By invitation of the President of Sierra Leone, Dr.
Robert Rowen and his team went there to teach health
care workers how to treat Ebola using ozone
Without explanation, the Minister of Health forbade
ozone therapy to be used on any of the Ebola
patients, although many doctors were taught how to
administer the treatment
A White House petition has been created, urging the
Obama administration to stop America’s testing of
viruses in Africa, and to use free ozone to combat
Ebola
By Dr. Mercola
The most tweeted term in 2014 was "Ebola," a highly
infectious and lethal disease that's been rapidly spreading in
West Africa.
In October, I interviewed
Dr. Robert Rowen, a leading expert on oxidative therapy,
about an inexpensive and very safe treatment for this
devastating disease.
At the time, he'd received an invitation by the President of
Sierra Leone to bring his team there to teach health care
workers how to treat Ebola using ozone.
Ozone is extraordinary in terms of its anti-infective and
antiviral action, and it has virtually no toxicity, making it a
prime candidate for both prevention and treatment of all sorts
of infections and viral afflictions.
With bacteria, ozone works by puncturing the membrane of the
bacteria, causing it to spill its contents and die. It also
inactivates viruses, and does so 10 times faster than chlorine.
This is in part why Dr. Rowen is convinced it can be a
lifesaving treatment for Ebola patients.
Ozone is perhaps the most powerful natural oxidant in the
world. It also has the advantage of stimulating the immune
system, and modulating it—either up or down depending on what
your system requires. In this follow-up interview, Dr. Rowen
tells the story of what actually happened in Sierra Leone.
"Dr. Howard Robins and I traveled to Sierra Leone
around the third week of October, and it was supported
generously by donations from people who just came out of the
blue, to donate money for materials.
The materials we had were syringes, needles, and
butterfly needles. Longevity Resources Inc. from Canada
donated 10 ozone machines. Royal Air Maroc got 37 boxes of
cargo on our own plane; very kind of them to do that,"
he says.
Unfortunately, although not unexpectedly, the use of this
incredibly inexpensive therapy was undermined from the very
start...
Teaching Health Care Workers in Sierra Leone
Once in Sierra Leone, Drs. Rowen and Robins were housed and
looked after by Dr. Kojo Carew—a national hero during their
blood diamonds era. The very first day, they were taken to a
large meeting hall with about 100 or more people who were there
to hear them speak.
The audience included some "extraordinarily skeptical
doctors," he notes, but by the time the lecture was over, most
were willing to give ozone treatment a fair try. Conspicuously
absent, however, was the Ministry of Health.
Over the next several days, Drs. Robins and Rowen trained
many health care workers on how to administer Direct Intravenous
Ozone Gas administration (DIV), and the Rowen-Robins protocol
for Ebola, which involves a combination of supplements and
timing of administration of DIV.
They also met with the President of Sierra Leone, who asked
them to administer the treatment on him as well.
"I really admire him for that because here, he was
putting himself in front of all of his people saying, 'I'm
willing to do this.' And he did it. There was no problem,"
Dr. Rowen says.
Minister of Health Pulls the Plug on Ozone Treatment...
Eventually, after many meetings, they finally met with Paolo
Conte, the defense minister of Sierra Leone and newly appointed
Ebola czar.
"After we told him the story, he had one question for
us, 'Why isn't this being done already?' We laughed and
said, 'We think you need to ask your other ministers why it
hasn't been done.'
We thought we had clearance now from their top brass.
And the next day, we went to Hastings [the Sierra Leone
government's Ebola treatment center] and started training
all of their staff how to do [ozone therapy]...
In the middle of training, a call comes in from the
assistant minister of health, telling the military Major in
charge of the facility, 'If you value your job, there will
be no ozone at Hastings...'
Shortly after that, a call came in from the minister
of health himself, reaffirming [the order]. I'm a fairly
calm person under most situations. I'm slow to anger, but I
exploded. In full view of everybody there, their whole
staff; I just came unglued.
