April 30, 2004 - Chiropractic neck manipulations of the top two vertebra are killing Canadians. Press conferences were held by victims's families and their supporters to demand an immediate cessation of all chiropractic high neck manipulations. The chiropractic regulators across Canada have failed to voluntarily halt this useless and dangerous procedure. Two inquests found that the chiropractors were at fault. There have been numerous lawsuits over the years, and yet these procedures continue with the blessings of chiropractic associations and regulators. Governments that cover chiropractic still pay for this procedure. The families are supported by pediatricians, neurologists, and other experts who have seen the chiropractic regulators dance around any thought of meaningful self-regulation.
No answer for mourning Guelph man two years after his wife's fatal stroke
The Record - Kitchener-Waterloo - July 10, 2004
PAUL BENEDETTI AND WAYNE MACPHAIL
Click for article Guelph woman Dora Labonte died after a sudden stroke in 2002, just days before her 41st birthday. On the evening of June 17, 2002, Joe Labonte says he got a frantic call from his wife Dora. He was in North Carolina on business. His wife was at home in Guelph. She sounded frightened. "The chiropractor did something that really scared me," Joe Labonte claims she told him.
Harm or Heal? - W-FIVE - April 26, 2002 She was just 30 years old when Diane Rodrigue had a massive stroke right in the chiropractor's office. It left her completely paralyzed. The chiropractor never accepted blame, but in a settlement agreed to pay her a million dollars eight years ago. The woman who loved to fish and be outdoors now depends on machines to breathe and caregivers to feed and bathe her. For years, she couldn't speak. Now through a mechanical device Diane has her voice back. You can watch the CTV videos of the complete show.
