Re: Mike's day of trials with attorney general.

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In a message dated 6/18/04 12:40:50 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

rbeiswenger@... writes:

> Interesting yet upsetting...thanks for sharing!

>

Bob..I personally know someone whose life was a living hell and she is doing

really well after getting free treatment from this man.

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In a message dated 6/18/04 4:08:57 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

rbeiswenger@... writes:

> I can believe that...thanks again for the info. I am going to look at his

> website this weekend.

>

MiraSGhoshal@...

This is her email address. I know that she would be more than happy to chat

with you about her experience.

[Guest guest]

Interesting yet upsetting...thanks for sharing!

Bob

Mike's day of trials with attorney general.

MEDIA CONTACT: 630-848-0750

“DOC MIKE†ARRAINMENT TODAY FOR

PRACTICING MEDICINE WITHOUT A LICENSE

A flamboyant alternative health practitioner from Westchester has for years

boldly claimed the right to practice “medicine†without a license. Today at

9:00 am Mike Witort finally has his day in court (Maywood Circuit Court,

Room

103) for the arraignment of “Doc†Mike, or as he refers to himself as a

“DLRâ€

or “Doctor of Last Resort.â€

Witort’s answering machine proudly proclaims himself as a “Privately

Licensed Research Naturopath†or “PLRN.†He defends his right to treat

patients for

free in his home. In the past six years he’s treated hundreds of patients

for

Fibromyalgia and “prescription drug addiction†in his Westchester clinic at

no charge, including a half dozen whom he flew in at his own expense.

In his quest to get people to reduce their dependency on prescription drugs,

Witort unrepentantly refers to pharmaceutical company executives as “global

parasites.â€

Is Witort’s treatment legal? Time will tell. Are his techniques effective?

Perhaps. Numerous testimonials are on his web site at:

http://www.docmike.com/

that bares the battle cry, “Educate, don’t medicate!†and makes claims of

curing Fibromyalgia.

To speak to “Doc†direct, call: 708-562-8512 or attend his “open houseâ€

immediately following his court appearance at: 1613 Heidorn, Westchester

(between

Roosevelt and Cermak Roads, one block east of Wolf Road, off of Canterbury)

where he offers free on-the-spot treament to treat news reporters and

cameramen

free suffering from elbow, wrist and back strain.

Witort quipped with the question, “Is Madigan one of the people who

would vote against Mother Theresa? Is ‘Doc’ Mike, ‘Brother Theresa’?â€

MEDIA/INTERVIEW CONTACT: 630-848-0750

State official sues ‘Doc Mike’ over health Web site

By Meg McSherry Breslin

Chicago Tribune staff reporter, September 19, 2003

Illinois Atty. Gen. Madigan filed suit this week against a Westchester

man who calls himself " Doc Mike " and runs a Web site claiming he has a cure

for

muscle disease, SARS and cancer.

According to the suit, Westchester resident Witort, 58, is not a

physician and has no scientific evidence to back up his claims. The suit,

filed

Wednesday in Cook County Circuit Court, says Witort violated the state's

Consumer Fraud Act by making several unsubstantiated health claims.

On his Web site, Witort argues that his approach, not medication, is the key

to curing cancer, muscular and skeletal disorders, pain and SARS. " Doc

Mike's

advice to the people of the world ... EDUCATE, DON'T MEDICATE! " the Web site

says.

Witort also states that he is " starting an independent political party

called

the Health Party " and that his political platform is to " protect U.S.

citizens from the devastating effects of many dangerous prescription drugs. "

According to the suit, Witort operates his business from the 1600 block of

Heidorn Avenue in Westchester. He promotes and sells what he calls OIL-IT,

or

Oxygen Incentive Living Integrative Therapy, which he says infuses the body

with

oxygen and can cure various ailments.

Reached at home Thursday, Witort said he was incensed by the suit.

" They've not looked into what I'm doing as a researcher, the many people in

my network, the testimonials on my Web site, the people I've treated over

the

phone, " he said. " I'm not involved in fraud. "

He said he's had the " Doc " nickname since he was 14, and his patients are

aware that he's not a medical doctor but a " DLR, " doctor of last resort.

Witort's site includes testimonials from people he says were patients,

including professional athletes. Witort said he doesn't provide regular

treatments

to those athletes, but worked with them briefly while they attended a

Chicago-area golf outing.

Madigan's complaint seeks a permanent injunction prohibiting Witort from

engaging in health-care services, a $50,000 civil penalty for each Consumer

Fraud

Act violation and a $50,000 penalty for any act intended to defraud.

" Witort used modern technology to peddle old-fashioned quackery, "

Madigan said in a statement. " It might seem funny to some, but it can be

dangerous to a potential patient who believes Witort's claims and shuns

other proven

medical treatments. "

Copyright © 2003, Chicago Tribune

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I can believe that...thanks again for the info. I am going to look at his

website this weekend.

Bob

Re: Mike's day of trials with attorney general.

> In a message dated 6/18/04 12:40:50 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

> rbeiswenger@... writes:

>

>

> > Interesting yet upsetting...thanks for sharing!

> >

>

> Bob..I personally know someone whose life was a living hell and she is

doing

> really well after getting free treatment from this man.

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

OK, thanks again!

Bob

Re: Mike's day of trials with attorney general.

> In a message dated 6/18/04 4:08:57 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

> rbeiswenger@... writes:

>

>

> > I can believe that...thanks again for the info. I am going to look at

his

> > website this weekend.

> >

> MiraSGhoshal@...

>

> This is her email address. I know that she would be more than happy to

chat

> with you about her experience.

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