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British Doctor Wants to Rescue ME Patient Held at Danish Hospital

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Added by Penny Swift on February 10, 2014.
A British doctor who specializes in the devastating disease myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) has joined an international bid to free a young ME patient who was incarcerated in a Danish hospital a year ago. Dr. Nigel Speight wants to examine Karina Hansen, a sane but sick woman aged 25 who was forcibly removed from her home in Denmark on February 12 last year, and provide a second opinion as soon as her state-appointed guardian gives the go-ahead. If he gains access Dr. Speight believes he will be able to rescue the young woman from the hospital’s mental ward, where she is being held against her will and the will of her parents....
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