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
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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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I didn't hear anything after that for nearly four months. Then, out of the blue, Hallwang emailed me again on the Fourth of July. 13/pic.twitter.com/7o6d2wDJyA
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I couldn't believe it. Had
@BBC actually caved to legal threats from what I considered a quack clinic? Was it true? Unfortunately it appears to be true. Here's the link to the original article. It now returns a 404 error. 14/ https://www.bbc.com/news/health-47442946 …4 replies 10 retweets 42 likesShow this thread -
I have contacted the BBC to ask why it was removed - the feelings of the family might have been the reason.
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I don't think so. The @BBC was going to fight in March, and the feelings of the family were the same then. Also, if it were the feelings of the family, why not announce the reason instead of sneakily just deleting the story?
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