“It seems the past months have been sad ones as we have lost more of the “old rabbits” from our field. For some mystical reason we are seeing ever more losses of those who have been the innovators and the guiding lights of biological medicine. In this issue it is my sad duty to inform you about the passing of longtime member and supporter Dr. Moki Uhara from Hawaii. Moki has been a member of the Institute for nearly thirty years. He has traveled to Germany several times on [...]

It seems the past months have been sad ones as we have lost more of the “old rabbits” of our field. For some mystical reason we are seeing ever more losses of those who have been the innovators and the guiding lights of biological medicine. In this issue it is my sad duty to inform you about the passing of two more great men, Dr. med. Dieter Hager and the engineer Erich Rasche. Such losses seem to lend me words along with the tears. We have lost so many [...]

Behind the Scenes It began as the charitable sector. But, as society changed, the idea of charity, rooted in religion and noblesse oblige, fell out of favour. So, it became the voluntary sector. But, as volunteers and small donations were replaced by paid staff and government funding, that no longer fit. So, it became the non-profit sector. But, as charities resorted to profit-making activities to survive in an era of government cutbacks, that designation became uncomfortable. Now, it is testing new labels: the social benefit sector, the third sector [...]

Dear 2009 Members, As each of you received our summer e-mailings and communications, I am sure you realized that OIRF was once again in a state of transition. Many of the changes initiated during the summer months are outlined within my letter to all members, colleagues and friends which was mailed (by postal mail) to you on September 8. I am not going to go through all of that again here. But, for our supporting members like you, I wanted to give you a better understanding of what has [...]

Here is a brief outline of our Tour #35 schedule: Sunday (Nov. 2): Tour delegates met at our Munich airport hotel this evening for an informal welcome reception. Most North Americans had to leave on Saturday to get to Germany on Sunday, due to North Atlantic flight schedules and losing time zones. Because participants join us from all over the world, everyone made their own airline arrangements. Monday (Nov. 3): Our deluxe motor coach took us from Munich to Baden-Baden. In the afternoon a half [...]

OIRF Invited to Participate in Medicine Week, 2009 Recently Occidental Institute has been invited to organize and sponsor one full day of English language lectures during the 2009 Medicine Week Congress in Baden-Baden, Germany. This program would be integrated into the full Med-Week program and listed in the catalog. All who have followed (or participated in) the activities of our many Biological Medicine group tours to Germany will be familiar with the Medicine Week Congress. We have received a very positive response from most of the speakers we contacted [...]

MORA takes another step toward Canadian Registration! Recently the Med-Tronik firm underwent their regular ISO audit for manufacture of medical devices under the 13485 medical requirements. Needless to say, they passed with flying colors and copies of the new certificates will be available shortly. One short note from Mrs. Gaby Alexander at Med-Tronik reads as follows: “Up until now all our amplifiers including the SuperAmp were regarded as accessories. During our audit that declaration was subject to query by both auditors present and resulted in the fact that the [...]

Here is a sample of The Bridge Newsletter as it appeared in 2008. This Part 2 Supplement to the February Issue introduced a number of new and updated devices and methods that were then available through OIRF. Many of these devices are still available through the manufacturers in Europe. We hope you will find much of interest in the descriptions and articles. We invite you to: Read more here. An Information Release for Member From a Part 2 Supplement to The Bridge Newsletter Published February 2008 © [...]

I wanted to start off this “commercial” portion of the September newsletters with some personal comments. You can see from the history of OIRF included in this issue of “The Bridge” that recommendation (and subsequent sales) of quality German instrumentation has been an integral part of the Institute almost from the beginning. We have been a legitimate non-profit organization since our return to Canada in 1984, and thus the commercial aspects of selling this instrumentation had to be done carefully. Of course the flip side of that legitimacy coin [...]

March 2007 In between Dr. Mac Coy’s two MORA Basic seminars, I made a literal “flying trip” to Germany to attend Med-Tronik’s annual distributors meeting. This year (although we were missing quite a few of the regulars like Dr. Richardson from England and Dr. Mehri from Lebanon) the meeting was attended by 21 delegates from 14 different countries. The countries represented were Greece, Turkey, Poland, Canada and the USA, Hungary, Italy, Switzerland, Portugal, Taiwan, Spain, Belgium and France, and The Netherlands. It is amazing to see our “MORA family” [...]