This is a copy of Bob Martin's letter to the Honourable Rona Ambrose, then Conservative Minister of Health. She never replied. ![]() The Hon. Rona Ambrose, P.C., M.P. Health Canada Brooke Claxton Building, Tunney’s Pasture Postal Locator: 0906C Ottawa, ON K1A 0K9 Dear Hon. Ambrose, I am asking for you and the Government’s full co-operation in providing proper guidance in establishing a no-fault vaccine compensation program for Canada. I am writing to you to ask for your help and also your opinion. The following is the reason: In 2010 I had an H1N1 Flu Vaccine and came down with Guillain Barre Syndrome (GBS). Approximately two weeks later I ended up in the ICU in Victoria General Hospital as a quadriplegic, on a ventilator for three and a half months and was then moved to the Rehabilitation Ward for another four and a half months. I then had to learn how to talk,walk and feed myself again. As you can see, this is a very debilitating syndrome and 30% of people who get GBS are left with adverse long-lasting effects, mostly nerve damage, pain and mobility to function on a daily basis. Full information is available on my blog which my daughter wrote while I was hospitalized. I would appreciate it if you would please take the time to read my story which is available at ramgbs.wordpress.com. Also, please check for updates. I would like you, and your department's help, in working with all stakeholders to create a no-fault compensation program. The no-fault program is most important as it will create a fair and just compensation package for the injured victims from most vaccines not just the H1N1. I feel you, along with the help of other members of Parliament, can create a very strong case to pass a Bill to compensate the injured. We would use most of the original no-fault USA package passed and administered. The USA compensation program was passed in Congress in 1988 and was made retroactive to 1976 when a form of the H1N1 Swine Flu Vaccine caused many injuries to people. In the USA there was a 7 - 12% increase in GBS. Naturally, we would make the Canadian no-fault compensation package retroactive to cover the 2009 H1N1 and all vaccines to date. There were more injuries from the H1N1 Flu vaccine during this time frame. I should note that Canada and Russia are the only two (2) of the G20 countries that DO NOT have a no-fault compensation program. In saying this, I feel, with you having just being appointed to your new post, it would be fitting to start fresh and create a long overdue program. I would like to congratulate you on your new post. I also look forward to being of any help I can in supplying my time and information regarding all or any no-fault information of which I have been researching (GBS) for the past two years. Thank you. Bob Martin GBS Survivor. |
AuthorBob Martin is a surviver of GBS due to a vaccine injury by the H1N1 flu shot in October 2010. Archives
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