Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 5, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba Surgery queried 9 Glenn free press Winnipeg free november 1981 3 by Joe Rubin the Manitoba College of physic ians and surgeons has called for an audit of All surgery performed for severe obesity in an attempt to reduce the High rate of medical complications following these if an audit is the operations will Likely be covered by medi patients currently undergoing surgery for obesity either pay for it themselves from to or have their claims held in abeyance pending the setting of a the in what is said to be a major departure from Normal proce wants to Register cases of obesity surgery performed in Manitoba and have surgeons review them the physicians regulatory body sets and reviews medical treatment Stan Dards but does not audit any one procedure on an ongoing College registrar James Morison said he believes the Manitoba body would be the Only one in Canada to Survey obesity complications cited although the surgery has a demonstrated Morison said concerns raised by the profession about its rate of complications one of the highest among elective procedures led to the proposed obesity surgery also has an estimated two percent mortality surgeons performing obesity operations would be required to file Freand postoperative reports and do followup testing at periodic two Basic surgical procedures May be used to treat one by passes most of the Small intestine while the other reduces the size of the Stom James head of sur Gery at Boniface said intestinal bypasses have been done for a number of years and Are associated with a variety of particularly metabolic liver an kidney complications have been noted follow ing surgery and the decreased absorption of fluids in the bowels May Lead to chronic stomach bypasses were introduced As an alternative to the complication Ridden intestinal the proce Dure technically More difficult since its harder for a surgeon to get at the stomach than the intestines Calls for part of the stomach to be stapled leaving a Small As a said the patient is unable to take a big meal or drink a litre of you must be careful because you can produce malnutrition in fat people very he both operations also carry with them the hazards of surgery performed on obese who Are higher than average anaesthesia independents collect posts in ice Deal false alarm anything to get out of these Happy kidnapping victims signal at passing from their school bus heading South on marys Road in vital Motorist by Murray Mcneill a Winnipeg lawyer questioned yesterday whether its possible under Law for a Man to commit the offence of soliciting a woman for Hersh Wolch raised the Issue during the trial of one of 10 men charged last August with soliciting an undercover Winnipeg policewoman for pro Situ Wolch told provincial court judge Charles Rubin that when a Man approaches a prostitute he is merely seeking it is the prostitute who is seeking to perform sex for not the he Wolch also noted that in the Case of his Joseph Paul the undercover policewoman admitted questions definition of that Chmil never offered her Money to have sex with he merely said he wanted to have sex with her and asked How much she its an invitation to be As opposed to a solicit per Wolch after hearing the crowns evidence in the Case and the Brief remarks from judge Rubin adjourned the trial indefinitely in order to study Case Law on the subject and to await a decision in a similar Case heard 23 before another provincial court judge Rubin said that when the Chmil trial resumes he will hear fur ther arguments from both Wolch and Crown counsel Terry Mackean before rendering his the Crown called Only two witnesses to testify at yesterdays and the court heard mainly from the undercover Linda Kisil told the court that on three consecutive nights last August she was sent to walk up and Down Austin Street Between Henry Avenue and Higgins Avenue and wait for men to approach her for under questioning from Kisil said shed been sent to Austin Street because it was known to police As an area frequented by she was told to dress and act like an Ordinary woman walking Down the Street rather than appear As a pros licence for satellite to attracts ambitious bids Kisil said that Over the three nights she was approached by men wanting sex on about 150 and that Chmil was one of she Chmil stopped his pickup truck twice within 10 minutes and asked her if she would have sex with after approaching her the second time he was arrested by two other policemen waiting court was during his Cross examination of Kisilus Wolch told judge Rubin he would be trying to show that she Kisil didst behave like a typical woman walking Down the and that what you in a is almost a form of entrapment Dave free press by Ron Campbell independents on City Council cashed in last night on a Deal made with the Independent citizens election com for the first time in the annual shuffle of memberships on City com boards and an Independent was elected chairman of a committee and two independents earned positions on executive policy along with the better showing on executive policy independents improved their standing on works and operations the Winnipeg convention Centre Board and the police for their improved the Independent caucus did not nominate a member for Deputy mayor or executive policy committee enhancing the prospects of an ice member holding Down both the 11member ice still the largest group on the 28mem Ber wanted their Man Jim Ernst for both Ernst moved from his environment committee chairmanship into the new posts with defeating new demo cratic party opponents with the Aid of most of the Chornopyski nominated Bill Chornopyski was nominated for Deputy mayor by the seven member nip but the Only independents to Back him were Anne Gerry Ducharme and Evelyne the nip nominated Alan Wade for executive policy committee chair Man and the Only independents to vote for him were Zorowski and Independent Phil Rizzuto