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A NUN who was told by medics that she only had a slim chance of surviv- al was cured of cancer by some “mi- raculous’ reason, after being treated at Mr Carmody’s clinic.
Sr Teresa Healy underwent pho- todynamic treatment twice at Mr Carmody’s clinic in Killaloe, having been diagnosed with breast cancer in AUF
She told the jury of eight men and three women that Mr Carmody “would go to any lengths for a pa- tient. He was totally dedicated to his work. He really cared about his pa- tients.”
Sr Healy, from Malahide, Dublin, said that Mr Carmody initially treat- ed her for ME in 1987 and she visited him again in 2001.
After undergoing surgery in Dub- lin, she was told she had grade three cancer and had a five per cent chance of survival.
‘IT was quite serious,” she said.
She told the 14th day of the trial last Friday that she met Mr Carmody and Dr William Porter at the East Clinic in Killaloe. She was shown slides of breast cancer and she underwent photodynamic treatment.
She told the court that she asked Mr Carmody could he cure her.
“He said he could never say it would cure me. He said we would have to wait and see, we can’t be sure of any- thing Sister,’ she recalled.
She told the court that when she was under the light, she could “see
the cancer cells being zapped.”
“They were just disappearing away as the light shone on them,” she said.
She said she felt the cancer was “oozing” out of her, by some miracu- lous reason.
“IT was just delighted really. I felt I was being cleared of cancer,’ she said.
She said she was very impressed
in him as a doctor. “I could see his dedication in his medical way of life in the way he spoke to me.”
She told the court she said to Mr Carmody, “this seems to be a cure you never told me about,’ to which he replied that he “couldn’t guaran- tee me a cure that I could take him to court if he had promised me a cure.”
Her health is now “very good. I’ve
no cancer now. I’m better than I was for 30 years.”
“Recently my doctor told me my blood results could be framed, they were so good,’ she said.
Another witness Jim O’Brien from Clontarf, Dublin, said that he was diagnosed with sarcoidosis in 1986, a condition that affects a number of the body’s systems, including the
lymphatic and pulmonary systems and the eyes.
He went to Mr Carmody and re- ceived treatment there. This treat- ment was a combination of fluids, drops and tablets, which were de- signed to boost the system. He is now clear of sarcoidosis.
He said that prior to visiting Mr Carmody his opinion of the medical profession had not been very high but he quickly was reassured that “this man could do something for me.”
He said that Mr Carmody also treat- ed his wife and two sons, for various ailments and they were happy with all of the treatments.
He said that Mr Carmody’s instinct was that “surgery was a last resort.”
Another witness, Billy Turkington, from Belfast, told the court that his son Oliver “absolutely benefited” from the treatment he received from Mr Carmody.
Oliver was diagnosed with cancer in 1999 and had part of his leg ampu- tated below the knee.
‘About a year after Oliver had part of his leg amputated, the cancer moved to his lungs. His doctor told him he had six months to live and hadn’t offered him any more treat- ment as he thought it was a hopeless case.” They travelled to Mr Carmody and his son underwent three weeks of treatment, after which he lived for a further seven years but died last year.