Recent Article by Jane Hansen- Universal Medicine

15 Blue Hills Avenue, Goonellabah NSW 2480 | Ph +61 (0) 2 6624 3706 | Fx: +61 (0) 2 6624 3702 www.universalmedicine.net | [email protected] | ABN 98 465 168 863 From Universal Medicine: A statement in response to Jane Hansen’s latest article in the Sunday Telegraph and subsequent report on Channel 9 Tuesday the 2nd of September 2014 In relation to the recent article by Jane Hansen printed in the Sunday Telegraph entitled "Doctor sent woman for two years of new age healing in a galaxy far, far away for a cough – costing her $35,000" and a subsequent news report on Channel 9 with the title "Woman with cough billed $35k by 'esoteric healers'", Universal Medicine issues the following statement and corrections. The patient, Ira McLure referenced and quoted in both news reports: Never attended the Universal Medicine clinic or dealt with any practitioner there – at any time. Never paid any money at all to Universal Medicine, let alone the $35,000 referred to in the article. There is no record of even one $70 session being given by one of Universal Medicine’s complementary therapists. Despite the assertion in the article by Jane Hansen that Universal Medicine provided no comment, there was never any comment sought. Channel 9 repeated the story - as the Channel 9 spokesperson stated that “Uni versal Medicine did not provide comment” and no comment was sought by Channel 9, we can only surmise that the compiler of the story basically rehashed the same allegations and inferences of the print article. The subsequent report however makes the inferences made by Ms Hansen into an even more farcical account. The Channel 9 report asserts that Ms McClure received medical diagnosis from Universal Medicine, including the ludicrous suggestion that Universal Medicine “misdiagnosed her, mistakenly added her name to the lung transplant list, and prescribed her unnecessary chemotherapy drugs”. Universal Medicine is a complementary therapy practice; it does not offer medical treatments or diagnosis, thus Ms McClure: Did not receive a medical treatment from a Universal Medicine practitioner at the clinic, nor did she receive any complementary treatment. Did not receive any diagnosis from Universal Medicine. No medical diagnosis is ever provided by Universal Medicine.

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