David Carver Ames

Although there are numerous reports of travellers from Western countries journeying to see John of God, there are very few (if any) follow-ups in the media on these people and their conditions.

From what it seems to me, searching the articles written about John of God that are available through Lexis- Nexis database, the media (in America as well as Britain, Canada and Australia) find it a very good story to report on someone's planned visit and their hopes for recovery.

Reporting on what happens during and after the visit, however, does not seem to at all interest them. The reasons for this are many; perhaps it simply doesn't make for much of a story to report that an MS patient readers learned about a year before has since died or that someone with HIV still has HIV.

Where possible, I will do my best to research and follow-up on the fates of John of God's former patients.

One such patient was Mr. David Ames of San Francisco. He was one of several patients profiled on ABC News' 2005 "Primetime" special on John of God.

In the special, Mr. Ames, a sufferer of ALS (more commonly known as "Lou Gehrig's disease"), was shown as having his treatment at the hands of John of God resulting in no effect. The results were described by ABC in the following way:

"David Ames, of San Francisco, was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease in April 2003. His nervous system was slowly disintegrating, and faced almost certain death -- only 10 percent of patients survive for 10 years or more. He has had no physical improvement, but he still says his spirit has gained from his visit. "

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Primetime/story?id=482292

Tragically, David Ames has since died of ALS. The following is his obituary:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/09/07/MNAMESDAVI1.DTL&hw=joaquin&sn=090&sc=162

I do not know of any single case where John of God has been known to cure any person of any disease that cannot be explained through a) medical misdiagnosis of the actual disease, b) a disease or ailment that was actually cured through conventional medicine or c) an ailment that would have been temporary anyway and went away on its own, such as back pain or d) a case of the patient falsely remembering what actually happened and exaggerating the results.

If anyone knows of a single cases where John was proven to have cured anyone of any physicial ailment, please contact me. I will research it as far as I am able, write about it and post it.