Mr. Tom Harness

Mr. Tom Harness passed away after 5-years. The medical doctors only gave him a maximum of 2-years to live.

RE: Mis-treatment of my patient: Mr. Tom Harness 8/23/99

To whom it may concern;

I’m a typical family man that has a non-wage-earning wife and three children, which I support. I have worked in a labor-intensive job, which requires me to arise at 5 am in the morning 5 to 6 days a week, which I have done for the past 10 years. I never realized how hazardous were the working conditions until the middle of March 1999. I was working as usual when the usual normal work smells began to make me dizzy. I then tripped and fell, which caused a burning sensation to my rib cage. It was so painful that I couldn’t continue to work and had to go on an emergency medical leave. Needless to say I haven’t worked since, that has been over 5 months ago. Since then I have done a little bit of research and found that many of the chemicals I have been working with are not allowed in the work place in other states. I have a partial list of some of the chemicals I have been exposed to and they describe the exact conditions that I’m suffering from. I have been exposed to a multitude of these types of chemicals for the past 10 years, and two years ago Dr.’s orders made me give up welding because it was making me sick.

My medical benefits only allow me to go to the physicians that the corporation that I work for hires. At the present time they say my condition is getting worse. It seems the physicians have misdiagnosed my condition and frightened me claiming I had multiple spots on my lungs, which they said, were cancerous. Since then all the spots have disappeared except for one spot.

I have certain religious beliefs that I refuse to relinquish. The physicians that my insurance covered immediately wanted to cut open my lungs and remove all these spots and take biopsies, which I refused to have done because of my beliefs. Luckily, because all of the spots disappeared except for one. In the meantime I agreed to let them view my lung spot through bronchoscopy with out any cutting of any kind, which they agreed. The procedure was very painful and when they were done I couldn’t breath without severe pain and I couldn’t stop coughing, it completely disabled me and made me completely bed ridden. During this time the physicians at the hospital continued to take CAT scans, during the last CAT scan they forgot about me being irradiated, while the radiologists sat around telling jokes and laughing, I was left under the beam with the red light blinking for 15 or 20 minutes. After this I was even sicker, I turned a pale ashen color and lost my appetite, couldn’t sleep, and felt like I was going to die.

This was the last straw so I called an old doctor friend of mine and asked his opinion. He recommended that I at least check some blood work. I hired this private physician to check what they had done to me. Because of my limited savings I was only able to do a fraction of the needed testing advised. What was found from the medical tests done was that I was suffering from an abnormal blood disorder called lymphocytopenia, with one of the major causes as radiation poisoning.

Now that I was totally disabled and bedridden and not able to pay my bills or support my family I decided to get on Social Security. On my next appointment I began questioning the doctor about what has happened to me. I showed him labels from the hazardous material I was constantly exposed to, etc. This created a very antagonistic physician to say the least, he not only refused to help me but became rude and obnoxious said that he recommended me to go back to work, while the reports as submitted state that I had lung cancer and was getting worse and was disabled. The reports also show that the physicians not only misdiagnosed my condition but also subjected me to a biopsy without my permission. I feel like a rat being experimented on and have been subjected not only to unethical practices but dangerous life threatening treatments, totally against my will.

What gets me to write this letter is my recent discovery from the medical reports just received. I had to continually ask to get the reports and now I know the truth about what has been happening to me. The contradictions are in black and white, showing how they have lied to me. Now I understand why I’m in worse condition then when I started. In the meantime I have had to get my own special care that I’ m borrowing money to pay for. The mental anguish and the suffering they have caused me and my family have been almost unbearable.

I’m presently looking for a top-notch attorney that will take this case on a contingency. I’m just hoping that I can stop this type of inhumane treatment from happening to someone else, who know it could be you next. Can you help in any way? If so please contact me as soon as possible.

Sincerely,

Tom Harness