Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 23, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba As Winnipeg free september heart surgeon says Hsc demanded his resignation Odim refused to quit by Alexandra Paul medical reporter a senior Hospital official wanted Jonah Odim to resign the Day health sciences Centre suspended Chil Drens heart surgery but the surgeon Odim made the surprising statement yesterday before an inquest that has spent the last 18 months investigating mortality fates and the viability of the surgical this is the first time Ive heard someone demanded your Resig said associate chief provincial court judge Murray who is leading the Odim said Bob then head of surgery at health sciences called Odim into his office on 1995 and requested his Resigna Tion by the next Odim said he was insulted by the i thought it was callous and he i told him id been Given too Short Odim said Blanchard also told him that he would probably be restarting the program after six months without me at the Odim said he was told the six it month break would give the hos Pital time to assess a report by two doctors at the Hospital for sick children in Toronto who con in that there were not enough patients for the highly specialized surgery to be viable in Odim said that Blanchard did not envision any role for me and suggested i move on and he would help with that in terms of paying for my he suggested to me to submit a letter of resignation on his table before they went to Odim the next Hsc announced publicly it had suspended the pro Gram due to mortality the Hospital also suggested in the announcement that the surgical team did not have enough patients to keep its skills Sharp in the operating a total of 12 children died Fol lowing open heart surgery in Odim said he called Blanchard the night before the announce ment to Tell him he would not he said Blanchard gave him no discernible Odim heat Sinclair asked Odim if he Felt the request to tender his Resigna Tion meant he was being held responsible for mortality rates in the surgery not at the Odim for the next year until one or two weeks before the inquest began in March Odim said he took a lot of heat from Blan Chard and then his successor As head of Luis Oppen to leave he the pressure did it Stop with the senior depart mental there was an attorney who was representing the Hospital who applied Odim adding he did not remember the lawyers like what Odim was asked by Crown attorney Christina up until the inquest started there was an intensity of these activities applied by the Odim a senior administrator with Hsc yesterday said he was aware of dims statements but refused to react to our position is that we will respond in court to any Estimo Hsc spokesman Jim Rodger Odim did not say Why he stayed or How he could have ignored a request to tender his the head of cardiac services in Bill con firmed yesterday that for the next 18 months until Odim left in the summer of the surgeon worked on a limited number of preselected cardiac cases in 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18006858800 or fax 18006855010 we now deliver to free delivery who jul to 6 to i in o it to to it Wayne w6e a Bess Tyson by the red River behind his neighbourhood seeks permanent flood Protection by Kevin Rollason City halt reporter four months after fending off the flood of the Kingston Row and Kingston cent residents Are seeking permanent flood Protection in the were probably the biggest and de Community in the whole red River said Buzz the head of the Elm Park residents group spearheading the we cant meet the flood Protection requirements the government wants of the 1997 flood plus two it is Gep technically impossible because of the Load on the River Tyson group wants the City to pay the costs of a comprehensive engineering study to Tell the comm i nity How it could Best improve its flood the committee is also seeking Legal advice on the Best Way to ensure a diking corridor an area to be kept free of structures and other obstructions could be set aside in Peoples Tyson said the corridor makes financial sense the Dike around the 198house Community was metres Long and if it had sprung a the area could have suffered million in other residents in the Community look Back at the flood As a time when the area came together and got help from volunteers around the everyone feels a Little More Friendly around Here and i meet people i met at the time and Chat with them on the said Vivian Smith said her memories of the flood Arent that bad because the neighbourhood was never stricken with the devastation that Agathe and Grande Pointe no disaster struck she the most j everybody did Here was use the furniture being moved out of rooms As a time to do renovations or j she said the neighbourhood had a Large barbecues shortly after returning to their something the area have imagined doing just weeks i think everyone knows each other better they used said Bob Jeanne Block looked at her backyard with the red River far below and remembered when not too Long ago it was under water and the work of volunteers was All that held the River in still quite overwhelmed at All the people who showed up Day after Day to help build the i victim impaired before he was slain by Leah Janzen Law courts reporter t t tit old Gronowsk Yew had been w f drinking heavily the night he was court heard during the first Day of testimony in the manslaughter trial of Douglas Carl the jury heard from police and ambulance attendants who were called to a Home at 225 Pritchard ave in the Early hours of july once we were met by a Friend of Gronowski who was quite said Blair Good of the Winnipeg police he directed us to a bed room where we saw Gronowski lying beside the bed with blood around his nose and while officers could detect no other injuries on the victim at the Gronowski had no pulse and was not he was taken to health sciences were he was pronounced William raut Vuori was at Gronowski autopsy and said the dead Man had a blood alcohol Content three times the Legal he said the doctor per forming the autopsy also noticed bruises and cuts Over the victims As Well As bleeding inside Gronowski brain the trial is expected to last six elsewhere in the the second degree murder and attempted murder trial against three Young in accused of shooting ethic Vargas to death and wound ing his Girlfriend que Yenyen Raceles in a botched Rop Bery attempt was adjourned yesterday the three Robert Bruce Kristopher Michael Sawatzky and Christopher Leo have All identified As Street gag they will return to court today to continue hearing testimony Froin David Scott Vjio avoided facing charges him self by testifying a Artst the accused the trial of Donald Rene Souire and Michael the two men accused of Rob Bing and beating 73yearojd Walter Jacob Futch to death in Inwood last year also continues school a victim of gunplay ramp want the pub pics help in finding the taking care of business one customer at a time or persons who fired gunshots into Zarette collegiate last the Pierr Jolys detachment said yesterday at least four bullets were fired into the school at about Bullet holes were found in three windows around the main Entrance plus one in the main Entrance Glass police Saidl he shots came from the parking where live and spent rounds were an older Gray Volkswagen was seen there at the time of the added anyone with Utor Majiro is asked to Call Pierne Joys ramp at Winnipeg bump at m 495 crime stoppers at 78 Liflie stoppers 7828477 ;