A local man is off to Rhode Island today, to receive the controversial MS liberation treatment.
Warren Bazinet was the chair of the Owen Sound MS walk from 2007 to 2010, but resigned recently and is highly critical of the charity — for refusing to support a clinical study of the operation.
Italian Specialist, Doctor Paolo Zamboni, believes that blocked veins in the neck and chest could be contributing to the disease by not allowing blood to drain properly from the brain.
A preliminary study published late last year, found that opening these veins with a balloon improved MS symptoms and reduced new attacks.
Bazinet tells Bayshore Broadcasting News the operation today in Rhode Island will cost 15 to 20 thousand dollars.
He cannot understand while the Canadian Multiple Sclerosis Society told the Federal government not to go ahead with clinical trials of the controversial treatment.
Bazinet says a lot of people feel the pharmacutical industry is forcing MS Canada to oppose clinical trials, fearing a major loss of income from drug sales.
