Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - February 17, 1979, Winnipeg, Manitoba Three ads quit rather than face probe by Steve Whysall three Manitoba doctors chose to be struck off the provinces medical Reg ister last year rather than answer charges of unethical three in one year is a fairly High its not a big but its quite James registrar of the provinces College of physicians and said Fri a doctor has to do something really serious to be erased from the the three who resigned rather than fight the charges might have ended up with just a but Well never Morison would not elaborate on the charges brought against the Doc All three doctors have now left the and two Are known to be out of the none of them will be Able to prac Tise Medicine again in Canada unless they agree to face the charges and Are nothing is of but they had obviously talked to their lawyers and were probably advised that they didst have much of a Morison four other Manitoba doctors Are under suspensions at the but Are Likely to be coming Back in the he a Winnipeg family Howe who was suspended at the end of last year for deliberately sexually stimulating a 19yearold woman during a Pelvic has since left the province and gone to work in the Case prompted the College of physicians and surgeons to consider the need for doctors to have a third person present while doing such exit that such a guideline would serve no useful in a the College said it expects each doctor to exer Cise his own explaining the examination to Young or inexperienced using a third party at his and avoiding such examinations in the absence of other staff members on the Prem weve decided the Best Way to Deal with this sort of thing is to act sharply when it comes Morison meanwhile about 20 complaints Are being received each month by the often from patients who think doctors have been about 80 per cent of complaints Are just a failure in complaints from the Public Arent usually about Stan Dards of practice those complaints usually come from doctors them Morison every complaint is investigated by the colleges complaints made up of three three Lay and a usually Only two or three of the complaints Are serious enough to warrant further doctors can also be suspended if they have a drinking or drug prob and reinstated once they have been others could be erased from the Register for More serious or they could voluntarily erase them selves from the Register if they dont want to fight the during the past few 22 dec tors have been investigated following More serious complaints included in that number Are the three doctors who left the country rather than face some of the other cases to come before the complaints committee ranged from a retired doctor Wito began working again without registering to a doctor whose surgical procedures were being Crit most complaints Are resolved with out doctors being either erased or in one 15 charges were brought against a were then dropped after three Days of Winnipeg free press february 1979 City news 2nd class mail registration number 0286 it leaves you breathless Joel a City of Winnipeg holds one of the new of the City to have the which Are internationally Winnipeg transit bus Stop signs which will be used to replace damaged will be placed at 57 locations by workmen from the streets and signs such As the one on the the downtown area will be the first part transportation the new signs Are pcs at fort Garry site Hydro storing toxic chemicals by John Sullivan Manitoba Hydro is storing three containers of toxic pcs Poolych Lorin ated biphenyl under lock and key at a fort Garry site until it can find a Way to dispose of them Safe a Utility spokesman said Fri the formerly used As a coolant in Power Are kept in steel barrels under tight Security at Hydro Waverley Avenue service Public relations director Earl Mills the barrels also contain materials contaminated by the environment minister Brian ran som agreed Friday to comply with a request from Churchill la Jay Cowan to discover what Quantity of pcs Are being stored by private Industry and agencies and under what the new Democrat also asked labor minister Ken Macmaster to Check if his workplace safety and health division had developed proce dures to protect employees working near1 Sites where the very dangerous chemical is used or Cowan said his request was prompted by similar concerns expressed this week by Winnipeg City councillors Over the Quantity of pcs stored by the Winnipeg a civic committee has ordered a full inventory to be although Mills said there Are no known cases of human injury from pcs during 40 years of Industrial they Are suspected to be cancer causing and do not decompose they Are also known to cause skin Are toxic to sever Al Marine species and have proven extremely harmful in Laboratory Mills stressed that Hydro has not purchased any major equipment con Taining pcs since 1978 because Manitoba lacks Safe disposal facilities for the their and disposal is Only now under study and new Federal regu lations Are expected he said the Utility has a Large amount of pc Laden equipment currently in service but has been replacing worn or damaged components with nonhazardous Hydro now accumulates a few containers of chemical and contaminated material each year through this the Hydro spokesman said Environ mental contamination from stored pcs could occur if they ran into drainage systems after a spill or if a fire in the storage area caused the chemicals to vaporize and enter the but he said these possibilities Are Remote at the Waverley were Well aware of the hazards and extraordinary precautions have been taken in their Mills Hydro has issued instructions to staff on handling them proper water service Worth a pay Cut frequency of water Supply shutdowns caused by Arctic weather conditions has prompted one Winni Peg City councillor to offer to take a pay Cut to ensure maintenance of the Eldon Ross Independent citizens election Lodge told a works and operations commit tee budget meeting Friday held be willing to take a five per cent reduction in his annual Council salary other councillors would if the Money would be used to provide a full time water Tanker truck for the cites two westernmost operations when its 38below and theres no water or tempers can get pretty he whose Ward is located in said it is a must to have at least one Tanker assigned to each of Winnipeg six districts to Supply water Cut off when under ground pipes two tankers redistrict on a per manent basis would not be out of he adding the City has a responsibility to provide residents with a bucket of the City currently has six tankers to provide emergency service in All areas As two More trailers Are being outfitted with containers and Are expected to be operational by the end of operations director Rod Mcrae told the meet Mcrae