Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 21, 1996, Winnipeg, Manitoba A6 Winnipeg free March 1996 baby waited two months for urgent heart surgery by Alexandra Paul medical reporter the main heart doctor at the health sciences Centre told one Mother her baby needed immediate but then sent her Home to Lynn Lake where the boy was hooked up to feeding tubes in the local Hospital to wait for two Charlotte Caribou testified at an inquest before associate provincial court judge Murray Sinclair yesterday that she was never Given an explanation for the on March Gary Caribou became the first of 12 children to die after open heart the Hospital later suspended the pro Gram due to a High mortality the inquest is probing the 1994 deaths As Well As 88 others from 1981 to 1993 for a total of 100 deaths during the entire Caribou testified she was not told there was no surgeon in Winnipeg in december 1993 when cardiologist Niels Giddens diagnosed her sons heart condition As requiring surgery the sooner the nor was she told the surgeon would not arrive for two he Giddens didst til get you out to a surgeon immediately in Toronto or Saskatoon or any other City instead they sent you Home and said Well get a hold of you later for surgery lawyer Saul Simmonds asked the i believed them her answers to Simmonds were the most comprehensive she gave All Day in testimony about her nine Mont hold i thought the doctors were sure of what they were they gave me papers to sign and the Way they talked i believed them that they would save my Caribou Sinclair told Caribou he Apreci Gold boutique jewellers must liquidate their entire inventory regardless of profit in order to raise Cash to pay prices slashed you pay on the tagged retail Dollar Price on selected Fine jeweller All other merchandise will be sold going out of business prices Fine diamonds emeralds rubies sapphires Lustrous pearls Gold chains More existing inventory has been augmented or this Sale to offer you greater selection Winnipeg 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come to Winnipeg and in Winnipeg at the end of his Short Caribou said of the last photo in the series holding him when he the photo shows the baby in his mothers wrapped in a White his eyes closed As if he were the Blanket covers what Gary looked like at the testimony last week revealed that doctors were unable to close Garys Chest after surgery because his heart was too they ended up covering him with a piece of Caribou testified that the doctors warned her after the nine hour surgery that the operation lasted so Long because they find the Hole in his heart because there was More muscle around the heart than they the doctors eventually found and patched the Caribou said she told doctors she was Strong enough to see her baby even though she knew he want looking very she testified that when she first saw her son i asked the Why did Gary have All those the ones in his heart a grandmother of one of the other babies who died said she understood Why the photo was so important for Sinclair to see it was like she was this was my this is who we Are talk ing Caribou was also one of two babies whom Lois the head nurse at the variety heart haunt expected would Hawkins testified last Caribou refused a request for an i said no because they had Cut him up Caribou Caribou asked Sinclair to make changes so that doctors Are More accountable to they could explain More to peo ple who dont have somebody who really understands to talk to Caribou she testified that most of the decisions for her baby were made by the doctors because she didst fully understand what was being she signed consent forms because she trusted the Jonah and cardiologist but she testified that because English is her second she had trouble understanding what the doctors told no life like air traffic control hopeful learns by Marcy Marusa free press correspondent is Vatish Kru Triventi has been interested in a career As an air traffic controller for a Long time but he keeps hearing conflicting accounts about ont Ejob studies have ranked air traffic controlling among the most stressful stress was uppermost in Kruth Ventis mind yesterday at a recruiting Bob training and human resources specialist for the Central air traffic control tried to allay that i dont know who youve been talking to but they certainly we rent air traffic con Roos told Roos said recruits Are prop Erly trained to alleviate but Kru Triventi was con fused by the in not satisfied with what they there is real he you have to be very Quick and very accurate All the most of them say its very its a very challenging he want the Only one sur prised by Roos Terry Bartley is the Central regional director for the Cana Dian air traffic controllers Bartley has been an air traffic controller for 25 years and said that although Roos is involved in training and recruiting he is not an Active it is very stressful making the right decisions with air said the Issue of dangerous stress Levels for overworked controllers came up after an incident 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