From Bill

Dear Friends. I was able to attend the press conference and
demonstration by 15 persons and the Clarkes. Johns Hopkins knew we
were there. There was security everywhere.

Joan addressed a small crowd on public property in front of Johns
Hopkins Hospital entrance on Wolfe Street in Baltimore. Two TV
cameras were grinding and a few press photographers were
present. Due to the activity on the street, we didn't have much of
an opportunity to meet one another. I didn't recognize others in our
group except the Clarke's.

About a half a dozen executives, including a Hopkins' VP, watched all
our moves. Jim used a megaphone later, but was warned by a Baltimore
cop to desist. Jim quit. One VP tried to stop me from going into
the parking area in front of the main entrance. He told me it was
private property. I told him I was going to the restroom in the main
building. He said I was denied entry. I said, sorry I am going
anywhere that I liked on Hopkins' property, because I was a Johns
Hopkins' patient and I showed him my JHH ID "orange card". He bade
my pardon and I went on.

When I spotted these guys, I took five or six photographs of them
standing around, just to tick them off.

The lunch traffic at the entrance to the hospital slackened by
1:30. I left shortly thereafter. Others, including the Clarke's, remained.
Jim and Joan were most kind and considerate to all of us. Joan said
she and Jim were going to do it again.

That's it. No arrests, no scuffles with cops, no broken windows -
just alot of not and disruption during a few hours in front of Johns
Hopkins. Will Hopkins administrators respond? Probably not, but it
won't stop, until they do.

Good job, Joan and Jim. Take care of yourselves. Many others are
following what happened today.

Bill
Wright, justapatient

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