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Medical DANGER Alert – What the NBC NEWS won’t show us

7-2-08 this video was posted when it aires on WBALL NEWS11 in Baltimore. HD version: www.youtube.com The news organization knowingly states that the current wheelchair Jacob's using provides absilutely no support for his medical conditions. The wheelchair he used to own was crushed when some ignorant fools ran him over in it, while Jacob went to his friends house. The wheelchair he has is medically coded a K0009. This is also called a Daily Use, Sports, or Active wheelchair. Although it also is by many Medical Insurance Companies like AENTA for example as UltraLight and that is ALL they use as the reason why people CAN NOT have access to these. Or have them replaced in times like this for Jacob. What you see Jacob using in this video is NOT a wheelchair. Sorry. The K0001 as it is medically coded and it's related K0002, K0003, and K0004 types NEED TO BE REMOVED from the list of manual wheelchairs. They should NEVER be used by people who need full time everyday use of a wheelchair. The difference is K1 Standard wheelchair weight from 35 to over 70 pounds. K2 - Lightweight version of the K1 may be 34 to 30 pounds. K3 - A neavy duty extra wide K1 these though can weigh even more than a K1. K4 - A Heavt Duty (can be wide or not) leight wieght version of a K1 and K3... These ALL that I could locate feature nothing that is ERGNOMICALLY correct to the end user. None are made to fit the end users actual medical needs. They are a ONE SIZE fits all type answer to what was a medical ...