At least four patients died after questionable alternative medical cancer therapy

Authorities issue warning message
Several patients died after staying in an alternative cancer clinic on the Lower Rhine. As reported by the Mönchengladbach police, a woman died at the end of July after being treated in the "Biologischer Krebszentrum Bracht" near the Dutch border. On Thursday, three more deaths were reported, two Dutch women were reportedly admitted to a hospital in hospital. Out of concern for the health of other patients in the clinic, the authorities have now issued a "warning message" and call all those affected to report.

Patients die within a few days of treatment
Four patients who were treated in the alternative medical "Klaus-Ross-Klinik" (Biological Cancer Center Bracht) in Brüggen-Bracht died a few days later. This currently informs the police Mönchengladbach. According to this, a 43-year-old Dutch woman had an outpatient visit to the clinic at the end of July due to a breast cancer illness and had died last weekend "for reasons that were still unexplained". Previously, the woman had complained of headache, was partially confused and later unresponsive, the report said.

Police warn: Four cancer patients have died after being treated at an alternative medicine center. (Image: monropic / fotolia.com)

Two women admitted to the hospital
Now three more deaths have become known: Police informed that five treatments had been performed at the Klaus Ross Clinic last Wednesday. In the following days, a 55-year-old Belgian woman in Nijmegen, a 55-year-old man from Apeldoorn and a 43-year-old woman from Wijk en Aalburg died from this group of patients. Two other women who had been treated at the center were now hospitalized in hospital.

Police and prosecutors have started the investigation
Due to the deaths, the police Mönchengladbach and the prosecutor Krefeld have now initiated the investigation. Both the Dutch and the Dutch authorities are worried about medical complications in other patients of the clinic, according to the joint "warning message" from the Dutch, Belgian and German police authorities.

"Although more in-depth medical research has yet to reveal what has happened, there is currently a specific health risk for patients who have received treatment at this cancer center," the report said. Patients who have been treated there earlier are also requested to contact the police in Mönchengladbach or in the Netherlands.

Clinic rejects allegations
On Wednesday, the Cancer Center itself had published an opinion on its website after the first death was known. Accordingly, the clinic regrets the death of the patient - but at the same time the fact that the device is now under suspicion. "We regret the media's suspicion that alternative medicine, and our clinic in particular, could be held responsible for the demise of one of our patients," the clinic says.

Alternative medicine more controlled in the Netherlands
The center, based in Germany, is primarily aimed at patients from the Netherlands. Because there are only a few doctors who offer such alternative treatments, according to the information on the website. Alternative medicine is more regulated in the Netherlands, including through existing laws and regulations, as well as government supervision. The "Healer" of the clinic should therefore not work there. In Germany, the treatment methods of the establishment are allowed thanks to an innovative regulation - but would also be strictly controlled here. (No)