Wikipedia part of witch hunt
In finalising the documentary “The Last Battle” (sequel to “The Doctor Who Refused To Give Up”), I am also reviewing how Wikipedia (infiltrated by ”Sceptics”), posts texts which are false and contain insinuations and slanders against Dr Erik Enby.
After several suggestions to make a documentary about a doctor completely unknown to me, I searched for information but found nothing about him on Swedish Wikipedia. Then I found an article on google, where a well-known sceptic, Dan Larhammar, was highly critical of Dr Enby. I sought an interview with Mr Larhammar but he refused my request.
Subsequently, I found an article about Dr Enby in English on Wikipedia. The text was sketchy, having been manipulated by sceptics from VoF, an organisation chaired at one time by Dan Larhammar. Most of the comments were attributable to senior figures within VoF. As a result, in the spring of 2015, I decided to write a factual article on Dr Enby for Swedish Wikipedia. Though very early in the morning, a well-known sceptic associated to Larhammar immediately reacted; I found that he had been assigned to lead the Wikipedia ‘‘guerilla attack’’ on Erik Enby.
Even before I had got to know Erik Enby, I had reacted to the manner in which VoF steered Wikipedia and I published several articles about this. The massive VoF attack that my initiative triggered was nevertheless surprising. Gradually, it became clear that Dan Larhammar had initiated the entire campaign by VoF against Dr Enby.
The current Swedish Wikipedia article (January, 2019) still contains content that can only be described as false and has been proven to be fabricated. Entries in an encyclopedia should not reflect any prejudice but adhere to fact.
I would mention here the decline of standards in journalism, where Swedish daily papers (especially Expressen) played an almost criminal role in the media witch-hunt against Dr Enby, with over 15 journalists slandering Dr Enby on a regular basis for over 10 years.
Looking at the current Wikipedia article on Erik Enby, it implies that using non-conventional methods is inappropriate, unapproved etc.
”Enby assumed that different kinds of morbidity were due to infections and began to treat chronic diseases, such as severe tumor diseases, with anti-infection non-conventional remedies. This continued despite repeated warnings from HSAN.” Wikipedia [9]
In over 40 years of dealing with chronic diseases, Dr Enby has adopted a holistic approach to treatment. His research has shown that chronic diseases stem from various forms of microbiological growth which, unlike in healthy individuals, occur in the tissues and body fluids of the chronically ill. This includes those affected by cancer. His initial research project was approved in 1983 by the ethics committee of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Gothenburg. Due to a lack of competent supervision, he did not receive the appropriate support, leading him to proceed with the project on his own. This angered some of his colleagues and particularly incensed Dan Larhammar, which subsequent correspondence from him confirms. Larhammar can also be credited for Dr Enby losing his licence to practise. Larhammar even scared away researchers who had shown interest in Dr Enby’s studies and were prepared to be interviewed for the documentary. This is a serious breach of the principle of freedom of speech.
”Enby has treated patients with severe chronic diseases with vitamins and plant extracts” (Sw Wikipedia)
This text implies that the use vitamins and plant extracts has little medical value. However, vitamins are essential for health and nature provides the base for medicine. The Chinese researcher Tu Youyou was awarded the 2015 Nobel Prize in Medicine for her “discoveries regarding a new medicine against malaria” extracted from artemisia. This is based on traditional Chinese herbal medicine but which in Sweden is referred to as ‘‘alternative’’ and VoF sceptics continue to deprecate its value. That the Nobel Foundation still acknowledged Chinese natural medicine must have been a severe blow to Dan Larhammar, the current Third preses of the Swedish Academy of Science.
The treatments Dr Enby uses have detoxifying (cleansing) effects. His empirical data from treating more than 30,000 patients over 40 years is sufficient to establish what is called ‘‘scientific and verifiable experience.’’ Research and studies by several Nobel prize-winners confirm Dr Enby’s methods.
