Originally posted by Mengano
This is a post from a person on TripAdvisor about the Sanoviv Medical Institute in Rosarito. The person writing the report is obviously schizophrenic
(hypochondria), however this did not prevent the quacks at Sanoviv from cleaning him out of his money along with cleaning out his G-I tract.
| Quote: | Safety of Sanoviv Medical Institute in Rosarito, Mexico
Dec 24, 2011, 11:00 AM
I got very very ill at Sanoviv, and nearly died. I saw things that should be on 60 Minutes. I believe strongly in holistic medicine, but medicine this
wasn't.
Here is part of the story, in a letter I wrote to Dr. Wentz who never had the courtesy to reply:
In March of 2004, I decided, after much deliberation of clinics throughout North America, to come to Sanoviv to save my life. My doctor in British
Columbia suggested it, and although I had a dream one night to head to Hippocrates, I followed Dr. Cline’s suggestion to come to Sanoviv.
With my medical background from the top veterinary school in Canada, my journalism skills, and because I’d adored Usana and needed a place that
provide colonics plus IVs, I weighed out my options and followed his advice.
I had severe environmental illness (multiple chemical sensitivity), heavy metal poisoning, and was declared, after live blood cell microscopy and
other tests at the clinic, the most toxic patient Sanoviv had ever seen (said my doctor, Dr. Battista).
Within the first couple of days at Sanoviv, after spending $10,000 hard earned dollars, I looked forward to medical care which would match the ranks
of Johns Hopkins, the Mayo Clinic or Hippocrates.
As my lead levels were way off the chart, I was having severe panic attacks and needed proper, immediate care. Until now, I have not been well enough
to write this letter.
There were fine people I encountered, such as the wonderful colonic therapist, Yvonne in the spa, an incredible psychologist and meditation teacher,
but you should know the other side –it could fill a New York Times or 60 Minutes expose.
Because I believe in your good intentions as a human being and as the head of Sanoviv and Usana, I surmise you will be grateful that I am informing
you of exactly what happened at your renowned clinic…there are several more breaches of professionalism I saw regarding other patients…I just have
room to include mine in this letter. _____________________________________________________________________
-The head doctor (I believe it was Dr. Vazquez). who wouldn’t look at the fat medical I brought to help the doctors create a history for me; they told
me that “Sanoviv’s doctors are the best in the world and Sanoviv doesn’t have to look at any of my Canadian test results.
-Because of my severe hypoglycemia and low blood sugar I needed extra protein and when Dr. Battista kindly asked the kitchen a few times to do this,
they steadfastly refused from Day 1 to carry though with is request, telling me that it was up to the nutritionist to decide (a second, older and
wiser nutritionist candidly informed me one night that I shouldn’t even be there but should be building my body instead of breaking it down).
-Dr. Caruba kindly informed me, in the IV room, several nights later, that she was right and I should heed her advice.
-On about Day 3, because Dr. Battista thought my panic attacks were indicative of schizophrenia, he called in a young psychiatrist. After a half hour
of listening to me (a very toxic person having panic attacks), she declared me schizophrenic!
-Dr. Vasquez then set up a meeting in a closed, windowless, white room, where we sat in a circle with Dr. Battista and the psychologist; Vaszquez told
me to take the schizophrenic drugs and when I said I wouldn’t, he literally stuck his face in mine, yelled at me that if I didn’t do this I’d be
thrown out, told me that I didn’t know what I was talking about. that I was an imbecile, and that I better listen to him. Battista told me he wouldn’t
be at all surprised if I wrote a letter of complaint.
-Aside from the mental abuse I endured, paranoid schizophrenic is a very serious label to give someone. So, Dr. Battista provided me with
schizophrenic tranquilizers which he said I must take or that they’d send me home.
-I had seen a renowned psychiatrist, Dr. Abram Hoffer, in Canada, a man you must have heard of. I’ve attached a book review I wrote about his memoirs
in the article enclosed (written for one of my clients, Canada’s national newspaper).
-In the l950’s , not only did he discover high doses of niacin cured schizophrenics, but he founded the Canadian Schizophrenia Foundation, the Huxley
Institute of Biosocial Research, the International Schizophrenia Foundation, and more.
-I’d seen Dr. Hoffer (who had cured Margot Kidder) one month prior, and he’d me non-schizophrenic (only the HOD Diagnostic Test can accurately
diagnose schizophrenia).
-In a meeting arranged by Vasquez, and attended by Dr. Battista and the psychologist as well, Vasquez proceeded to remind me that they didn’t have to
listen to any of my doctors, that yours are the best in the world, and with his face almost pressed against mine, proceeded to yell at me and threaten
me regarding the drugs he threatened I must take. Later, Dr. Battista and the psychologist admitted to me their abhorrence.
-Against my adult wishes and privacy rights, my parents were phoned and misinformed that I was paranoid schizophrenic (my mother proceeded to tell the
entire family the false diagnosis.and ordered me to return home (where she was going to throw me in the Clarke Institute—Canada’s major mental
hospital).
-I phoned Dr. Hoffer who, a few days later, would fax Sanoviv a letter confirming I was not schizophrenic.
-In the meantime, other patients there were shocked at how I was being treated and told me I should leave. I didn’t though because I’d spent the
money.
-However, I was becoming severely depleted with mineral loss from diarrhea, and lack of nutrition Then, I was given a sauna (although told by the top
doctors in environmental medicine that I should not yet have), a long warm seaweed wrap, and not told to drink extra water.
-The next day, I awoke with severe dehydration, drank 5 litres of water, and may have had a herxheimer reaction (something the clinic vowed I would
never get there).the world looked as if it was outside of a large bubble and I was in the fishbowl. A friend told me it’s similar to a bad LSD trip.
-Patients who witnessed this told me my face looked swollen and that I looked severely different. Breast cancer patients were taking care of me
instead of your doctors. In the afternoon, I secretly made a desperate phone call to my naturopath in Canada who told me to go on an electrolyte IV
immediately.
-The lab, completely freaked out by now as to what happened to me, heeded my request (I didn’t tell them it was the naturopath’s request) and put me
on an electrolyte IV. After an hour, my world reverted to almost normal.
-I say almost because I was taken off a bit too early, heard and felt a huge “bang” in my head, and awoke the next morning with a huge headache and a
swollen face with numbness that still hasn’t gone away. My brain function has also not been the same after that.
On the way to the airport, I gave a note and gift, in an envelope, to the driver to give to the person who had helped me most—the colonic
therapist—and when I called her days later I found out it was never given to her.
I find this all not only very strange, but very unprofessional and very disturbing for a health clinic trying to get a good reputation, run by a man
who has a good reputation for both himself and for Usana.. It is unfortunate, because I wanted to give good mention to Sanoviv in the book I’m writing
about how to heal from multiple chemical sensitivity.
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