Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 25, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg j August to j in i i designed to help women going through menopause Maureen Bftts Nahan t a few Evinic desired w my some of we estimated Winnipeg women i Tiili through menopause will open at Boniface Hospital next the mature women clinic Wilt be lie first of its kind in Manitoba and will provide specialized medical care and for the growing number of women entering this phase of said Ron head of obstetrics Aid gynaecology at the Livingstone said More than 65 per event 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 they sure Tan wreak havoc in pies he 1 menopause is the result of a physical change in females when the ovaries Stop monthly production of eggs and the hormones oestrogen and proves 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 coordinator 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 tunic will Start out with Only a few most of them referrals front other but she expects the number of patients will mushroom in a few the clinic will also provide an Opportunity 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 shrug them Livingstone Only about 25 per cent seek medical Northern Community nursing service returns by Maureen Brosnahan Winnipeg free press Shamattawa for 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 two new hired by the medi Cal services Branch of health and Wel fare face the task of sorting out 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 Kilometres 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 the Only Contact with the outside world 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 three times a week with mail and supplies the recreation facilities for Young people and other organized activities Are Lack and alcoholism and Gas sniffing Are the Community 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 stories 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 sept 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 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 interpret nurses left the Community last March after vandals repeatedly at tacked the station and on on 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 is million nursing station have been posted around the construction of the facility was to begin this summer but final government approval has been held up in Alan regional director of medical services in said the proposal should be placed before Treasury Board next 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 q 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 precipitation h High re ski l Law Cou front from 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 wednesday 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 a Jove Normal temperatures thursday through Normal High Normal Low temperatures Canada and the world National Victoria 19 32 21 Edmonton 24 Thompson 26 27 21 24 Thunder Belv 20 Toronto 22 22 Montreal 23 26 International 30 Minneapolis 27 29 26 amt Fordom 21 Athens 33 Berlin 19 Helsinki 20 Lisbon 31 22 13 m 12 11 1 19 14 16 16 15 15 15 16 21 20 14 23 10 11 16 m 32 30 23 21 13 Tel 32 resort los Clear 23 Las Clear 41 Clear fair Cloudy Clear fair 42 31 29 32 29 Nassau fair 33 Cloudy 33 15 18 15 17 7 25 19 37 23 22 27 24 24 23 mean 24 last year 205 Normal it Floesl on record in 1886 lowest 00 a Conj in 1685 Precup Llatha total for april i to 23 Milli metres Normal 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 Rose Lari Barlin husband of Crystal Ethel 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 Katherine of 538 Melrose Avenue Hus band of Anne Lidy Harrison Mac of the for Merly of Melvill Yorkton widow of Keith Gordon of husband of Bertha of 260 Horace husband of Francesca Anna of widow of Athelstan Alec is of formerly of Wayne of 11 Yanofsky probably the commonest thing is the hot he its trivial thing but its an embarrassing he mid hot flashes can a erupt a woman sleep up to 10 times i 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 clinic will including Brittle a common and often treatable studies have shown that after Meno 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 among women Fay the time they reach age compression one Tures of the spine Are also As is the risk of hip probably the big killer is hip Livingstone adding that 25 out of every 100 women who reach age 90 have had a hip he said theres a High mortality rate among these with about on third dying within six months of suffering the thinning and contraction of the Genu Tal which result in sexual prob is also he about 80 per cent of menopausal women who have sought help during the past 10 Yean have been Given Livingstone studies in recent Yean have indicated that oestrogen can triple the risk of cancer of the uterus and increase the Chance of breast cancer and cardiovascular up until about 1975 we had no hesitation about using Kingstone he said probably per cent of those who seek medical Atten Tion could be helped with Milder medi cations and Livingstone said menopause has be come recognized As a hormone based physical problem but its often pained by emotional Many Are in Middle age crisis coping with children leaving Home and husbands going through mate 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 prices effective 29 thru to 6 saturdays Ketchup Heinz 32 cheese sinces Black Diamond 1 thins soft Margarine harvests 59 sirloin tip Steak sirloin Steak Wing Steak 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