Wikipedia’s perhaps most grave attack against Dr Enby is based solely on hearsay and fabricated claims and certainly does not belong in an encyclopedia
”Two patients with cancer have died while receiving care from Enby. A woman was diagnosed with breast cancer but chose not to have surgery. Instead, she went to Enby, who supported her in her decision and said that the cancer “spreads if you cut into it.” Instead, he prescribed vitamins and nettle extract. Her condition worsened and she died of her illness after first trying to take her life.” [10] (Sw Wikipedia)
This text is based on accusations which, on the initiative by Dan Larhammar, led to Dr Enby losing his licence to practise medicine. A complaint was filed by the father of a woman who had had long-term cancer and who, in the summer of 2003, consulted Dr Enby twice and bought some medicines. A witness present at the consultation confirmed that Dr Enby had advised the patient to contact her doctor again and to undergo surgery. This is also noted in the patient’s records. This confirms that the claims in the Wikipedia article are based on fabrications. This key witness was never heard by the court as she did not support the complainant’s unsubstantiated allegations.
However, another witness who had not been present at the consultation when the medications had been purchased had provided a statement that clearly contained a large number of errors; this was probably based on a meeting that the cancer patient had previously had with a completely different therapist. Though the content of this testimony had nothing to do with Dr Enby, it was of great significance in the judgement and the subsequent media witch-hunt. These two witnesses have now been interviewed and their accounts are included in the documentary “The Last Battle.”
The cancer patient had not wanted her angry father to blame or attack Dr Enby. She died a year after the consultation with Dr Enby and, according to her father, by her own hand. Yet the media blamed Dr Enby for her death. This defamation also influenced the decision to remove his licence.
FACTS: It was over 14 months from the first sign of the tumour to the initial consultation with Dr Enby. Prior to this, the patient had been in contact with a total of nine hospital doctors, three private doctors and several therapists and had refused to go through with breast cancer surgery scheduled at Helsingborg’s Hospital. Dr Enby only met the patient twice and already by that time the cancer was well advanced.
In the other case, Wikipedia also implies that Dr Enby is to blame.
”A woman in the last stages of liver cancer sought out Enby who prescribed vitamins and coral minerals. The treatment did not help and she died within a few weeks. ” [11] (Sw Wikipedia)
The cancer patient in this case received no treatment at the hospital, as she was considered beyond help. As a last resort, she consulted Dr Enby and purchased a course of medication. However, she died before starting the treatment and her daughter received a full refund for any unopened packages. This case was used as emotional propaganda to dramatically extend the media witch-hunt against Dr Enby, a campaign endorsed by Dan Larhammar in newspaper articles and on TV and radio.
Several severely ill patents in similar circumstances have been helped by Dr Enby’s treatments. They have survived and been declared well by the same health service that earlier had ‘‘sentenced’’ them to death. Some of these cases are reported in the documentary “The Doctor Who Refused To Give Up.”
”In 2006, TV3 showed an episode of the series Insider that was about Enby. It shows how he, filmed with a hidden camera, prescribes blueberry extract and horseradish for a woman who claims to have cancer in the lymph nodes.” [12] (Sw Wikipedia)
Dr Enby has never prescribed nettle extract, blueberry extract or horseradish in the treatment of patients. Again, there is factual error in the Wikipedia text, with the obvious intention to discredit Dr Enby. To conduct research on extracts and to prescribe them is totally different.
The woman mentioned in the TV3 episode was subsequently interviewed by Börje Peratt and her testimony recorded. It shows that TV3 had put words in the woman’s mouth, directed her and then failed to report that Dr Enby had repeatedly said that he could not treat her as she could not provide her diagnosis or name the hospital she claimed had examined her. In fact, the woman now says that she was a victim of manipulation by TV3.
”In September 2008, more than a year after his medical licence was revoked, Göteborgs-Tidningen revealed that Enby continued to treat cancer patients, which is illegal for anyone other than a licenced healthcare professional.” (Sw Wikipedia)
The fact that Wikipedia does not refer to the correct name of the newspaper (GT) is perhaps not surprising, as this section is full of false claims. Dr Enby does not treat cancer but adopts a holistic approach, primarily treating the blood. This can provide the body with the opportunity to ‘‘repair’’ itself. Dr Enby’s successes with patients are well documented and some results could be regarded as extraordinary.
The Gothenburg Police raided Dr Enby’s home on 4th December 2014, the result of combined abuse by the authorities and journalists on the Swedish Radio programme Body & Soul on 1st April 2014 This was initiated by Dan Larhammar. The series was subsequently dropped following an investigation by the Public Media Review Board.
