Several health care professionals attended the UK Parliamentary Reception for the PAS and helped make this event a resounding success. Attending from the United States were Sally Pacholok, R.N. and her husband, Jeffrey Stuart, D.O.. Sally and Jeffrey are the well-known authors of "Could It BE B12, An Epidemic of Misdiagnoses". In the top photo are Sally and several members of the PAS, in the second photo are Sally and Jeffrey and the last photo is Sally. These pictures were taken in the Jubilee Room, Westminster Hall, at the event. Also attending from the Netherlands was Dr. Hans Reijnen, a physician who is studying the effects of B12 deficiency and discussed a paper on this at the event. Dr. Reijnen is one of a few doctors who use methylcobalamin as the preferred treatment for B12 deficiency.
Thank you to Martyn Hooper, PAS Chair and all members of the PAS who contributed to this important event. All of your hard work is paying off.
As a result of the parliamentary reception, a parliamentary debate was held on November 4th wherein UK MP Madeleine Moon presented an argument relating to the treatment and diagnosis of pernicious anaemia. The PAS' fight for better treatment for pernicious anaemia/B12 deficient sufferers has not ended with this debate, in fact, it has just begun.
