Need Help: Dr.

[Guest guest]

Dear friends and colleagues,

How many of you enjoy asking for help? Yeah, I know, me

neither.

Nevertheless, it is what I am doing this morning on behalf of a man I have

met only once and whom I know almost entirely by his reputation and the

stories I have heard from grateful parents. Dr. Ray is a

pediatrician who has worked hard for many years on behalf of young people

with acute and chronic illnesses caused by tick borne agents. It is

imperative that we stand with him now in spirit and in practical financial

ways to defend his right to practice medicine. If those waging this attack

actually gave some thought to what they are really doing.that is:

undermining the independence of all practitioners to treat patients

according to best evidence coupled with best clinical judgment.they might

reconsider the prudence of these attacks.

Please join me in sending what you can, maybe just a little more

than you can comfortably, to the Legal Defense Fund for Ray .

We cannot allow this strong children's advocate to be silenced. I am not

asking you to decide if you agree with Dr. ' approach in minute detail.

I am not asking you to support his every decision. We all know that if we

review charts carefully we will always find something we might have done

differently or better. I am asking you to take a stand with me and others

who see this as an act of persecution for approach and beliefs, not

prosecution for wrong action and negligence.

You know, I am convinced that none of us gets out of this life

without learning the humility of truly needing others and asking for their

help. The world is far better for each of us who takes that lesson to heart.

Thank you for considering this important matter.

In gratitude and with humility,

Bea Szantyr, MD

PS : I 'm a simple thinker. If one were to set aside $1.00/day that would be

$30.00 in a month, $300.00 in 10months. Isn't it worth $1.00/ day to

support this children's advocate? If 100 people pledged $1.00 / day it

would be $3,000.00 in a month, $30,000.00 in 10 months. If 1,000 people

chose to devote $1.00 /day that would be $30,000.00 in a month, $300,000.00

in 10 months. And what if one could devote $2.00/ day to this? Well, just

double it all up! And what if .

Most of us are not wealthy but we can all contribute. Please, do what you

can.

" The Dr Ray Legal Defense Fund "

c/o Heath, III (CPA)

26 Fairlawn Drive

Wallingford, CT 06492

(203) 782-4343

Please also write the word " gift " in the memo field. Legal defense funds

are not tax deductible.

100% of your donation will go directly to the legal defense of Dr .