After almost 19 months of interviewing his patients, the prosecutor could not find any malpractice or violations by Dr Enby. Having failed to produce any evidence for prosecution, the preliminary investigation was terminated on 27th October 2015. In effect, the preliminary investigation acquitted Dr Enby; however, it nonetheless contributed to the continuing scandal waged against Erik Enby.
Erik Enby has turned to various courts to get his medical licence back. The National Board of Health had applied to HSAN (the Swedish Health and Medical Services Board) to charge Dr Enby but by this stage, the statute of limitation had long since taken effect. This meant that Dr Enby could not have been liable for the offences that the National Board of Health and Welfare had alleged.
Dr Enby’s case has now reached the Supreme Administrative Court. Among the reasons for re-opening the appeal is that the initial documentation is riddled with irregularities and characterised by confusion and corruption. The charge against Dr Enby was, as mentioned above, filed long after the limitation period had expired and is thus without legal authority and lacks validity.
Any encyclopedia worthy of the name (Wikipedia) should review contributions rather than giving support to prejudice and personal (Larhammar’s) interests.
Börje Peratt
Cinema Success
Documentary Part 1 “The Doctor Who Refused To Give Up” has run national in Swedish Cinemas for over a year (2016-2017) and since many Swedish media was part of the persecution they have silenced reviews of the film. But the audience still came in large numbers and have given exquisit tributes also in alternative reviews. The following incidents has led to a Sequel. The Last Battle.
Premiere of Börje Peratt's film - The Doctor Who Refused To Give Up
MAY 26 · 2016
Review by Kersti Wistrand
“So, it’s finished. The documentary about Dr Eric Enby illustrates the persistent struggle of a lone pioneering researcher’s ongoing battle for his theories against the front line of those who epitomise the old paradigm coupled with the misuse of its powers by authority. This shocking thriller about what happens behind the scenes unfolds before our eyes, becoming a powerful wake-up call.
On the flimsiest of grounds, Erik Enby, on his retirement, has his licence to practise revoked to prevent him continuing his work. The decision is based on slander and gossip and the initial investigation is not pursued but his licence has not been re-instated. His research has subsequently been paralleled in other parts of the world but in Sweden he is faced with a non-scientific attitude; not being seriously listened to, or able to conduct his research within the accepted medical framework.
Driven by a deep-seated sense of justice, director, scriptwriter and producer Börje Peratt began filming just a year ago, having been persuaded by Ulla Premmert, who promoted the book about Erik Enby’s life. Peratt had noted that the Sceptic movement VoF was deeply involved in the story. Vetenskap och Folkbildning (Science and Education of the Public) is an organisation which has become known for the persecution of those with differing views to its own and the awarding of Förvillarpriset (The Prize for Deceit); this is used as a way to frighten off researchers, journalists and others who hold opposing views.
The film has been financed through ‘crowdfunding’ (monies donated by sympathisers); this only covered a portion of the costs. Börje Peratt and his film team have taken a principled stand, donating their services to the value of over one million Swedish kronor. The crowdfunding was organised by Siv Wernborg, Gothenburg, who had previously been employed in the pharmaceutical industry. About fifteen years ago, Siv was diagnosed with malignant melanoma and the prognosis was that she had two months to live. In addition, surgery was required, involving the removal of half her face and probably one eye. She had heard of Erik Enby and resolved to promote Erik Enby’s methods if she recovered. She has recovered and kept her promise.
In the prologue, Peratt made it clear that he, as a journalist, was open-minded and free from prejudice and expectation and that he wished to interview those who were opposed to Enby. One of the foremost of these, Professor Dan Larhammar (former Chairman of VoF), declined to be interviewed and wrote that the film was angled even before production had commenced.
I didn’t know that Börje Peratt could handle the sword of justice so masterfully! He behaved like a male Goddess of Justice with calm, balance, acumen and impartiality. It was impressive to get various events shown from different perspectives, e.g. the kerfuffle in a hospital corridor! Furthermore, Dr Enby meeting the love of his life, Gunnel, her polio leading to his research, which I had only known a little bit about; patients’ reports about the road to recovery from chronic disease and the slander some of his colleagues, Professor Dan Larhammar, VoF, a desperate father who had lost his daughter, journalists and lawyers were responsible for, thus preventing Dr Enby in his research as well as in his work with patients.
