(WHEN REGINA HAIRDRESSSER WENDY KRUPSKI WAS LOOKING AROUND FOR A CHALLENGING
CHANGE OF
CAREER, SHE CHOSE A BRANCH OF THE MEDICAL PROFESSION.
WENDY SPENT MORE THAN 30,000 DOLLARS BUYING EQUIPMENT
SHE WOULD NEED TO BECOME A LIVE BLOOD
ANALYST--TAKING BLOOD SAMPLES FROM CUSTOMERS, DIAGNOSING
THEIR PROBLEMS AND SELLING THEM
HEALTH FOOD STORE PRODUCTS TO CURE THEIR AILMENTS.
WHEN WENDY REALIZED SHE DIDN'T LIKE WORKING WITH
SICK PEOPLE, SHE TRIED TO GET A PROMISED REFUND
ON THE EQUIPMENT SHE BOUGHT. WHEN THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN,
SHE CALLED GOLDHAWK:)
[V/O]
THIS IS HOW HAIRDRESSER WENDY KRUPSKI HOPED TO MAKE
A LOT OF MONEY--TAKING A BLOOD SAMPLE FROM
PEOPLE WITH HEALTH PROBLEMS, , CHECKING IT UNDER
A MICROSCOPE AND PRESCRIBING PRODUCTS YOU
MIGHT FIND IN A HEALTH FOOD STORE:
[WENDY KRUPSKI]
("I GUESS YOU NEED TO BE A SPECIAL PERSON DEALING
WITH ILLNESSES. AND FOR ME, I JUST DIDN'T HAVE THE
STOMACH TO DEAL WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE.")
[V/O]
WENDY DIDN'T HAVE MUCH TRAINING, EITHER. SHE GOT A TWO-WEEK COURSE.
WE SHOWED WENDY'S OPERATION MANUAL TO THE REGISTRAR
OF THE COLLEGE OF PHYSICANS AND
SURGEONS. WENDY WAS SUPPOSED TO MATCH UP A PICTURE
IN THE MANUAL WITH WHAT SHE SAW ON HER
MONITOR--THEN SELL CUSTOMERS THE PRODUCTS LISTED.
FOUR PEOPLE IN SASKATCHEWAN WHO DO WHAT WENDY DID
HAVE ALREADY BEEN CONVICTED OF PRATICISING
MEDICINE WITHOUT A LICENSE:
[DR. DENNIS KENDAL]
[SASK. PHYCISICANS AND SURGEONS COLLEGE]
("THERE IS NO LICENSE WHATSOEVER. THIS IS ENTIRELY
UNREGULATED. WE THINK IT SHOULD BE
REGULATED.")
[V/0]
BUT SASKATHEWAN HEALTH IS ONLY STUDYING THE PROBLEM:
[LAWRENCE KRAHN]
[SASKATCHEWAN HEALTH]
("SO THOSE ARE VERY DIFFICULT TO GET A HANDLE ON
AND TO REGULATE. / YEAH, BUT HOW CAN I, AFTER A
TWO-WEEK COURSE, BE AT ALL CAPABLE OF ANALZYING
ANYBODY'S BLOOD SAMPLE? / THOSE ARE THE
PRODDING QUESTIONS THAT WE WOULD BE HOPING THAT
THE PATIENT AND THE RESIDENT WOULD ASK WHEN
BEING SUBJECTED TO THAT KIND OF MARKETING.")
[V/O]
LIVE BLOOD MISCROSCOPY IS LEGITIMATE SCIENCE. BUT
TECHNICIANS USUALLY HAVE UNIVERSITY DEGREES
AND MANY YEARS EXPERIENCE:
[DR. ZOLTAN RONA]
("YOU CAN TELL A GREAT DEAL FROM LIVE CELL MICROSCOPY.
IT'S JUST SOMETHNG YOU WOULD INCORPORATE
WITHIN A MEDICAL OR NATUROPATHIC PRACTICE. BUT IT'S
NOT SOMETHING YOU COULD USE BY ITSELF.")
[V/O]
WENDY BOUGHT HER EQUIPMENT AND GOT HER TRAINING FROM
THE WINDRUM FAMILY. THIS IS ONE OF
SEVERAL COMPANIES THE FAMILY OWNS.
THEY DAY WE TRIED TO KEEP AN APPOINTMENT WITH COMPANY
DIRECTOR PAT WINDRUM, ONE OF THE FOUR
PEOPLE CONVICTED OF PRACTICISING MEDICINE WITHOUT
A LICENSE, THE OFFICE WAS DESERTED.
WE TRIED TO FIND PAT WINDRUM AT HIS HOME. WE WERE TOLD NO ONE KNEW WHERE HE WAS.
DURING ONE OF SEVERAL CELL PHONE CONVERSATIONS PAT
WINDRUM DID PROMISE HIS COMPANY WOULD BUY
BACK WENDY'S EQUIPMENT, FOR ABOUT HALF PRICE:
[VOICE OF:]
[PAT WINDRUM]
("IF IN FACT THIS CAN HAPPEN, IF IN FACT SHE CAN
GET BACK 14,500 DOLLARS--WHEN CAN THAT HAPPEN. /
THIRTY DAYS MAXIMUM. AND IF I CAN'T DO IT IN THIRTY
DAYS, I'LL BUY IT MYSELF.")
[WENDY KRUPSKI]
("I'VE LOST A LOT OF MONEY. I GUESS THAT MAKES ME
ANGRY. BECAUSE THAT'S TAKING AWAY FROM MY
FAMILY AND MY KIDS.")