disputed assigning the tank ers to each District say ing some of the equipment already receives extremely Little responded that some fire department equipment is similarly tied up but no suggestion is made to share it among fire the cites works and operations department is currently studying the problem of Watermain breakage and expects to report Craig som the departments general told the Sommerville said broken pipes Are being repaired even after it has be come worthwhile to replace the economic limit to repair pipes is seven he adding some areas Are suf Ferring twice that number before the equipment is replacing pipes is a major sex he this years current estimates show about million budgeted for water main replacement in 1978 and 1979 and about twice that amount for maintenance in each the combined figures for each year show a net decline of about for Watermain work from last year to the 1979 replacement estimates represent a slight drop from a year ago while the new maintenance Fig ures show a slightly smaller in Beer in pitchers of 9d by province Mill Manitoba Beer drinkers will soon be Able to drink draft brew from an american style innovation approved last week by the Manitoba liquor control it is a Victory for the Manitoba hotel which has been asking the commissions permission for three years to allow the Sale of pitchers of commission chairman Lou Veillet expects the pitchers will appear in the provinces beverage rooms be fore end of the it increase consume Veillet adding that no More than 13 ounces of Beer per person will be served in the pitch ers at one if 26ounce pitchers Are it must be to a table with two or if 52ounce to a table with four before the pitchers can be they must have the commissions tide line the tide or painted White ring near the top of the must correctly indicate the Quantity of Beer for which a customer is the which regulates provincial Beer also requires tide line approval for glasses in which draft is individual beverage room opera tors who want to use pitchers would submit a Sample to the commission for this or the supplier could submit a though a majority of hotel association members apparently want the privilege of serving Pitcher not All intend to use fearing the new style containers would be too to thefts by strict supervision some pupils will be Able to see eclipse Al by Noelle Boughton Many Manitoba school divisions and districts Are going to let their students watch the eclipse that what the free press disco Vered in a Survey of Manitoba 47 school divisions Only Frontier didst reply and 9 school districts this although in the a number of divisions Are allowing students to watch the eclipse and others say parents can keep students Home that two Beautiful Plains and rolling say most of their Stu dents can View the eclipse directly rolling River wont permit direct viewing for kindergarten to Grade 2 the same applies for kindergarten to Grade 6 students in Beautiful Plains unless teachers ask permission from the school Board and guarantee adequate supervision and Shilo students Are being encouraged to stay Home but those in grades 5 to 12 who come to school with parental permission and viewing equipment can View the Tiger Hills says Small groups of kindergarten to Grade 12 students can watch the total but most elementary schools Are still choosing to watch it on students in Garden Pem Bina Western Grade 4 to 12 students in Birdtail and Grade 7 to 12 students in Pine red and Intel Mountain will be viewing the eclipse that Means note the effects of the eclipse from the shaded Side of their school or with devices like pin Hole to allow students such most of these divisions Are requiring parental classroom and strict supervision ranging from one teacher per five Grade 3 to 6 to two teachers per 25 senior High most will also use welders glasses or the Winnipeg planetariums but and Pembina Valley have banned the use of these in their Young students in these areas Wholl be watching the eclipse on to feel most Manitoba divisions and districts say All of their students have to View it on these Are Assiniboine fort Transon Spring White horse la Turtle Duck Swan fort la flin Chur Snow Lynn mys Tery and Many of these Are also taking pre cautions such As moving children out of classes facing the blocking windows with cancelling morning recess and outside act and dismissing children a Little later than although some divisions and districts wont allow students to View the eclipse at they say parents can keep children Home to do just divisions and districts offering that option Are Pine Turtle Duck Moun rolling Souris and lord children with a note from Home skip classes on 26 in asst to Boine Pembina Beautiful fort la White horse Plains and Garden Valley divisions and Shilo and White Shell Western and Rhineland parents can pick their children up from school that morning and take them Home to watch the some divisions even say their Stu dents can stay Home to watch the eclipse and it wont affect their attendance this applies to students in Beautiful Swan and Antler although a few divisions have said allow to viewing Only for their there willing to make some science students in Jame Assiniboia High Kel and Brandon Are being allowed to watch the eclipse and conduct other senior students in James Assiniboia will be cautioned about watching the while senior High students in seven Oaks can watch it if their parents sign a release j a few Pine Falls High school River East students plan to indirectly View the eclipse with a pinhole Cam Era and one Leaf rapids teacher is taking some students on a trip to see a few divisions Seine and Antler River leaving the Choice of viewing method up to their but these Are following the provincial pattern of most watching to with a few mostly senior High Stu dents viewing indirectly or lord Selkirk and Souris Valley have left the Choice up to these have to sign a waiver indicating whether their children Are to see it at View it on to at or watch the partial and total eclipse with the a few divisions and districts Are leaving viewing completely in parents Portage la Turtle Mountain and Sprague Are holding i services that Day and Pelly Trail has closed its schools for the Dauphi ochre has re commended students watch it on to and some Turtle Mountain students plan to join their teachers for the Hutt Erite colonies in two divisions also have varying Colony children in White horse which says to viewing Arent u Lowed to watch but teachers Are being allowed to take televisions into two of the three Hutt Erite Colon ies in Souris Only four of the 55 districts and divisions which described their poli cies figured there could be any change in these before these were Turtle and possibly Seine River and Morri Macdonald since these two divisions Are operating under their superintendents ;