A system rotten to the core which can be compared with the Greek myth about the many-headed Hydra, which, from its home in the swamp, poisons the world with its breath and spreads terror and death.
Peratt can be likened to a modern day Hercules; as Hercules destroyed the Hydra by cutting off its heads one after another, so Peratt is exposing and destroying the many facets of corruption shown in this film. The accusations which led to the revoking of Dr Enby’s licence to practice are brought into the light of day; all these accusations are shown to lack factual basis and are exposed as groundless.
Comments from the audience:
• – Thank you Börje, for a forceful and important film! You were brilliant in the interviews, particularly with those reluctant or unable to respond.
• – The film was a powerful experience; this was particularly noticeable in the responses from the audience.
• – I must repeat: I am incredibly, incredibly, incredibly impressed by you and your team!!! The film you have produced is a master piece; all those involved can be justifiably proud of their contributions!
• – I can appreciate that it wasn’t easy to envisage how to tell this complex story. However, as an experienced pro, you have explored all possible avenues. There are numerous scenes showing documents and microscopes. However, the sections of text as well as the carefully-worded ‘amateur’ approach to the questions help make it easy to follow. Personally, I thought that particularly the opening and the latter sections, showing the couples love story and their close relationship were successful. Enchanting in themselves and an important reminder of what was to become the life-long driving force for Eric’s work. Here we meet two strong individuals, battered but not broken. I felt that the actor (Josefin Karlsson) who portrayed the young Gunnel was outstanding. Then we have the couple’s own comments, laced with their dry sense of humour, ironic wit and zest for life. This is in complete contrast to the description of them as fanatics that their protagonists would probably use. Now it became the latter who stood out as being feeble, with the prize going to lawyer A. I wish the film every success. (It was lawyer A, IVO, who reported Erik Enby based on false accusations made in a radio programme.)
• – The film was superb, thank you Börje Peratt!!!! I have followed Dr Enby’s story for many years and now I got the whole picture. Bullying, cowardly and ignorant journalists with a hidden agenda, Aschberg – as bad as all the others, doctors who have no memories, IVO which uses film obtained secretly…
• – 10 years of harassment, licence revoked, media witch-hunt, police raid, 19 months of investigation (abandoned), a complete lack of interest in Dr Enby’s knowledge and experience analysing blood for causes of illness. Then his wife Gunnel dies, the one for whom he fought (polio) all those years. Saw the film yesterday – ANGRY!!!!
• – Who is this Dan Larhammar who was able to initiate and remain the driving force behind a media witch-hunt of Dr Enby for more than 10 years? To get the media, including 18 journalists at Expressen, to dance to his tune? Who used falsified data, manipulation of grieving relatives and grave distortion of events, which led to the revoking of Dr Enby’s licence? Who is, apparently, behind slanderous statements in radio programmes where journalists fail to check their sources to establish the truth? How can ”Kropp och själ” (Body and Soul) (April 2014) broadcast serious inaccuracies, later used to justify a police raid, where a computer and patient records were ceased and the arrest of Dr Enby on Christmas Day! AND the Socialstyrelsen (The National Board of Health and Welfare), IVO (Health and Social Care Inspectorate) and HSAN (The Medical Responsibility Board)! It is wonderful to get all this exposed and explained. Thank you Börje Peratt!
• – A film that is both sensitive and forthright in its investigation. The interviews at the end could perhaps have been shortened. Lawyers are bound by law and not allowed to comment. [However, the lawyer did comment extensively in the radio programme “Kropp och Själ” and the aim of the interview was to get him to explain himself.]
• – I bow my head to you. You really are the Orson Wells of documentaries – meticulous, accurate, dramatically correct, while at the same time to the point, dramatic and exciting! It is an honour to have been present at this premier and to be able to witness some of Erik’s fantastic life, the joys and sorrows. I do hope that one day he gets the recognition he deserves.
• The film includes dramatised reconstructions of the life and love-story of Erik and Gunnel Enby. It shows Dr Enby’s research, the resistance he faced, together with face-to-face interviews and recorded telephone conversations. Several interviews were conducted with patients suffering chronic illness, some declared to be hopeless cases but who had improved or even recovered. In addition, there are conversations with other doctors, journalists, lawyers and representatives of various authorities, all of whom had been involved in the persecution and ostracising of Dr Enby.