I went to the Major and said, 'As far as I'm
concerned, this is an illegal order. I told the entire
staff, 'You're all at risk; some of you are going to die,
[and] you're the President's top priority.'"
Why Is Sierra Leone Refusing Ozone Treatment for Dying Patients?
As a result, none of the infected Ebola patients were
permitted to receive ozone therapy. However, they were allowed
to continue training the staff, most of whom actually lined up
to receive the treatment themselves, knowing the opportunity
might vanish at any moment.
One might wonder just what kind of influences catalyzed the
Minster of Health to override a direct request by the
President... At present, there's no answer to that question.
Yet it's certainly interesting that they permitted the
experimental drug ZMapp to be used on patients. They're also
going to allow the use of Amiodarone—a highly toxic drug that,
according to Dr. Rowen has been proven ineffective.
Yet to the date of this latest interview, they have
refused ozone therapy, which is incredibly
inexpensive—basically just the cost of a syringe—and has a long
track record of safe and effective use against a wide variety of
infectious and debilitating diseases. It makes no sense at all,
unless Ebola is being viewed as a center for massive profit...
It's also interesting to note that, after appearing on the TV
program National Encounter (which is similar to the American
show 60 Minutes), where Dr. Rowen faced off against three
government officials, the Sierra Leone Foreign Minister asked to
have his entire family prophylactically treated with ozone
therapy. Dr. Rowen declined to give his nod to use materials he
and Dr. Robins brought.
"The supplies that were donated were donated for
Ebola victims, period. End of story. They weren't to be used
for prophylactic treatment for government ministers,"
Dr. Rowen says. "If we can't get to the Ebola patients
ourselves, I wasn't going to authorize release of materials
donated in trust to Dr. Robins and me..."
Two Doctors Recover from Ebola—Was it Due to Ozone Therapy?
One of the doctors trained in the use of ozone therapy at
Hastings named Dr. Kanneh, accidentally stuck himself with an
Ebola infected needle, and developed typical Ebola symptoms
within three days, as expected. Understandably, he was scared to
death to get tested, because he knew if he tested positive, he
would not be allowed to receive ozone treatment. He did take
ozone, as per Rowen-Robins protocol, and was symptom-free within
48 hours.
"First of all, if you're suspected of having Ebola,
you're thrown into a room with every other person who's
suspected. And if you didn't have Ebola beforehand, you're
probably going to have Ebola afterwards," Dr. Rowen
notes.
"If you do test positive for Ebola, you're picked up
forcibly in a paddy wagon and you're carted off to the
'treatment center.' Treatment center? Well, I'm finding out
now that the people aren't really fed. If their families
don't feed them, they don't get fed. At best, you're going
to get IV fluids...
They have a 60 percent probability of dying. And in
the case of doctors... 100 percent of Sierra Leonean doctors
who have gotten Ebola have died, with the exception of two.
The first one is Dr. Kanneh. Now, we cannot prove that he
had Ebola because he wasn't tested. I certainly now
understand why he didn't get tested; he
knew he would be carted off and left to die..."
The second survivor is Dr. Komba Songu Mbriwa, who did test
positive for the virus. Somehow he was offered, and accepted,
ozone therapy, which was administered by Dr. Kanneh. Four days
later, the government announced Dr. Mbriwa was free of Ebola...
It's still unclear what or who allowed Dr. Mbriwa to receive the
treatment, while it was withheld from so many others—including
other infected doctors.
"I'm not really sure how it got there or if they
looked the other way because he was a military physician,"
Dr. Rowen says. "But even though he was treated
with ozone, the government didn't acknowledge it publicly.
In fact, while they publicly said, 'We now have the Sierra
Leonean physician who's survived Ebola,' they didn't tell
the world that he got ozone.
The government itself, apparently, took the credit
for it. Now, I said 'apparently' because I don't know
everything that happened there. All I know is, there's been
no mention that the man received ozone at all, and we know
he did receive it, and we know that he's the only confirmed
physician case of a Sierra Leone doctor to have made
[survived] it."
