Amalgam Pizining in Ukraine
From: Joel M. Eichen (joeleichen_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 03/13/05
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Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2005 10:52:58 -0500
C'Mon Jan.
You told us he was pizined from his mercury fillings.
Joel
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American Doctors Helped Identify Ukraine Leader's Poisoning
By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL
International Herald Tribune
Published: March 13, 2005
team of American doctors flew secretly to Vienna in mid-December to
assist in the care of the poisoned Ukrainian presidential candidate,
Viktor A. Yushchenko, who later triumphed in a contentious election
and became Ukraine's president, doctors involved in the case said last
week.
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The doctors, from the University of Virginia, went at the invitation
of the Austrian physicians treating Mr. Yushchenko. But the Europeans
started consulting other international specialists in toxicology and
bioterrorism months earlier, after they became convinced that Mr.
Yushchenko, who fell ill in early September, was a victim of foul
play.
"We were able to stabilize him, but we just didn't like how the case
fit together," said Michael Zimpfer, president of the Rudolfinerhaus
Clinic in Vienna. "So we gave a written document to the patient saying
we had the feeling that this was an act of poisoning or bioterrorism
and asked for permission to get international help."
They first consulted with doctors at a federal poison control center
in Washington, and later with specialists at the University of
Virginia. Mr. Yushchenko, who was campaigning in Ukraine, was first
seen by the American specialists in December, when he was briefly
admitted to the Vienna hospital for follow-up tests.
The Austrian doctors also consulted several European laboratories that
specialize in toxic compounds. Those labs eventually performed the
blood tests proving that Mr. Yushchenko had been poisoned by
unknowingly consuming a highly toxic form of the chemical dioxin.
The involvement of American doctors, first reported in The Washington
Post, had been kept secret during the Ukrainian campaign, in part at
the request of Mr. Yushchenko's family, people familiar with his care
said. Opponents in Ukraine criticized him for being too pro-American;
his wife is an American citizen.
Because of the Kremlin's sensitivity to the United States' influence
in the Ukrainian political crisis, Dr. Zimpfer said, the American
physicians declined to take part in the December news conference
announcing that the candidate had definitely been poisoned.
The American medical team consisted of Dr. Gregory Saathoff, head of
the University of Virginia's critical incident analysis group; a
toxicologist; and a neurologist.
United States officials helped "facilitate" the visit, said a person
close to the case. Austrian officials were not involved.
Dr. Zimpfer, a professor of critical care medicine, said the foreign
opinions had been helpful in solving the unusual poisoning. "You know,
you can recognize that something's a car, but not be able to identify
a car you've never seen before," he said.
John Henry, a British toxicologist, proposed that dioxin - a common
industrial waste product - was a likely culprit, after seeing pictures
of Mr. Yushchenko's disfigured face on television, marked by welts and
cysts. His assessment was shared by Dr. Christopher Holstege, the
toxicologist on the American team.
In late November, the Austrian doctors secretly obtained blood samples
from Mr. Yushchenko. The day the United States team arrived, those
tests came back positive for very high levels of dioxin.
The case remains under investigation. Mr. Yushchenko is recovering
well under the care of doctors in Ukraine.
He has consulted a dermatologist in Geneva regarding treatment of his
facial cysts. The condition, called chloracne, can persist for months
or years after poisoning.
But Dr. Zimpfer said he "looked very well" at his inauguration and the
party that followed, to which the doctors were invited.
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