• It was simply love that led to Erik Enby’s decision to become a doctor and the driving force in his life-long research into chronic disease. In his teens, Erik attends a function at Svenska Kyrkan (the Swedish church) and we witness the beautiful moment when the couple’s eyes first meet and love blossoms. A few months later, 16-year-old Gunnel is paralysed with polio.
Despite this, their love survives, leading to marriage and a son. At the end of the film we are once again in church, where Erik says his moving farewells to his beloved Gunnel, whose life ended in early 2016 after almost 60 years together. The final scene takes us back to the moment when, as teenagers, their eyes first met. The circle is complete. Love conquers all. Not a dry eye in the house.
The Aim of the Film
• The aim of the film is two-fold – firstly to present Dr Enby, his research and career as a doctor, together with the slanders and calumnies he endured.
• Secondly to expose the multi-headed monster, an organised power spreading its tentacles with the goal of infiltrating Swedish science, higher education, all branches of the media and even Swedish schools, where creative thought is stifled. All this takes place outside the knowledge of the general public. With freshly opened eyes we can now collectively begin to put a stop to and destroy this obnoxious monstrous creature enslaving us. In Börje’s own words this is about ”The right to freedom of thought, the right to good health, the right to do research and the right to treat patients with successful natural remedies.”
• A considerable amount has already been written about Dr Enby’s research and life’s mission in Humanism och Kunskap (Humanism and Knowledge) and also in NewsVoice. I want to mention one section of the film which I found particularly interesting. It seems that, in over 30 years of research, Dr Enby has discovered that unknown microbial lifeforms such as parasites and fungi multiply in body fluids and tissue and move throughout the body via the blood, causing infections and chronic illness.
• An initial research project, accepted by The Ethical Committee in Gothenburg in 1983, was prevented by colleagues who refused to allow Dr Enby to take simple capillary blood test from the fingers of patients. Apart from the kerfuffle over these tests, he was subject to a Lex Maria (Patient Safety Law) report and confronted with newspaper headlines “Dr Dracula sneaked into the hospital and stole blood from cancer patients.”
• He had only managed to get two drops of blood – legitimately. Following this event, Dr Enby continued his own research.
• In April 1994, Dr Enby lectures on blood infections and leads workshops on the subject at the first World Cancer congress at Darling Harbour in Sydney, Australia, where he receives appreciation and acknowledgement of immunologists.
Later, Dr Enby is visited by a woman from the USA. She has a large open wound from underlying breast cancer, from which Dr Enby extracts a sample; a video-recording of the procedure is made (1994). Microscopic examination shows that the sample is swarming with micro-organisms, which seem to be mycotic. Dr Enby is interested but needs more samples; however, he is refused permission to obtain samples in Sweden. An Indian colleague, Dr R S Couhan, who had come from the UN to study Dr Enby’s research, travels back to Madras and returns with a small suitcase filled with samples from cancer tumours. Under the microscope, all the samples turn out to be teeming with the same type of micro-organisms. They write an abstract for the 14th World Congress of Gynaecology and Obstetrics in Montreal in September 1994, to which they travel. The presentation takes place but no comments are made and nothing is reported in the papers. No-one dares speak up in a field where the pharmaceutical industries have the monopoly. Dr Enby’s research and repeated successful treatments with vitamins and minerals constitute a threat. And what would be the future for blood transfusions?
• All subsequent attempts at research in Sweden have been stopped. As recently as 2016, Professor Mats Wahlgren (Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm) belittles and dismisses Dr Enby’s discoveries, stating that his approach is not scientific. This is years after Dr Enby had been authorised to carry out research on his discoveries relating to blood. Journalist and editor Karl Beijbom states that a scientific approach implies being prepared to listen to all aspects and theories of science, and to accept the results. Sadly, the medical establishment shows no interest, an indication of a less-than-scientific standpoint.
• Peratt sought an interview with Professor Milan Stehlik, who is a European colleague with a positive view of Dr Enby’s research. However, Stehlik was silenced by this many-headed “Hydra” and so declined an interview, despite having previously agreed.
