Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 25, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba Vilf Tieg in Maureen Iro Nahin a new clinic designed to help some of the estimated wingtip leg women Golf to through menopause will open at Boniface Hospital next the mature women clinic will be the first of its kind in Manitoba and will provide specialised medical care and counselling for the growing number of women entering this phase of said Ron head of obstetrics and gynaecology at the i Livingstone said Mere than 65 per cent of an estimated two million Cana Dian women aged 40 to 65 who Are going through menopause experience classic symptoms such As hot irritability and designed to help women going through menopause they sure can wreak havoc in pies he menopause is the result of a physical change in females we Tel the ovaries Stop monthly production of eggs and the hormones oestrogen and its not an abrupt and usually takes place Over a couple of years until menstrual periods Stop the new clinic will have a staff of six or seven consisting of a a clinical an endocrine to an orthopaedic specialist and trained unit roof dilator Ada Shawn said the clinic will be based on a similar one set up at the Toronto general Hospital a few years As Well As medical the group will provide counselling and attempt to educate women on what to expect during Shawn said the dime will Start out with Only a few most of them referrals from other but she expects the number of patients Wilt mushroom in a few the clinic will also provide an Unity to study the problems women encounter during menopause and May provide valuable information for re we want this mature women clinic to be a resource for the physicians and a resource for the Livingstone the symptoms of menopause Are often treatable but most people shr Tig them Livingstone Only about 25 per cent seek medical nurse a service b Maureen Brosnahan free press Shamattawa of the first time in almost six nurses have returned to live at the nursing station in this isolated Manitoba nurses who had manned the station fled it last March following attacks by i two new hired by the medi Cal services Branch of health and Wel fare face the task of sorting put files and restocking medications in the which has Only been visited weekly since March by nurses who flew in and out the same the nurses arrived at the Indian Reserve 700 Northeast of Winnipeg about two weeks after newly elected chief Sam Miles and the band Council promised to ensure their safety among the 550 head nurse Denise a pub Lic health nurse from and Gail Redpath of said they feel quite Safe on the Reserve and that the chief checks in on them an isolated Cree Community located about 200 Kilometres West of Hudson Shamattawa has no phones or a local radio station based in the band office plays recorded Only Contact with the outside Jeorld is by which sometimes operates Only one hour a its located at the nursing station and is used mainly to charter aircraft to take patients out to Thompson hospitals in a regularly scheduled flight arrives three1 times a week with mail and supplies for the recreation facilities for Young people and other organized activities Are Lack and alcoholism and Gas sniffing Are the hit a Low Point last Winter when vandals attacked the the Hudson Bay store and the nursing forcing the nurses and teachers to the teachers re turned within a week but the nurses did i haunt heard of Shamattawa at said the head nurse at the she said she Learned of the problems in the Community after arriving in Manitoba and i was Ner Vous when i started hearing a lot of different things from different but she said she was reassured after speaking with medical services person i like the i really like the people she i find the chief really Hes really conscious of his he really wants the nurses a nurse in a Peterborough Hospital for almost four said she had heard of the Community and its problems and had asked to be posted Drivers licence valid to 30 Manitoba Drivers whose licences expire 31 will have an extra month to 30 to renew the on month Extension has been granted by the provincial Cabinet be cause of the disruption of the postal highways minister Don Orchard said he urged Drivers receiving their applications for August to renew their licences As soon As possible through motor vehicle Branch offices in Portage la bran flin flon or Thompson or at any Driver licensing agent in Rural i would rather work somewhere where there is a need than someplace she the two Are now reorganizing the nursing Many of the medications Are out of Date and have to be and patient charts have not been kept up to Many of the residents speak Only Cree and the nurses must use nurses left the Community last March after vandals repeatedly at tacked the station and on one occasion broke into their rooms at the nurses convinced the youths to but not before one threw a strik ing a nurse in the the visitors a Mobile Home located next to the nursing was also vandalized and repairs were completed Only two weeks new station planned the medical services Branch refused to Send More nurses into the Community until their safety could be Guaran blueprints for a new million nursing station have been posted around the construction of the facility was to begin this summer but final government approval has Bee held up in Alan regional director of medical services in said the proposal should be placed before Treasury Board next month but he doubted that which would provide needed jobs in