Madrid, 18th December, 2003
Asociación Afectados de Polio y Síndrome Post-Polio - Spain, has filed
a criminal complaint before the Criminal Tribunal of the Plaza de
Castilla in Madrid regarding felony for intentional injury that brings
about a serious illness and/or any other illness that may appear
througout the investigation.
The Spanish Administration (the Ministry of Health, among others),
although knew about the existence of the Post-Polio Syndrome, kept
silence about its existance, voluntarily, fully aware of the
irreparable fisical and psychological damages, which would be caused to
all Polio and Post-Polio Syndrome patients.
Its conduct was to deliberatly omit to divulge the existance of the
Post-Polio Syndrome, councioussly allowing that all the people
suffering it, people who are suffering it now and peopole who will
suffer it in the future, suffered from terrible injuries.
The criminal complaint
was admitted by the Court of Instruction, being appreciated
indications of crime. After a lengthy process, in April of 2008, the
Provincial Court of Madrid, It agreed the provisional dismissal and
file of the present causes, mentioning the important historical
information content of the complaint.
Lola Corrales
Chairwoman Asociación Afectados de Polio y Síndrome Post-Polio - Spain
www.postpolioinfor.or
informacion@postpolioinfor.org
Asociación Afectados de Polio y Síndrome Post-Polio - Spainwww.postpolioinfor.or
informacion@postpolioinfor.org
