Dr. Jones Continues To Fight For The Right to treat Lyme Disease

Dr. Jones, a prominent and well respected pediatric Lyme Literate Medical Doctor (LLMD), continues to battle the state medical board for the right to treat Lyme patients.

His legal battles have been ongoing and brutal. He releases various press statements to alert his supporters of the latest progress. This blog post shares one such press statement.

Please do what you can to support Dr. Jones, who is a hero.

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The next session before the Connecticut Medical Examining Board will take place on Tuesday, June 10, 2008 at 9:00 a.m. at the Department of Public Health located at 410 Capitol Avenue, Hartford, CT., Hearing Room C. At that time, the Department will finish its examination of Dr. Zemel, its expert witness, and Attorney Pollack is scheduled to cross-examine him.

At the last session on May 9, we heard testimony from one of the fathers involved in the current set of charges against Dr. Jones. The other witness who was scheduled to testify was Dr. Harwin, the retired pediatrician who had served as the expert in pediatrics for the Department of Public Health (DPH) in the last case. He did not appear, however. We learned from Attorney Tilles, the prosecutor for the CT DPH, that Dr. Harwin will not testify at all in this case. Those of us who were able to attend this previous session were struck by some of the insightful questions asked by the hearing panel.

Dr. Jones extends a warm invitation to all who are interested to attend the next hearing session on June 10. For those of you who aren’t able to make the trip, please know how very much he appreciates your support and good wishes from afar.

For those of you who can’t attend in person and would like to support Dr. Jones, a number of opportunities currently are available for contributing to the Charles Ray Jones, M.D. Legal Defense Fund:

1. Purchase a book or other item from Amazon.com by accessing the link through Kay Lyon’s website, and 4% of your total purchase will be donated to Dr. Jones’ fund: http://www.lymesite.com/amazon%20fundraiser.htm

2. Book signing and sale of Cure Unknown by Pamela Weintraub, science journalist: hosted by Drs. Russell Donnelly, Sheila Statlender and Family on Saturday, June 7, 2008 from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. 50% of the proceeds from book sales at this event will go to Dr. Jones’ fund. For those who can’t attend, it will be possible to order a copy which we will mail to you. Watch for more information, or email SStatlende@aol.com to place an order for this book.

3. Donate directly to the Charles Ray Jones, M.D. Legal Defense Fund (note new instructions below):

Make Donations payable to ” Pullman & Comley Trust Account-for Dr. Charles Jones”
Mail to:
Elliott Pollack
c/o Pullman & Comley, LLC
90 State House Square
Hartford, CT 06103-3702

Note “gift” in the memo field

2) A WEBSITE FOR DR. JONES IS NOW READY TO TAKE PAYPAL
CREDIT CARD CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE DEFENSE FUND.
http://www.DefendLymeDoctors.com

 

 

July 9, 2008 Update:

Please share this with everyone you know ASAP and ask them to help Dr. Jones, for the sake of the children with Lyme who need him.  Don’t let the IDSA win this war and shut him down, please.