IT'S been revealed that the late Johnny Warren spent almost $10,000 on an unconventional cancer treatment administered by a Gold Coast doctor who authorities now want banned.
The doctor who treated football legend Warren before he died of cancer in late 2004 could have his medical registration cancelled depending on the verdict of the Queensland medical tribunal.
Gold Coast doctor Michael Tait allegedly administered injections to nearly 150 mostly terminally ill cancer sufferers with the unproven anti-cancer drug Ukrain and Vitamin C, reported The Australian newspaper. But midway through his six-week treatment, the former Socceroo skipper died.
The Medical Board of Queensland confirmed today that Dr Tait had been referred to the Health Practitioners Tribunal over his unconventional medical practices.
In 2006, Dr Tait pleaded guilty to nine counts of obtaining and selling human growth hormone, a restricted drug, and faces possible deregistration over this conviction and treatments.
They include using the drug laetrile which is partly derived from apricot kernels and also contains potentially harmful levels of cyanide, reported the newspaper.
"I am a freedom fighter in this area," Dr Tait told The Australian.
Gold Coast doctor Michael Tait allegedly administered injections to nearly 150 mostly terminally ill cancer sufferers with the unproven anti-cancer drug Ukrain and Vitamin C, reported The Australian newspaper. But midway through his six-week treatment, the former Socceroo skipper died.
The Medical Board of Queensland confirmed today that Dr Tait had been referred to the Health Practitioners Tribunal over his unconventional medical practices.
In 2006, Dr Tait pleaded guilty to nine counts of obtaining and selling human growth hormone, a restricted drug, and faces possible deregistration over this conviction and treatments.
They include using the drug laetrile which is partly derived from apricot kernels and also contains potentially harmful levels of cyanide, reported the newspaper.
"I am a freedom fighter in this area," Dr Tait told The Australian.
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