Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 10, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free october As Odim tells inquest about Accident surgeons six weeks of testimony ending today by Alexandra Paul medical reporter Jonah Odim testified yesterday that the death of two Day old Jessie Maguire happened after he accidentally Tore open a surgical repair on the the body major and had to Patch that meant the Newborn was on cardiopulmonary bypass for Over six including nearly three hours on total circulatory form of artificial suspension of life that can cause pro found neurological injury after one clearly there were issues that were technical in nature and my opinion is it played a role in his Odim said at the inquest called after 12 babies died following open heart surgery at the health sciences it required that we redo the area while it pro longed the certainly these events did play a role in Jessies Maguire died in surgery Odim finishes up today after six weeks of daily testimony on the stand at the inquest before associate chief provincial court judge Murray sin Odim said the technical difficulties he ran into with the Maguire Case were where a surgeon inserts intravenous tubes into blood vessels to Hook up to and then removes them after with Odim had testified the Cannula tip was blocking blood flow and he had trouble reinserting bypass is a method used in open heart surgery to artificially pump blood through the body when the heart is being operated the statement yesterday was the first time the former Winnipeg surgeon has talked about the role his skills played in any of the other members of the surgical team testified earlier about other incidents of Cannulas falling out or becoming Odim also testified yesterday that he Dis obeyed an order from the chief of surgery at Hsc that he Call in a senior cardiac surgeon for operations on newborns or those that needed by pass for open heart 1 didst think it Odim refer ring to the last Case and final death of a child after open heart surgery at Hsc and the shut Down of the program in the Case was Erin a today old baby who died after a Lowrick surgery became a 12hour procedure involving bleeding was a Factor in the Pekau Case As according to testimony that Odim disputed anaesthetist Ann Mcneill testified there was a Pool of blood a foot wide that saturated both Sheet and mattress at the site where a can Nula had been placed in the baby Odim termed the bleeding change Toews says As report lists service faults by David Kuxhaus legislature reporter government report that concludes a Manitoba services for victims of crime flare inefficient and underfunded has been the opposition but Justice minister Vic Toews said yesterday that he will introduce victims rights legislation this adding a victim Impact statement program is also in the Toews noted that the government has ear marked for victim services in seven Rural this is not something that weve been sitting he new democrats released the report conducted by Prairie research associates yester a year after it was turned Over to the Justice Why did they sit on this report for a demanded nip Justice critic Gord they should have been moving on these the report found that services Are often duplicated and that a Trust fund to support victims is poorly the funds revenues Are drawn from Fine surcharges levied against i the report looked at a Sample of 249 cases Over a three month period ending in january of it found that Only 47 per cent of the sur charges imposed were collected As of septem Ber of part of the says the is that there is no mechanism to ensure the offender it also found that the manual accounting sys tem is in some Fine cards for offenders were court workers told researchers it can take up to six months to real ize an offender has not paid his in More than 60 per cent of the cases the sur charge was waived by the presiding nor Mally its done because the offender does not have the Money to pay the the report notes that some judges waive the surcharge because they Are unclear about its purpose and perceive it to be a tax the report also recommends introduction of a victim Impact statement several provinces already have programs in which forms Are distributed through police and other agencies to they Are then submit Ted to the Crown to be used during victims need to have a voice in the said Mackintosh the horrors of the crime should be Mackintosh called for a victims Bui of rights to be enacted which would among other that victims Are kept abreast of court and informed about potential plea the report said training for workers who Deal with victims needs to become More consistent and that there should be a formal assessment process for All sunday walks slated in historic Section of River Heights the Manitoba historical society and the unitarian Church in Winnipeg will cosponsor two lat autumn historic walks through parts of the oldest Section of River the guided Tours Start from unitarian 603 Wellington at 1 both walks will 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the millennium the executive policy committee said the City needs to have a business plan and detailed construction costs before the project can be submitted for consideration in the 1998 capital budget Anhang said that while the projects costs have been estimated at the consultants will have a firm figure along with a construction the City budgeted million for its entire Library system this with million needed to staff and operate the downtown Anhang said its estimated the renovation could add another million to the branches annual operating Anhang said specific details on the additional operating costs associated with the proposal wont be known for some time the foundation Hopes to launch a major fundraising initiative aimed at collecting million to complement million they expect to receive from the three Levels of govern the proposal would see the floor space of the downtown Centennial Library More than doubled from Square feet to Square feet with a fourth floor addition and the 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