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Maybe they could select a "Patients Advocate" Group to handle such issues, sort of like a PWP-BBB -----Original Message----- From: .Joan Waterman <[log in to unmask]>; [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tuesday, June 01, 1999 8:41 AM Subject: Re: Costs battery replacement and DBS in Belgium (Europe) >Is all of our dismay over the availability and expense involved in the STNDBS >something that the PAN should be brought up in the upcoming forum. >Especially when we see the difference in costs between the US and Europe. > >Hans, if the original costs of the surgery in the US is $50-60K as Dr. Meyer, >Jane Ross and the others have stated, I wonder what that comparative cost >would be in Europe. Maybe all of us who are interested should charter a 747 >to Belgium and have one big bash! > >Ruth Clark