... [Another] doctor we trained at Hastings, whom I
met, also got Ebola... He asked for ozone; he begged for
ozone, and was refused. He was transferred from Hastings,
where it could've been accessible, to another center where
it wasn't accessible, and then he got renal failure, and he
was transferred again for dialysis, and died. This is a man
that I met and that I had hands-on training with, and my
heart is broken because he was refused ozone after he asked
for it."
Who is Making Ebola Decisions in Sierra Leone and Why?
Dr. Rowen is deeply concerned about what's happening in
Sierra Leone, as well as other areas affected by Ebola.
According to contacts on the ground, it appears the lives of
those in Sierra Leone mean little to nothing—unless, that is,
they survive Ebola. Then, they can get paid for their blood,
which is given to the rich who get infected. Perhaps that is why
those running these "killing fields" may not care about ozone
therapy, he suggests. And, if that can happen in Sierra Leone,
it can certainly happen in the US as well.
"I met [the Sierra Leone] Ebola 'czar' [Paloh
Conteh]. He seemed responsible and powerful and sent us
forward to accomplish our mission to cure the malady... I
cannot understand how his directive was undermined. I cannot
understand how the government [Health Ministry of Sierra
Leone] can stand by when doctors and nurses continue to die.
I will wonder all my life about this experience," Dr.
Rowen notes.
In writings and over the phone, Dr. Rowen received the
following information from a contact in Sierra Leone, whose
identity is kept anonymous for safety reasons:
"I need to tell you what is going on here that is
inhumane and bypassing the will of the people. If WHO says
someone in your household gets Ebola and tests positive,
everyone in that home including domestic help, cooks and
drivers, are confined to that home or village with an ARMED
GUARD out front. Well off families can have food brought.
Poor families cannot afford it - no food, no water, no
sanitation; in some cases they just die of starvation or
dehydration before Ebola gets them. Even if they ask for
[ozone] therapy by informed consent document, here is how
they [SL government] can deny treatment without saying they
are denying ozone:
The Home or village now is a 'red' zone. Only
authorized personnel are allowed in or out and the
Ministry of Health puppets of WHO and CDC proclaim this
a 'red zone' so anything allowed in, including doctors,
are now quarantined along with the home. So, they cannot
be treated at home, and they cannot leave to be treated.
This effectively keeps them from receiving medical help!
Do you get this demonic plan!
They are not immediately tested for Ebola. If
they have illness... they are to call 117 and the
Ambulance, with sirens blaring bringing fear to all
around the house, will take them to another quarantine
holding center where, if they didn't have Ebola before
they went there, they will have it after they get there!
Once in the quarantining center they must wait
to show strong signs of Ebola before a test is ordered,
wasting more time. Once a 30 minute test is ordered it
takes 1 - 3 days to get results because of back volume.
Once the test comes back positive, you are 2- 5
days from death when you are taken to the 'treatment
center.' You would think you would receive treatment,
but the average person is lucky to receive adequate food
and water as the staff are scared to death to do
anything, and only the rich and famous are guaranteed
even sustaining care. The WHO approved Convalescent
Whole blood be used but it is only to give to those of
privilege, but under great risk in that the blood types
are not cross checked adequately, so you are more likely
to die of mismatched blood than Ebola!...
A follower of this saga (posted on
Dr. Rowen’s
Facebook page) has created a White House petition, urging
the Obama administration to stop America's testing of viruses in
Africa, and to use cost-free ozone to combat Ebola. Please take
a moment to sign the petition now.
Benefits Beyond Ebola
I'm convinced that ozone therapy is a highly effective and
powerful intervention that can be useful for a wide variety of
health issues, not just Ebola. Other infections that have a
successful treatment record include Lyme disease, rheumatoid
arthritis, and inflammatory bowel disease, just to name a few.
According to Dr. Rowen, ozone therapy is also very beneficial
for heart disease, immune diseases, injuries, and chronic
degenerative diseases such as osteoarthritis. As an example, Dr.
Rowen has found that ozone is about 85 percent effective in
knees and only slightly less effective in hips, when given as an
injection.
