By Tim Pauling
The fight to get doctors more involved in the debate over the feared health
impact of giant wind turbines has stepped up a gear.
Campaigners have written to British Medical Association (BMA) president Sir
Sabaratnam Arulkumaran accusing officers of failing to inform members of
the issues.
It contains information on reports from around the world on people
complaining their health has been ruined by living close to industrial
sized wind turbines and reports of animal deformities.
The letter has been copied to a host of senior politicians including Prime
Minister David Cameron, Deputy First Minister Nick Clegg and Chancellor
George Osborne.
Christine Metcalfe, a member of Avich and Kilchrenan Community Council in
Argyll and Bute, said: “It is becoming that important that the medical
fraternity must sit up and take notice about the reports that are available.”
The BMA, which is holding its annual representative conference in Harrogate
this week, has refused to take a stand or instruct its members to monitor
patients coming into the surgeries as 71-year-old Mrs Metcalfe and her
supporters want.
She said the letter was being circulated among GPs and medical practices in
order build up momentum among doctors and patients over what to look out for.
Wind turbines have been blamed for a range of ill-health issues much blamed
on the stress of living with noise and vibrations.
“The letter that has gone to the BMA president has documents attacked to it
that will be useful to medical practices,” Mrs Metcalfe said.
“It’s a sort of a domino effect when people realise that this is something
they need their doctors to be aware of. This will provide them with the
evidence they need.”
A BMA spokeswoman said Mrs Metcalfe should concentrate on the politicians
not the BMA.
“We are a democratic organisation so all our policies come from motions
proposed by doctors who attend our conference and debate them,” she said.
“It is not the staff who are silencing doctors having this debate. The
facts are that no doctor has proposed any motion on this issue for debate
at conference.”
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