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AUSTRALIAN OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH MANAGEMENT
BY FACSIMILE: 09 321 2002 30 January 1991
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C3. Prk une Tow** i 5oom#r*n$St Svonev 2000. AuJtram CPO Son 653 Sydney 2001. Australia Tfi*ohone (02) 361 4212
`Q2T 361 4791
Mr John Mengler
incorporated in NSW
Jackson McDonald
Banisters and Solicitors
ACN: 003 582 385
GPO Box M971
Perth 6001
Dear John,
Denis Daniel Gallagher - CSB/MIdalco - WD & HO Wills (Australia) Ltd - Rothmans of Pall Mall (Australia (Australia) Ltd
Thank you for your letter of 22 January concerning the above matter together with copies of reports from Drs Breidahl and Glancy.
I confirm that I can be available during the week of 21-28 March and the week commencing 17 April.
The reports from the radiologists are very informative. The numerous chest XRays between 1967 and 1990, and detailed CT examinations in 1990, show that Mr Gallagher has minimal, if any, asbestos reiated changes. He has no evidence of pulmonary fibrosis, and the pleural thickening and calcification is more likely to be related to his past operation and infection, rather than asbestos.
Of particular significance arc the findings of extensive emphysema with large bullae. These findings are indicative of advanced chronic obstructive airways diseases associated with a lifetime of heavy smoking.
Regards,
U,
ce Ian Mutton