now and, ultimately, to how we can bring comprehensive, equitable CCSVI assessment, treatment, and follow up to all of Canada.
CCSVI has challenged the provincial health care systems across Canada. Looking to the federal government for leadership and support, we were met instead with claims of a lack of evidence, yet no willingness to immediately launch research to collect the necessary evidence. Furthermore, every day, Canadians return home after spending thousands of dollars abroad on treatment, not for their MS, but for their occluded and malformed veins. Yet, still, little has been done by governments to track such patient experiences. Hope grows as many patients report excellent and promising results and share their honest and uncensored stories on Facebook, YouTube, and forums worldwide.
CCSVI has somehow become inexplicably linked to MS, which has dragged it into the muddiness of which came first. Patients do not have time to waste on such paradoxes. Let history be the judge of the origins of MS, but let the doctors who can and are willing to treat venous anomalies in all patients ~ no matter their prior diagnosis, prognosis, or symptomology ~ treat them with respect, dignity, and professionalism.
Held in the spectacular Asia Pacific Hall at the Wosk Centre for Dialogue in downtown Vancouver, the first hour and a half will allow everyone’s voice to be heard as we move forward to solutions. This event will conclude with a reception featuring hot and cold hors d’oeuvres and a cash bar (wine, beer, soft drinks, and juice).
Date: Friday, November 26, 2010
Time: 7-9:30 pm
Location: Asia Pacific Hall, Morris J Wosk Centre for Dialogue,
580 West Hastings (enter in driveway shared with Delta hotel); nearest transit is Waterfront Station (1 block)
Price: $30
Tickets: Email Sandra Birrell, sandra@nationalccsvisociety.org
- Facility is wheelchair accessible
- Press feed available
- Sponsorships available; please email Sandra Birrell