New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) Cited for Non-Assistance to a New York Community in 9/11 Crisis

New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) Cited for Non-Assistance
to a New York Community in 9/11 Crisis
(1888PressRelease) The New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) and its relationship
to the international medical community.
(1888PressRelease) Charges of non-assistance to a New York community, post 9/11, in a
context of bias and discrimination, were filed with the U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS),
the Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA), and the New York State Division
of Human Rights (NYSDHR).

According to the Verified Complaints, the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH)
ignored repeated requests to assist in the medical and mental health care of French-American
residents of New York, and of French tourists trapped by the 9/11 cataclysm.

As official coordinator for the French consular 9/11 crisis task force, Gerard Sunnen, MD, a U.S.
veteran and dual national, reported that many individuals were severely distraught and
maximally stressed by the 9/11 catastrophe and needed acute and chronic support services. He
pointed out that French president Jacques Chirac was the first president of a foreign nation to
come to New York after 9/11, offering his nation's condolences and assistance. After his visit, he
promptly dispatched French senator Monique Cerisier-ben Guiga to New York to oversee
consular humanitarian actions.

"The prejudicial actions of the NYSDOH then reached new heights in the era of "freedom fries"
as part of a pattern and in a spirit of retribution for France's non-participation in the Iraq conflict.
Curiously, nowhere did it ever reach the intensity of New York," reports Dr. Sunnen, "please
recall the well-publicized incidents of wine bottles vindictively smashed in the streets, the eggs
thrown at the facade of the Consulate of France, and the inflammatory headlines in the New
York tabloids during those times. Because of coordinated boycotts, many French-owned
businesses failed in New York, creating widespread mental health calamities."

"Consequences of NYSDOH's usage of its powers traveled far beyond New York," said Dr.
Sunnen, adding, "We were working with our Egyptian colleagues on two clinical studies, under
the auspices of the University of Cairo and the Egyptian Ministry of Health. Both studies aimed
at major public health issues in the Middle East and in the U.S., one regarding hepatitis C in
Egypt, where the hepatitis C prevalence is by far the highest in the world, and the other on
diabetic skin ulcers, a major cause of lower leg amputations worldwide. "

"Due to NYSDOH's interference, the research contracts fell through and the studies were
abandoned." Information on the impedance to these international medical research initiatives can
be found on the Internet. Legislative attempts designed to curb NYSDOH's oft-reported
undemocratic practices were all vetoed by Governor George E. Pataki in 2004.

Dr. Sunnen concluded, "In countering today's tendency for international polarizations, friends
and allies need to solidify their ties and cooperative efforts, and there may be nowhere better to

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start than with actively nurturing medical fellowship and goodwill."

Gerard Sunnen, MD
Ozonics International, LLC
200 East 33rd Street
New York, NY 10016
www.triroc.com/sunnen

http://ozonicsint.com
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