CUBA ACTION ALERT
November 1, 1999
Dr. Anthony Kirkpatrick, a renowned U.S. anesthesiologist, and currently on
the faculty at the University of South Florida and the Director for research
for a national medical association dedicated to a life-threatening diseased
called reflex sympathetic dystrophy, has presented to the U.S. Office of Special
Counsel (OSC) an affidavit evidencing that the State Department knowingly made
false and misleading statements to Congress to obfuscate the agency's role in
violating the most basic of international conventions governing human rights.
Furthermore, he affirms, by carrying out this
deception repeatedly before the Senate and House of Representatives,
the State Department has made a significant contribution in blocking
legislation to restore shipments of food and medicine essential
for the survival of Cuba's civilian population.
USA/Cuba InfoMed, salutes and applauds the
professional integrity and the human dignity of Dr. Anthony Kirkpatrick,
at home and abroad, and thanks him for representing the best of
the American people's minds and hearts against injustice and abuse.
People seeking justice for the Cuban people
should read this legal brief, and contact their representatives
to call for a congressional investigation of the State Department.
Read Dr. Kirkpatrick's legal brief to the U.S. Office of Special Counsel
From left to right, Drs. Anthony Kirkpatrick, Luis Lipson, Ruben
Gavalda and Sylvia Maristany, at Central Pediatrics Hospital, Havana, Cuba.
"This is just one case of millions where innocent,defenseless Cubans have
been harmed, even killed, because the U.S. blocks critical medical supplies
from reaching the Cuban people. Since almost everything in modern medicine is
American-made, patented or distributed by American Companies--from X-rays to
Tylenol, not mentioning modern drugs for hypertension or cancer, Xerox-invented
mammograms for breast cancer screening, cardiac pacemakers, anesthetics and
pain-control medications--very few medical items reach Cuba due to the embargo."
- Dr. Kirkpatrick
Victor W. Sidel, M.D., Past President, American Public Health Association (APHA)
says:
"Anthony Kirkpatrick, M.D., Ph.D., from Tampa, Florida has been especially
effective in publicizing the adverse health effects of the embargo and in bringing
the cause of the Cuban people before the Organization of American States."
Additional Information:
Reprisals against Dr. Kirkpatrick for intervening to stop human
rights violations in U.S. Federal Medical Institutions
The Government Accountability Project has published information
about the reprisal taken against Anthony F. Kirkpatrick, M.D., Ph.D. by the
Veterans Administration Hospital in a report titled, "Blowing the Whistle
on Human Rights Abuses". This report is located at:
http://www.whistleblower.org/www/gapnews399.htm#Human
The U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC) is also conducting
a separate investigation into the allegations that Dr. Kirkpatrick made against
the U.S. Department of State.
In order to strengthen Dr. Kirkpatrick's allegations, the Government
Accountability Project submitted a legal brief to the OSC that contains the
results of its own independent investigation, which independently proves that
the there is a substantial likelihood that Dr. Kirkpatrick's allegations against
the State Department are accurate. Those seeking justice for the Cuban people
should read this legal brief.
Click here to review Dr. Kirkpatrick's LEGAL
BRIEF to the U.S. Office of Special Counsel
Do you have doubts about the
inhumanity and immorality of the person in charge of the U.S.
State Department? Please, read this statement from Madeline Albright:
Television interview,"60 Minutes",(CBS)
May 12, 1996:
Lesley Stahl, speaking of US sanctions against
Iraq:
"We have heard that a half million
children have died. I mean, that's more children than died in
Hiroshima. And -- and you know, is the price worth it?"
Madeleine Albright: "I think this is
a very hard choice, but the price -- we think the price is worth
it."
You don't believe that the Madeline Albright would say such thing? That 500,000
innocent children is a worthy price to pay for eliminating a political opponent?
see and hear the interview for yourself!
For those with a professional interest in RSD Syndrome, a "real-time"
video of Dr. Kirkpatrick caring for patients with this debilitating disease
has been published on the Internet by the Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome
Association of America The video can be found at: http://www.rsds.org/
Support the lifting of the U.S. Blockade of Cuba!
Demand a Congressional Investigation of the State Department on Cuba!
Contact your Congressional Representative!
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Dr. Kirkpatrick requested that the reader be offered the opportunity
to join in solidarity in seeking justice for the Cuban people by supporting
the activities of USA/Cuba InfoMed and/or the Government Accountability Project
through a donation. Inquiries should be made to:
Dave Wald
USA/Cuba InfoMed
(408) 243-4359
david@cubasolidarity.net
Bob Sticks
Government Accountability Project
(202) 408-0034 (Ext. 130)
http://www.whistleblower.org/
gap1@erols.com