Before considering knee or hip surgery it would be highly
worthwhile to receive ozone treatments to see if that resolves
the problem. While in Sierra Leone, Dr. Rowen was able to treat
a number of Sierra Leoneans for other conditions besides Ebola.
You can view some of these stories on his
Youtube
channel.1
I definitely believe it's wise to find a clinician who can
administer ozone, or if you want to take it to the next step,
like I did, you can actually purchase a unit yourself. While not
a miracle cure-all, it's a valuable adjunct to other healthy
lifestyle changes.
"This is how I see ozone," Dr. Rowen says.
"It stimulates your body to do what God designed it to do.
We're designed to be self-healing mechanisms. The bottom
line in all healing is oxygen. It also improves blood
rheology, blood flow, and oxygen delivery from red cells. It
modulates your immune system so that if you have
inflammatory valve disease, it brings it down to tolerable.
If you're infected with Lyme and your immune system is down
here, it brings it back up to parity."
Influenza is another infection that can be successfully
treated and/or prevented with ozone therapy. It's certainly a
far safer and likely more effective alternative to the flu
vaccine. (As you may have heard, the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC) has announced that this year's flu vaccine
is worthless, as virus strains in circulation do not match the
ones in the vaccine.) Moreover, there's always the threat of a
pandemic influenza outbreak, such as the avian flu. According to
Dr. Rowen:
"We have evidence that oxidation therapies do help...
A 1920 Lancet article by Dr. T.H Oliver shows that
intravenous hydrogen peroxide cut in half the death rate
from influenza pneumonia in 1920."
I communicated with Dr. Rowen on Christmas day. Strangely
enough, international news has been circulating that there has
been a mysterious decline in Ebola deaths at the Sierra Leone
Ebola center at Hastings. The New England Journal of Medicine
reports:
“We have observed a decreasing case fatality rate
among inpatients at Hastings, from 47.7 percent among the
first 151 patients (September 20 to October 13), to 31.7
percent among the next 126 patients with a final disposition
(October 14 to November 4), to 23.4 percent among the next
304 patients (November 5 to December 7).”2
Dr. Rowen comments: “I sense the presence of the Divine
in all this, and at Christmas time, amazingly. Notice the
coincidence of dates. Robins and I were in Sierra Leone the
third week of October. Dr. Kanneh was trained in ozone and
survived his own apparent bout with Ebola in mid November. He
has largely run a one man heroic show at Hastings, secreting in
ozone water and perhaps ozone for rectal insufflation.
Information I have gotten on the ground in Sierra Leone in the
last few days suggests that no one treated with ozone by
virtually any method has died. If it holds, we have been guided
to the medical discovery of the century. The dread, deadly and
highly infectious Ebola disease may be no more fearsome than the
Wicked Witch of the West in the Wizard of Oz, who melted when
accidentally splashed with a bucket of water. The “wicked” Ebola
virus may simply melt down when “splashed” with ozone, its
Achilles Heel. Ozone, according to the literature I have, may
handcuff the molecular fingers Ebola uses to enter host cells,
which is what drove me to go to Sierra Leone in the first
place.”
More Information
To learn more about the general use of oxidative medicine,
which include ozone therapy, ultraviolet blood irradiation
therapy, and intravenous hydrogen peroxide therapy, please see
my previous
interview with Dr. Rowen. Of the various oxidative therapies
available, ozone appears to be the best overall, as it's the
most versatile. It's particularly beneficial for blood
treatments, infection, and chronic fatigue.
That said, all oxidative therapies work by stimulating your
immune system, enhancing mitochondrial processes, and
facilitating healing with virtually no side effects, and can be
used either as treatment or prevention. They can also be used as
a potent anti-aging health strategy for general wellness. I also
encourage you to look at Dr. Rowen's channel on YouTube,3
where you can find a number of examples of what oxidative
therapies can be used for so that you can avail yourself of this
relatively inexpensive and incredibly safe therapy. To locate a
clinician who can administer oxidative therapy you can try the
following sources:
Dr. Rowen's website
has a list of oxidation doctors, trained by Dr. Rowen and
his team