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hi all i am glad this mess is coming to light but yikes ! talk about a breach of 'trust' ! and 'direct deposits' !?! i am equally, if not more, concerned with investigation of the 'deposit-ors', not just the 'deposit-ees' money is only money it does not make the world of ideas go around money is only money it is not a component of research janet ------------------------------------------------ Minister Biaudet wants rapid processing of damage claims from Rinne patients Friday 14.6.2002 - Finland's minister for Social Services, Eva Biaudet (Swed. People's Party) wants the claims for compensation from patients involved in the medical research of Professor Urpo Rinne to be processed more quickly than usual. Hundreds of patients with Parkinson's Disease could be eligible for compensation after taking part in medical experiments conducted by Rinne, which experts say were seriously flawed. The processing of insurance claims for medical malpractice usually takes an average of nine months, and in difficult cases the time can extend to two years or more. "If it looks like the claims of Rinne's patients would take as long a time, we must see how the processing could be expedited", Biaudet said, adding that the case has drawn attention to a number of serious inadequacies in Finnish health care. "It seems that it is not possible even for a researcher who enjoys considerable respect to work on the basis of trust alone. Apparently it never occurred to anybody during decades that there might be any reason to question Rinne's actions." One consequence of the case has been that greater scrutiny is being imposed on the money granted to fund medical research: grants can no longer be deposited in the researchers' personal bank accounts. Nearly 700 patients suffering from Parkinson's Disease were involved in Rinne's research, and an outside investigator believes that at least 44 suffered harm either from delays in getting the treatment started, or because of the lack of proper medication. The patients affected have been sent instructions on how to apply for compensation. The actual number of malpractice victims could be much higher, but finding them is difficult because of the inadequacies of Rinne's records. HELSINGIN SANOMAT international http://www.helsinki-hs.net/news.asp?id=20020614IE4 check out the pd-in-the-news link on my website! that's how i found this news item! janet paterson: an akinetic rigid subtype, albeit primarily perky, parky pd: 55/41/37 cd: 55/44/43 tel: 613 256 8340 email: [log in to unmask] smail: 375 Country Street, Almonte, Ontario, Canada, K0A 1A0 a new voice website: http://www.geocities.com/janet313/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn