URGENT ACTION FOR THOSE WHO CANNOT ATTEND THE RALLY TOMORROW

Tomorrow is a really important day in Lyme history. I hope as many people as possible will be able to show up at the rally to publicize how dangerous the new IDSA guidelines are.

FOR THOSE WHO CANNOT ATTEND:
During the hours (11AM-3PM EST) that protesters are at the Westchester Medical Center / New York Medical College, we are asking that Lyme patients across the country make some very important phone calls of support.

PLEASE CALL the following administrators who are in positions of authority over Drs. Raymond Dattwyler, Robert Nadelman, and Gary Wormser,  the three Guidelines authors whom we are protesting.  

PEOPLE TO CALL:

1)  Ralph A. O'Connell, M.D.
    Acting President and Provost & Dean of NY Medical College      (914) 594-4600

2)  Susan A. Kline, M.D.
      Vice Provost, University Student Affairs & Executive Vice Dean, Academic Affairs
       (914) 594-4500

3)  Michael Israel
     President and CEO Westchester Medical Center        (914)-493-7017

WHAT TO  SAY POLITELY:

1) Say that you suffer from Lyme disease and that there are 3 doctors employed at the Medical Center & NY Medical College who have published guidelines that will cut off thousands of patients from necessary  medical treatment.   (Again, the names of those employees are Dr. Raymond Dattwyler, Dr. Robert Nadelman and Dr. Gary Wormser.)

2) Ask that they, as administrators in positions of power, intervene with these doctors on behalf of people who are desperately ill.

3) Please be polite.  This is critically important, because we are asking for their help.

WHEN TO CALL BY THE TIME ZONE IN WHICH YOU LIVE Eastern time zone (call 11AM Eastern Time) Central Time Zone (call 11AM Central Time) Mountain Time Zone (call 11AM Mountain Time) Pacific Time Zone (call 11AM Pacific Time)

 In order to make sure the calls are spread out during protest hours of 11AM-3PM ET, we are asking people to call according to the above schedule.

If you can't call in your time slot for some reason, go ahead and call anyway.
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Wish us luck tomorrow at the protest, and get ready to phone.       revised 11/29/06