Anyone should have the right to carry out research and test their methodology, particularly as similar research has been carried out in other countries. But… in Sweden Dr Enby’s research has been blocked at every turn.
• Dr Erik Enby was licenced and has spent his entire working life in Gothenburg until his retirement in 2004. In 2001, Professor Dan Larhammar (then Chairman of VoF) commences what became an on-going witch-hunt against Dr Enby. On 7th December 2005, there is a synchronised attack from three directions: a campaign against “the quack Enby” on the VoF Forum, an article by Professor Larhammar in Expressen “It is deeply unethical” as well as an article about the fatally ill Siv who had died. In 2006, the witch-hunt continues with a further frontal attack against Erik Enby. TV3 and Robert Aschberg send a “false patient,” a woman who says she suffers from breast cancer, to see Dr Enby. For over two hours, she tries to convince him of the diagnosis but without success. In 2006, 58 papers launch further persecution of Dr Enby, accusing him of being a fake and blaming Dr Enby for the death of a woman who had committed suicide – a year after visiting him. In all, the woman had been to 12 different doctors for her breast cancer, refusing any hospital treatment. Having been diagnosed 14 months earlier, she came to Dr Enby, who urged her to have surgery. He signed a “sick note” for her, which her father later alleged was a certificate confirming her good health. The media, fuelling the witch-hunt, used the father’s statement without any attempts to verify its accuracy. The following year, 2007, after his retirement, Dr Enby had his licence revoked.
• During the making of the film, Börje Peratt conducts an interview with the prosecutor Johan Udén in Gothenburg, who refuses to answer any questions. It is likely that, because of his position as a lawyer, he is not allowed to comment. A reconstruction of the police raid, which Udén had authorised, is posted on Youtube. Two weeks later, the investigation is abandoned. However, Dr Enby has still not had his licence re-instated.
• The next screening of the film will be in the evening, this time in Gothenburg 2nd June at Bio Roy at 18.00. It looks likely it will be a full house.
Kersti Wistrand
Director's Statement Part 1
A journalist, who contributed to a book about Dr Erik Enby, contacted me several times to persuade me to make a movie about this man. I refused on several grounds, one being that I didn’t have the time. I was also concerned about what an investigative journalist might uncover, leading to me getting involved in something that would be mentally and emotionally stressful and to distractful for my main film projects.
So I asked the journalist, Ulla Premmert, to summarize the key points on which I could make a decision. She said this was not possible, giving me a reason to say no. Then the summary arrived (on a single page!) totally removing my objections. So now I needed further information to investigate different views. Strangely enough, I could find no entry of Dr Enby in the Swedish Wikipedia but there was something in the English version. However, it seemed poorly constructed. To find out more about the knowledge of the general public, I created a Swedish Wikipedia page. This may be a way to get useful facts from other. It was immediately taken down and this was before 7 am! I challenged the violation of Wikipedia’s policy and the article was reintroduced. Soon after, it was attacked by several sceptics; I then realised that there were a number of peculiar motives behind the persecution of Dr Enby. During this exchange with Wikipedia I took the decision: a documentary is required. My opposition to these “guerrilla tactics” by sceptics led to them blocking me; this was in summer of 2015. Wikipedia was clearly contaminated by or in the hands of the sceptics’ movement.
The story of Erik and Gunnel was vital. I would not be able to look at myself in the mirror if I had not gone ahead. I understood why I had been “chosen” and had been asked to do it: for five years, I had investigated the sceptics’ movement and found many odd actions that do not belong in a democracy. The person making this movie would have to resist any challenge or obstacle. Further, it meant investigating the media in its entirety, which would include former employers and it could be considered unforgivable to criticize them. Given this, it would be difficult to get the movie shown on TV or reviewed in the mainstream media, as they were on the side of the “villain.”
The first person I wanted to interview was Professor Dan Larhammar who seemed to be central to the criticizm of Dr Enby, and thus very important to listen to. Dan Larhammar is used to being interviewed on radio and television but refused to be interviewed by me. What was he afraid of? Instead, he wrote an article stating that the movie was biased in favour of Dr Enby – even before production had begun! If he considered in advance that the film was biased, now he had the opportunity to present his point of view. Did he sense that I would see through him? I searched all that he had written and the recordings of his statements about Dr Enby and secured that I was given permission to use them in the upcoming documentary.
