Perhaps the best expose of Hallwang was published by Lindsay Gelman. It's a heartbreaking read. 3/https://longreads.com/2018/03/22/the-last-resort/ …
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So, in March,
@BBC published a report about Hallwang, specifically about Gemma Nuttall, a young woman with ovarian cancer who sought treatment there. Her family raised thousands of pounds online, with the support of actress Kate Winslet, to send her there, and I wrote about it.4/1 reply 7 retweets 33 likesShow this thread -
Nuttal was only 28 years old and had just had a baby. It’s entirely understandable that the diagnosis of a terminal cancer was devastating to her and her family. No new mother wants to face a situation in which she won’t be able to care for her baby and see her grow up. 5/
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Gemma's mother found Hallwang, which offers alternative therapies such as ozone treatment and vitamin infusions alongside drugs not available on the NHS. Hallwang does not publish survival rates but its website includes testimonials from former patients treated there. 6/
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The cost, however, was high. The bill for the first trip was €108,000, with future visits needed for “top up” treatments. Gemma’s crowdfunding campaign raised £16,000, impressive indeed, but nowhere near enough for her treatments. 7/
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Then an email arrived from a representative of Kate Winslet. The actress wanted to help. And help she did, boosting the crowdfunding campaign. 8/
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In February 2018, Gemma reported herself cancer-free, and appeared on the
@BBC alongside Kate Winslet to thank her for saving her life. 9/3 replies 2 retweets 23 likesShow this thread -
Unfortunately Nuttall’s cancer recurred in May in her spine. She became so ill that traveling to Germany again was no longer an option. She died last October, and, according to the
@BBC article, the video of Nuttall on TV praising Winslet remained on the Hallwang site. 10/2 replies 3 retweets 29 likesShow this thread -
So why am I Tweeting about this? Well, after I wrote about the
@BBC article, I got a nastygram from Hallwang. 11/pic.twitter.com/yFvgjQ2GAe
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My response, as always to lethal thuggery, was to ask specifically Hallwang thought to be erroneous/libelous. In this case I also couldn't help but note that the
@BBC hadn't changed the article as far as I could tell. 12/pic.twitter.com/Mq8Isebkxv
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To LEGAL threats. I admit that autocorrect error dish make me laugh.
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