Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 22, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba 14 prime 2 world a and dozens of Bull Ivorid of investments Haw t and when you r ii nil youll we Why love Tuc l Trot to by More than n Quarter of n million canadians to it alsm jul Evealue securities of Cal Brennand 9498954 Winnipeg free press local july 1997 John Douglas 6977292 features Buzz Currie email a3 neurologist kids wait for care by Alexandra Paul medical reporter health sciences Centre has failed to renew the contract of a senior paediatric leaving parents facing lengthy delays in finding treatment for their sick Susan whose 16yearold daughter was being treated by Sashi Seshiah until late said staff at childrens Hospital wont Tell her Why he is no longer children Are suffering right now because they have no said Beshias last Day at health sciences where he worked for 22 was june Shallcross said she was told the wait ing time for an appointment to see the one remaining neurologist fran Booth has stretched into october and november for important Seshiah said he was Given 11 Days notice on june 19 that his annual con tract renewed every year since 197s would be terminated this the Hospital Board confirmed the decision four Days before he left the my biggest distress is not being Able to say goodbye to the parents and the people Ive known and people Ive cared for for 20 they must feel Ive abandoned Seshiah the former head of paediatric neurology at childrens Hospital and a professor of Medicine at the univer sity of founded the unit that specializes in the neurological com plications of cerebral epilepsy and similar conditions in until his Seshiah was among the most influential doctors in the province As member and chairman of the hocs standards which regulates clinical practice among physicians at the Hospital spokesman Jim Rodger said there is no doctor to replace it will done be As quickly As one can be these people do not grow on Rodger the decision taken by the Hospital against renewing Beshias annual con tract is reported to be related to the recommendations of a committee set up by the Hospital to examine the doctors interpersonal relationships with his col Rodger said he could not Dis cuss details of the committees the Board decided not to renew the doctors contract based on a report from the he the review was initiated at Beshias he Rodger said Seshiah has the right to Appeal the decision directly with the Hospital Seshiah said he is not yet free to Dis close the committees findings other than to say the committee found no fault with his clinical skills and even praised his Devotion to doctors in Winnipeg were notified of the decision in a july 4 letter from Hsc paediatric neurologist Beshias patients Are being rescheduled at expediently As Possi ble but we realize waiting periods for new and return appointments May she Booth suggested that general practitioners who usually refer patients to specialists such As Seshiah instead order their own it scans and other she also warned family doctors that they May be called on take Over some of the care of children with seizures who Are currently clinic Marc free press Blais with Harper Centre and shows off newly dry walled native youth program rebuilds dreams by Leah Janzen for the free press just months Candace Neils life revolved around drinking and doing a few some sandpaper and a Little support have changed All i was on welfare before and i didst know How to get off said the 26yearold Mother of now i can wire and tape dry Wall and i want to go Back to school to learn to be an Neill is one of 14 participants in the aboriginal youth rebuilding project aimed at helping a risk Young people marketable skills and develop their Ernie the programs coordinator and president of the Metis nation of said he got the idea for the project while watching a television program about How gang members in East los Angeles Are learning a Trade to keep them off the i thought it was an idea we could put into place Here to improve the situation for youth in our Blais Blais approached Manitoba housing who offered him a burned out housing unit on Flora Avenue to through word of Mouth and a newspaper Blais received More than 60 applications from area Young people looking for most of the people we accepted haunt worked for a Long he Many of them had a history of trouble with the Law or gang the 14 four women and 10 began the arduous process of rebuilding the charred remains of the Home in weve had a lot of said Manitoba Hydro sent some one to teach Basic wiring and we have had certified experts in All areas come and make sure we Are following Blais has also received help from the three Levels of government in the form of a Grant that he will use to buy supplies and pay the onsite each participant receives a stipend of about a week to take part in the i live on said Phillip Harp its not but the program gives me a reason to get out of bed in the without i would be hanging out and probably doing ill have something i can take into the if they Complete the which ends in participants will receive a Bonus and another if they return to find a Job or begin their own bad habits blamed in Road deaths failure to yield right of alcohol cited As major factors by Doug Nairne police reporter a traffic Survey released yesterday shows that bad driving habits were the 1 cause of Road fatalities in Winnipeg last failure to yield the right of Way was the major Factor in 11 of the 22 fatal collisions that killed 25 people last the Winnipeg police traffic report the next most common cause of fatal accidents was which was a major Factor in four six accidents involving seven fatalities took place in six Acci dents took place on a and six were in what is known As police District which includes vital and More people were killed in collisions during that period and in those places than at any other time or place in the despite Winter driving there were no fatal accidents last feb or on fridays during the entire Only one person died in an Acci Dent in the District 2 traffic Rick Brereton said improvements in Auto increased enforcement and even bet Ter medical technology have All contributed to a gradual decline of a few traffic deaths each year since the late there Are a lot More safety devices available he cars Are built differently than they were 10 years ago and even when there Are accidents we Are better at keeping people in 41 people died in 39 Colli Sions on Winnipeg in died in 21 excessive Speed and Driver inexperience were the least Likely factors contributing to fatal car being secondary causes in Case an equal number of fatal accidents took place during the Day and and Seatbelt were worn by just Over 40 per cent of the people who the elderly continued to be the most Likely to die in car with about one Quarter of victims being Over the age of including seven of the 13 pedestrians who were the person most Likely to be killed by a car was a followed by the Driver of the car and a 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