I found no grounds for Larhammar’s statements, instead they were what we today would call “fake news.” How could Swedish media release these slanders without checking the facts? That was the next task – interview my colleagues. Yes, this could be perceived as cross-examination. Other doctors and researchers critical of Dr Enby were also interviewed. It would then be up to the audience to decide what was fact or fiction.
The story grew, becoming more than double the originally-planned time of 45 minutes. It had now reached 100 minutes, with much essential information remaining. In the end, I managed to cut it to 1 hour 52 minutes. Would the audience cope with such a long documentary? One of Sweden’s largest TV channels, TV4, offered to show the movie in two parts. It did not feel right and I decided on a sneak preview at 3 pm in a cinema in Stockholm, to which journalists were invited. Not many journalists showed up; however, a large paying audience did. It felt like a blockbuster! The reaction was overwhelming. With renewed confidence following the audience’s positive response, we had growing expectations for the premiere at a large cinema in Gothenburg. The cinema was sold out, one row being taken by sceptics who tried to disturb the screening. They failed. Subsequent screenings were also fully booked. The film has now been shown in cinemas all over the country for over a year.
June 16, 2016, sold out 286 seats
Some audience quotations:
– I’m incredibly incredible, incredibly impressed!!! The film is a masterpiece, … the documentary’s Orson Welles – carefully, punctually, dramatically correct, yet at the same time dramatic and exciting! /Olle Johansson
– The impression of the film remained for a long time and still remains gnawing. It is in all its parts a shining documentary of an unfair fate. Peratt brings the dark men into the light and … the troll bursts in the camera’s light. At the same time, I would also like to praise him for the reconstructions. An extremely strong casting, directing and feeling. The young couple and the relationship between them. In that fragile. Although shortly so well made. Thank you for this / Björn Ericstam”
– “the movie that touched me in the deepest.”
– “I think it may become a classic as if a number of years could be seen as a crucial film …”
– “That a long-film documentary is spread in this way and with such results is extraordinary.”
Börje Peratt
Part 1 Fact Sheet
TITLE The Doctor who Refused to Give up
PREMIER May 24, 2016
LENGTH 1 h 52 min
GENRE Documentary
LANGUAGE Swedish
SUBTITLE English
LOGLINE
When a young man’s girlfriend is paralyzed by polio, he becomes physician to understand the origins of disease, finding answers that challenge accepted practices.
“Some physicians would stand by and see their patient die rather than use ascorbic acid because in their finite minds it exists only as a vitamin.”
F.R. KLENNER 1957 (Orthomolecular Med, 2007. Vol 22, No 1, p 31-38)
1948
The American pediatrician Frederick R. Klenner (1907-1984) treated polio with high doses of vitamin C. The children could be cured in a week. This success was counter-acted by colleagues and know-ledge was silenced.
1957
Erik Enby’s girlfriend Gunnel got polio 16 years old and became total paralyzed. She received no treatment.
1973
Enby, licensed physician starts research. His motive is to find an onset of disease. And he found that it could be traced in the blood.
Nobel prize nominated Melvin H. Knisely documented blood clotting and found that the blood’s cells in chronic disease stick together and that the blood does not “run” as it should, which is unfavorable to the organism.
1977
Enby discovers that the blood can be examined and diagnosed in a better way than it teaches in school medicine. Enby found that blood clotting is an infection sign.
1983
Ethical committee approve research. In studies on MS patients, theories are confirmed. Enby treat patents with vitamins and minerals to improve the condition of the patients. Twenty years of spectacular and successful treatment of patients follows.
2003
Dr Erik Enby begins his communication with Dan Larhammar, sharing his ideas and thoughts.
2005
Dan Larhammar starts the media witch-hunt against Erik Enby, based on the claims of two relatives of patients; these proved to be inaccurate. Additionally, a witness commits perjury and is influenced by the TV3 recording team to make statements that are later used as evidence against Dr Enby. A ten years media hunt will follow trying to destroy Dr Erik Enby
2006
Although over 30 000 patients his science and proven experience are not valid according to his enemies. False accusations are aimed to stripp him from his license.
