Fatal Aloe Vera Injections
Prostate Cancer Patient, Two Others, Die

Mar 1, 1998 A doctor who gave cancer patients shots of aloe vera and cesium had his license revoked Feb. 28 in Richmond, Virginia. Three patients including one with prostate cancer died. The doctor, Donald L. MacNay, charged them from $2,000 to $16,000 for the injections. The patients all had advanced cancer. The shots made them much sicker, rapidly killing them.
MacNay, licensed in orthopedics, has no known training in treating cancer. Instead of a nurse he used an assistant described as an automobile mechanic. MacNay's attorney, Marc A. Calello, as of Feb. 28 had not ruled out an appeal. His defense strategy was to claim that his client was treating willing, active patients. He claimed to advocate patient choice and patient information gathering.
The patients' relatives said MacNay lied to them about the treatment and told patients not to go to the hospital even when they became obviously ill from the injections. MacNay has not been charged with a crime, but the case remains under investigation.
Aloe vera, which many people grow at home in their kitchens and porches, using the juice to soothe cuts and burns, is not approved by the Food and Drug Administration for intravenous use.

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