Just when you think this industry couldn’t sink any lower - Clinica Baviera in Spain is suing damaged patient Alejandro L. Vila for speaking the truth!
If you attended Bad Eye Day lobby @ the Houses of Parliament on 14 October 2015, hosted by Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell, you will remember hearing from Spanish campaigner Alejandro, President of Asociación Afectados Cirugía Refractiva (ASACIR).
His presentation was translated by Seb Corbyn, reporting the same problems in Spain as in every country where refractive surgery is unethically performed without regulation.
Now aged 28, to correct his distance vision (myopia), Alejandro underwent laser eye surgery at Clinica Baviera in Lugo, North West Spain, on 14 April 2014,
Similar to Optical Express in the UK and Ireland, Clinica Baviera is the predominant refractive eye surgery provider in Spain, operating out of approx fifty locations.
www.clinicabaviera.com/donde-estamos
Sadly, like untold thousands of us worldwide, Alejandro’s surgery left him with irreparable problems, including poor vision, dry eyes, chronic eye pain, and more…
Alejandro spoke on Spanish television and told the interviewer, "
I feel like I've got needles in my eyes practically 24 hours a day, which has led to mental health issues, the loss of friends and family relationships, having to give up my studies and a long list of other issues, eventually leading me to contemplate suicide”
afectadoscirugiarefractiva.com/
The clinic is suing Alejandro for having publicised the dangers of refractive eye surgery and purportedly causing damage to their reputation, claiming 'damage to honour’, and seeking 9,000€ in compensation.
ASACIR asks, '
what honour?’.
The hearing is tomorrow and a demonstration has been organised @ 9.30am outside the court building at Juzgados de Lugo, Instancia 5.
On behalf of My Beautiful Eyes and OERML supporters, I voice our unconditional support for Alejandro.
I also express our collective feeling of revulsion for Clinica Baviera, who are using legal means to bully a young man they have left damaged for the rest of his life, in their futile attempt to silence the truth and stop him warning others of the real dangers of refractive eye surgery.
However, I also THANK Clinica Baviera from the bottom of my heart, as this WILL backfire on them, and the entire Spanish refractive eye surgery industry!
Because, it will generate press and media interest - as when Optical Express spent more than £1 million trying to have OERML website taken down, claiming ‘abusive registration’.
Meanwhile, John McDonnell sent his support for Alejandro earlier today
Btw, the Clinica Baviera surgeon who ruined Alejandro’s eyes, Javier Coloma Bockos, also works at La Rosaleda Hospital in Santiago de Compostela - avoid!
www.hospitalrosaleda.com/entrevista-a-ja...ologico-la-esperanza