Recently I posted a factual piece regarding my experiences with an individual in Panama, who has been practising medicine in Panama without a license, selling dangerous drugs(steroids, and banned, black market substances), and providing fraudulent prescriptions.
In summary, I went to this individual to consult about correcting the testosterone levels in my body. I was eventually sold several drugs, and was told they were safe to take. I paid approximately $8000 in total.
I took the drugs and fell dangerously ill, and it was not until after I became ill, that I discovered that the individual was not licensed, and the drugs I had been sold were extremely dangerous for me. Before purchasing the drugs, I was given a promise by this individual that my money would be returned in full, if the drugs did not work as intended. However, upon informing this individual that the drugs had made me very ill, and providing to him confirmation from another doctor that the drugs I had been taking were making me sick, this individual refused to refund my money as he promised, and went as far as to recommend that I take the same drugs at a lower dosage.
The post contained documentation from the Ministry of Health, clearly showing that the individual was not licensed to practice medicine in Panama, along with emails showing the individual providing medical advice to me, before, and after I fell ill.
The intention of posting my experience was to share with the expat community the type of dangers that exist in Panama, with regards to medical fraud, and to provide them with knowledge of how the inefficient the authorities and regulatory agencies are in Panama in regards to policing this type of malice behaviour. However, within 48 hours of making this post, it was removed, and I subsequently received a message from a member of the Expat.com Team, under the sbject "Difamatory postings". The message read, "Hello anais00,
I inform you that your topic has been moved to a private forum only accessible to moderators Expat.com.
Please note that we do not accept defamatory posts on the forum because we want to avoid any possible problems with the law.
We invite you rather go to other sites to denounce all forms of scam or frauds, there is indeed specialized websites for this.
Thank you for your understanding."
I think it to be very irresponsible of the Expat.com Team to silence my post and similar posts. In doing so, they are fostering a distorted, overly positive, and unbalanced image of the communities where Expats live. In turn this denies people access to important information that could help them avoid being victimized in these communities. Many people rely on sites such as Expat.com for information.
I invite anyone interested in reading about my experience to visit my blog at HarmfulDrugs.blogspot.com
Your comments and opinions are welcome.
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