6th April 2006 Robert Aschberg’s programme Insider appears on TV3.
25th April 2006 Dr Enby applies to carry out research at the Osher Centre.
2007
8th February 2007 Dr Enby loses his medical certification.
2013
20th November 2013 Dr Enby seeks to regain his credentials (This leads Dan Larhammar to launch a further media witch hunt).
2014
1st April 2014 Dan Larhammar initiates an attack against Dr Enby on Swedish radio in the programme Body & Soul; the Radio Board of inquiry later upheld complaints against the programme. However, the program was still used as evidence to initiate proceedings leading to prosecution.
They try to put him in jail with false accusations.
2015
Several reports confirm Enby’s theory and method. Production for Part 1 is initiated.
2016
Premier Part 1 · “The Doctor who Refused to Give up”.
2017
Ongoing work to sell and broadcast Part 1 to an international audience.
Ongoing Founding to produce Part 2 · “The Last Battle” about Miscarriage of Justice And The Witness Who Disappeared.
About Erik Enby
Erik Enby (born 1937) is a Swedish doctor who has been recognized for his highly controversial studies describing the microbial situation in the blood for a range of conditions. His unorthodox method suffer a media hunt and official punishment. In May 2015, an international team of researchers publish a comprehensive study that seems to prove him right…
The Doctor Who Refused to Give up
A love story and a thriller about Erik Enby and his girlfriend Gunnel who received polio at the age of 16. It became Erik’s motivation to find out how disease occurs. In his research, he found a method that makes it possible to diagnose and treat even cancer and chronic disease in a new way. Despite success in treating over 30,000 patients, he has been subjected to media hunt, dismissal of license and attempt to throw him in prison. Is it a witch process where he has been sentenced without proof? It raises questions. Who wants to crush him and why? And by what law? ”Science and proven experience”?
DOCUMENTARY BY BÖRJE PERATT
Manus AV-produktion AB
Part 1 Press Release
THE DOCTOR WHO REFUSED TO GIVE UP.
I was long resistant to make this film but Ulla Premmert, a teacher and journalist from southern Sweden, was stubborn and finally I became convinced that it must be done.
When the young man’s girlfriend is paralyzed by polio, he educates to doctors to understand the origin of diseases and finds answers that challenge the establishment.
A large number of people set up a successful crowdfunding that guaranteed external expenses where the collection target 150,000 SEK (About 18 500 USD) were reached.
I did not initially take into consideration Enbys theories about how disease can occur already in the blood, but took on whether his method to supplement conventional medicine with herbal supplements could be harmful or helping. I found that claims of harm seemed to lack substance but that his method could help many people to improve health.
We have in the documentary interviewed a large number of patients. We found that where healthcare condemned their chances of survival, Enbys treatment could help. Several cases reported well declared regained healthy by the same health care.
Of these, tens of thousands of patients have two, who died of cancer, after their death played a crucial role. It turns out, a conspiracy to harm Dr Enby. In one case, Enby has been accused of – manslaughter.
This has been widely reported in the media but the facts and documents show that it is unreasonable accusations. Our research before we started the film production (summer 2015), showed a large number of peculiarities.
Allegations that can easily be dismissed as absurd lies, has passed both the authorities and journalists scrutiny filters. We therefore found a variety of irregularities with regard not only government action but also questions about who and what power was behind the aim to crush Enby.
Opposition to Erik Enby culminated in a media hype started in 2006, which led to Enby being stripped of his license to practice as physician. When he wanted to regain his license in 2013 something resembling a frame-up was instigated. There was a radio program in which he was reported to preliminary investigation to prosecution.
The radio program was convicted in the Review but still used as justification for a brutal raid in the home of family Enby before Christmas 2014. Who has pushed this witch hunt, and why? To sort out the motives and the means to stop Dr Enby has required an extensive research.
There has emerged a picture of an unstoppable scientists who have completed his research with the support of some colleagues, but with fierce resistance from others. If Enby would be right there, which recent research indicates, it can lead to the restoration but also result in a revolutionary significance for the treatment of severely ill.
As for his deprived identification and persecution associated with it remains to be seen whether it is one of our greatest miscarriage of justice. See the movie and make your assessment. We will soon provide location and time for the press preview
Kind Regards/
Börje Peratt