was elected chairman of recreation and social ser vices committee and two ind Epen Jim Ragsdill and Evelyne were voted to executive policy which had Only one inde pendent on it last the through chairman Don initially approached the nip caucus proposing to dominate committee selection process on Council this negotiations Between the two groups failed because certain candidates were not acceptable to the respective nip caucus chairman Magnus Elia son and caucus whip Alf Skowron ear Lier this week bitterly blamed interference by provincial progressive conservatives for the ice nip talks ended almost As soon As they began because the nip did not want one person to be both Deputy mayor and executive policy chairman and the ice when the independents and nip failed to Cut a Mitchelson went to ice caucus chairman Larry the Deal was made Fri after the Mitchelson said he was very Happy with the although some of his group feel they were thrown held together and we obtained a that As far Asim concerned any making the Deal with the More numerous ice was an easier proposition than the nip he to make some kind of a Deal with the nip we needed seven members solid to make a Deal with the ice we needed analysing the situation from the nip Skowron said the re sult of the voting was to be expected after the Deal with the independents went the nip lost their member on the executive policy committee and on the Winnipeg police an inde pendent moved into the nip chair in each Joe the Only labor election committee took a dim View of the he said it was intolerable that at least one provincial Cabinet minister and the president of the Manitoba progressive conservative association interfered in the selection of Deputy mayor and committee boards elect three new chairmen three of the six greater Winnipeg school boards which held annual elections this week elected new trustee Elizabeth Willcock Defeated trustees Brian Dixon and Margaret Trott to win the leadership of the Winnipeg school trustee Mira Spivak didst seek reelection As chair trustee Isobel Sudol Defeated Dixon and Luba Fedorkiw to become vice in seven Oaks trustee Sara Tregubov became chairman of the Board by Avrom a Board chairman in the was elected Vic chairman without Ben out going Board was acclaimed As chairman of the negotiating com in Norwood trustee Frank Kennedy was acclaimed he had held the Post from 1959 to 1962 and in 1975 trustee Tom chairman during the past was acclaimed in James Assiniboia trustee George Eakin Defeated trustee Iva Yeo to retain the while Yeo Defeated George Fraser to retain the in Boniface trustee Jim Garwood was acclaimed for a second the vice chairmanship rotates every three months Between the other four River East trustees last night re elected Allan Rouse As he was not by Cecil Rosner a Host of businessmen and Community groups Are engaged in a High stakes bidding game All this week with one objection mind to snare a lucrative satellite television licence for Rural and Northern Manitoba each group is trotting out budgets and proposed fee schedules to convince the Canadian radio Elevi Sion and telecommunications com Mission that it can Best carry Canadian television signals to the the stakes involved Are High initial capital but the prize is a licence which can generate consider Able income for a commission spokesman said the hearings will last until Friday at the earliest to hear from All the applicants and intervenes who object to the All the groups Are proposing to beam signals from four Canadian television stations to the and some Are also offering a number of radio stations to the the to which Are part of the Canad an satellite communications can com include chant from cite to from de cd Chov from Hamilton and to ctr from the 16 applicants Are proposing to charge installation fees to set up the service in the fees Range from As Low As to As High As while monthly rental charges run from to depending on the Remi a partner with Renald Guay in a company which has yet to be told the commission his group can have the service in operation by the Middle of next summer if they receive the he proposes to Send signals to Leaf Lynn Snow flin the Pas and Smith said he recognizes there is considerable opposition to the idea in towns such As flin which Are in jeopardy of losing their satellite receptions if the can com licence is theres an initial resistance that takes time to he but 55 per cent penetration of the Market in the first year is Smith said he and his partner would personally put into the take out a Bank loan and rely on about funding from a native group or organization which could come into the venture As a Junior perhaps the most ambitious proposal comes from native communications of which wants to beam signals to flin the Pas and 91 isolated Northern native and Metis in Addi Tion to the four can com television they would provide five pm a French language am Sta native and inuit radio and Sion programming As Well As Community other applications which propose can com service Are from Westman Media cooperative of owners of which wants to provide service to Erick Hamiota and mini d Emile who proposes to go into Cranberry Pine Falls and Lac do he also acted As spokesman for companies which want to enter the Falcon Lake and Gimli d us Peru to of which wants to serve Pine Falls and d Gillam Cable television incorporate which proposes to serve d Lynn Lake which pro poses to serve Lynn d on behalf of a company yet to be and Severn enterprises which both propose in separate applications to serve flin the Pas and two separate from d d to rentals and Virginia Skwar both propose to serve Thomp d Keith on behalf of a company to be which proposes to serve the d Romik proposing to serve flin d Knutson and which proposes to serve preparing for Parade Joan Paulley Kathy Smith background and Barbara Tomlinson right Spruce up the Reindeer while Carol Brisley paints a snowman on a float stored in a car shed in the East the four volunteers Are preparing for the 6 Santa Glaus ;