I have been writing to Gillian for a year now, and recently she gave me the contacts she had in the local ITV news as she has been filmed before by them, though not recently. I contacted the editor on her behalf, and they filmed and interviewed her yesterday.
I have been told today that they delayed the programme being shown today while they try to find an MCS expert. I have given them 2 names but only one in the UK (Prof Hooper). It is hard to know who to suggest to be honest, and I have now asked that they don't put forward a psychiatrist, but put someone on who is on the biological side of things.
I would ask that anyone who is able to, please record the programme. I will be doing this myself, and my brother, but if anything goes wrong it will be helpful to have some back up.
For those of you who don't know Gillian's background - she has severe ME and MCS (the latter triggered almost certainly by her contact with organophosphates and her early career as an agricultural chemist).
She moved to a hut 17 years ago in Somerset, UK, on the understanding that she would have a safe house built for her and funded by central govt. The story of why she is still there in an unheated and now leaking hut is too complex to go into here, but suffice it to say that her living conditions are not fit for anyone, let alone someone who is severely ill.
Some old links here if you want to read the historical background.....
http://www.mcs-international.org/gillian_mccarthy_tv_interview.html
http://www.mcs-international.org/arc2_5_gillian_campaign.html
I have been told today that they delayed the programme being shown today while they try to find an MCS expert. I have given them 2 names but only one in the UK (Prof Hooper). It is hard to know who to suggest to be honest, and I have now asked that they don't put forward a psychiatrist, but put someone on who is on the biological side of things.
I would ask that anyone who is able to, please record the programme. I will be doing this myself, and my brother, but if anything goes wrong it will be helpful to have some back up.
For those of you who don't know Gillian's background - she has severe ME and MCS (the latter triggered almost certainly by her contact with organophosphates and her early career as an agricultural chemist).
She moved to a hut 17 years ago in Somerset, UK, on the understanding that she would have a safe house built for her and funded by central govt. The story of why she is still there in an unheated and now leaking hut is too complex to go into here, but suffice it to say that her living conditions are not fit for anyone, let alone someone who is severely ill.
Some old links here if you want to read the historical background.....
http://www.mcs-international.org/gillian_mccarthy_tv_interview.html
http://www.mcs-international.org/arc2_5_gillian_campaign.html