Do you live (or have you ever lived) near a cell mast? Did you experience negative effects in terms of your health, the environment or your property value? If so, please share your experience with us.
An important note from a Medical Health Practitioner:
I want to bring to your attention that electromagnetic hypersensitivity syndrome (EHS) is diagnosed under the ICD Clinical Code for Radiation Sickness. But how these clinical codes work is that if sufficient people are complaining of adverse health effects from an identifiable source, then the ICD coding body have an emergency code under which the condition will be identified. The code was developed in 2016 and has not changed since but needs to be.
I would suggest, as numerous people are affected and a health crisis is breaking out in South Africa, that people need to report their symptoms to a GP and ask to have their diagnosis coded against this condition. The more people who do so (and it is their right to ask for this code to be noted against the GP’s assessment plus they have the right to see their clinical notes) then screening can be put in place to register how many people are suffering. This will demand a government health response.
The code for Radiation Sickness is: 2018 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code T66.XXA
The code for exposure to other non-ionising radiation subsequent encounter can be found here https://www.icd10data.com/
Shared Stories
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Holly Cairns, Assagay, KZN
24 August 2018
Sonja Mercier, Hayfields, Pietermaritzburg
24 August 2018
Matthew Pfaff, Constantia, Cape Town
28 June 2018
Rick Coetzee, Plumstead, Cape Town
28 June 2018
Sonja Clausen, Hayfields, Pietermaritzburg
28 June 2018
Julian Smit, Noordhoek, Cape Town
28 June 2018
Esme S, Noordhoek, Cape Town
28 June 2018
Margaret K and Iona L, Durban
28 June 2018
Jennifer van Papendorp, Camps Bay, Cape Town
28 June 2018
Justin Fourie, Plumstead, Cape Town
28 June 2018
Katy Lloyd*, Fish Hoek, Cape Town
20 June 2018
Christine Bell*, Plumstead, Cape Town
20 June 2018
Zoe Lelyveld*, Milnerton, Cape Town
20 June 2018
Wimpie Nel*, Glenwood, Durban
20 June 2018
Jayson Orton, Lakeside, Cape Town
15 June 2018
Niki Moore, Glenwood, Durban
8 June 2018