the could begin this there Are some real problems now because of the he Miles said the Ottawa delay has left him the Only time i believe ill see a new nursing station is when i see the planes coming in with a Load of Materi he our mistake tourist Alert a Story saturday said wrongly that Winnipeg diabetic Sherry Kidd had become the first Canadian to undergo a pancreas in Kidd is the first Canadian to have the surgery in largest of Only a few centres around the world which perform the weather Phillip driving from Alberta to Shilo in either a 1972 Grey Chevrolet or a 1976 Maroon both with Alberta licence is asked to Contact Mckenzie in George Bejin of driving to Vancouver in a 1978 motor is asked to Contact his Julienne Paul by Szynskie of driving to Vancouver in a 1980 station is asked to Contact his brother in Toron in the following persons Are asked to Contact the nearest detachment of the ramp regarding urgent mat ters d Mike Radke and Gilbert both of camping in Western Manitoba and driving a Silver Grey Ford Ltd with Illinois licence d Kenneth Blackwell of driving in Manitoba in a vehicle with Saskatchewan licence deaths classified death Winnipeg area forecast variable cloudiness and hazy today with the Chance of a Shower or thundershowers toward High near Low tonight near mainly sunny High near extended weather Outlook Southern Manitoba mainly sunny with above Normal temperatures thursday through evening Thunder showers Likely thursday and Normal High Normal Low Northern Manitoba mainly sunny with temperatures a Little above Normal thursday through Normal High Normal Low Northwestern Ontario mainly sunny with above Normal temperatures thursday through Normal High Normal Low Canada and the world National Victoria 21 Vancouver 22 22 Edmonton 29 24 Thompson 26 24 26 24 Thunder 8av 20 Toronto 22 22 Montreal 23 26 International Chicago 30 Minneapolis 2 he fort 29 Retton 26 Amsterdam 21 33 Berlin 19 Helsinki 20 Lisbon 31 London 22 32 13 28 14 13 Tel 92 12 17 los Clear 25 u Las Clear 41 10 Cloudy 44 15 fair 31 14 fair 33 18 33 s Cloudy 30 12 fair 33 11 fair 33 10 fair 31 9 Cloudy 32 20 19 Winnipeg temper Avro com Kriwoi 17 7 25 21 32 36 25 22 27 25 21 24 26 24 18 mean 13 a 14 last Normal highest m Etc Ord 394 in 1886 Etc Ord in 1885 23 10 it h 1 24 15 Normal 3mi Charles of 1219 Fleet husband of Bea of Beau widow of Peter Harold of 295 Bannerman Hus band of Sophia Sydney of 114 Arrowwood drive husband of Esther of 571 Manitoba husband of Stanislawa James Hus band of Georgine of 185 Smith wife of Ronald of 1100 Henderson suite husband of Char Lotte Hus band of Helen William Sylver of Lake son of Irene and Henry Gay Aaron infant son of Jocelyn of 584 Hartford wife of Nicholas of 205 Hawthorne suite wife of Isaac Klas of 586 Church of 260 Nassau suite husband of Lari Barlin husband of Crystal Ethel i Lawrence of 411 Martin son of Margaret and Jake of 588 Lanark husband of Hjordis Geraldine of 705 Talbot ave wife of William Macy Robert of 2366 Portage suite husband of Nadine Chidley son of Simone and Marcel Orton of husband of Catherine of 538 Melrose Avenue Hus band of Anne lady Harrison Mac of the for Merly of Melvoll Yorkton widow of Keith Gorgon of husband of Bertha of 260 Horace husband of Anna of widow of Athelstan Alec is of formerly of Wayne of 11 Yanofsky probably the commonest thing is the hot he its a trivial thing but its an embarrassing me said hot can interrupt a woman sleep up to 16 times a night this is often the cause of the irritability and confusion Many woman experience during the if you treat the hot flashes sleep better and have a better Quality of he but there Are Many other physical aspects of menopause which the dime will including Brittle a common and often treatable studies have shown that after pause women May lose Between two and three per cent of their Bone mass each this results in a tenfold increase in the risk of wrist fractures among women by the time they reach age compression Frac lures of the spine Are also As is the risk of hip probably the big killer is hip Frac Livingstone adding that 25 90 have had a hip he said theres a High mortality rate among these with about on third dying within Silt months of suffering the thinning and contraction of the Geni Tal which result in sexual prob is also he about 80 Pef cent of Neim Paisal women who have sought help during the past 10 years have been Given Livingstone studies in recent years indicated that oestrogen can triple the risk of cancer of the uterus arid increase the Chance of breast cancer and Cular up until about 1975 we had no hesitation about using Livingstone he said probably 40 per Leftt of those who seek medical Atten Tion could be helped with Milder cations and Livingstone said menopause has be come recognised As a hormone based physical problem but its often accompanied by emotional Many Are in Middle age crisis coping with children leaving Home and husbands going through male Meno paediatrician Barry Bermack and family practice resident Sharon both of examine baby during visit of outside medical specialists to Shamattawa Canada Grade a 1 2 beef Boneless strip loin sirloin tip Steak Wing Steak round Uljas sirloin tip roast made Chuck roast prices effective 29 thru to 6 saturdays Ketchup Heinz 32 Rump roast fresh beef brisket Boneless pork Unn roast whole pork loins Cut for Freezer Diamond 1 thins soft Margarine fabric softener Avex for map a a kill surf 2 Rice Hice bowls Long dishwasher detergent 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