Recently, there has been a storm around Verrett, who is now engaged to Princess Märtha Louise. He has commented on the case in an e-mail to VG. – Already in our interview with Fredrik Skavlan in 2019, Märtha Louise and I discussed the importance of school medicine in addition to the importance of alternative medicine, writes Verrett. – I would be stupid if I rejected school medicine. I myself have been saved by it. He went on dialysis himself for eight years before he received a healthy kidney transplant. Verret’s press contact has not responded to news’s inquiries. Responding to criticism He says the press has twisted and turned what he says to such an extent that what he really means can no longer be recognised. – I would be dead now, without help from school medicine. So, of course I am all for school medicine, writes Verrett in the email. Verrett has also claimed that he refused hospital treatment and that a medallion helped him recover from corona infection. He sells the same medallion on his website for more than NOK 2,000. Verrett also comments on this in his reply to VG. – I understand it can be confusing that I left the hospital during covid, but I am still in favor of school medicine. New collaboration may break The Norwegian Rheumatism Association, one of the associations Princess Märtha Louise is patron of today, is considering canceling the collaboration. – That this is a challenge for us, there is no doubt, says general secretary Bo Gleditsch of the Norwegian Rheumatism Association. On Wednesday, Princess Märtha Louise opened the Association for the Blind’s new facility for guide dogs. Photo: Lise Åserud / NTB He says the association is based on medical science, and that it has become a challenge for the association’s integrity to have Princess Märtha Louise as its patron. The Association for Muskelsyke also said on Wednesday that they are considering the same, according to Dagbladet. Patron of seven associations Princess Märtha Louise is today the patron of these organisations: The Association for Muscular Dystrophy and the Hearing Impaired National Association of Norway The Blind Association of Norway The Norwegian Association of the Deaf Norwegian Rheumatic Association Riderrennet Vivil Games None of the others have plans to stop their collaboration with the princess now. Didn’t want to prolong On Wednesday, news could tell that the Epilepsy Association chose to break with the princess in 2020. – The turmoil surrounding Princess Märtha Louise and Durek Verrett became part of the discussion in the association’s board because we are concerned with school medicine, said the association leader of the Norwegian Epilepsy Association, Bente Nordahl Langsø, to news. – As a patient organisation, we are keen to work closely with professionals and promote what is scientifically proven. What Durek Verrett conveys is against our ethics. Federation leader of the Norwegian Epilepsy Association, Bente Nordahl Langsø. She says that the unrest surrounding Durek Verrett’s controversial statements is among the reasons why the princess is no longer the association’s patron. Photo: The Epilepsy Association Princess Märtha Louise had been the Epilepsy Association’s patron for several years. An organization is usually awarded a patronage and royal splendor for five years at a time. Verret says he questions the fact that what he thinks has something to say about the Epilepsy Association’s collaboration with Märtha Louise. – Have they asked her what she stands for? Or do they take for granted what she means without asking her? Aren’t we two different people who stand for different things in life, but who have chosen to be together? She is a strong, independent woman who has her own opinions and attitudes.
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