Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 14, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba Ada is Bonds Rocc on Sale 6th to 1st colitis for Wai 1884040 Winnipeg free press local october 199 John Douglas 6977230 features Buzz Currle email City a3 departs for Island heat by Allia Fot the free press the provinces former chief medical John Guil is packing up this week for a new Job in the turks and Raicos the tropical which gives new meaning to Greener is not the Guilfoyle although the weather will be a Nice he said yesterday that his wife and their daughter believe its time to leave for a Reward ing Opportunity in a developing coun my family is of the Bahai and Bahai believe you should give Back to the Guilfoyle was a notable advocate for health care in the pr6vince during his six year fighting for such things As better emergency fresh water for aboriginal reserves and his tests for pregnant not a Factor Guilfoyle said Hes been glad to work with the provinces medical Community for is years but this Opportunity could not be passed he also noted Money was not a fac in he hell be getting paid a lot but because he has always wanted to work in a developing he expects his new Job will be a lot More he miss the people he the cold in Manitoba was made up by the warmth of its Deputy health minister Frank Decock said Guilfoyle position Hast been filled yet and the names of the candidates cannot be Given health critic Dave Chomiak Hopes Guilfoyle replacement is an equally Strong advocate for health issues in the Ruth free press tenacious Turkey Jill Giesbrecht left and Friend Laurelle guest Arent sure what to expect from a wild Turkey that wandered off from its flock in Birds Hill Park yesterday thanksgiving the Park sponsored a Turkey walk to inform visitors about the 12 flocks that live within Park the Birds gobble up everything from Grasshoppers to dad awaits truth about boys death Culver tragedy probe begins today by Kim Guttormson and met file Verhaeghe Steff reporters after five Rob Young is comforted by the fact that today the truth will finally come out about his sons last Adam Young was pulled into a flood swollen Culvert while he and his Best Friend played in pooled water near his school on Leila his which was found two weeks was pulled into the cites sewer system and ended up in a catch Basin at the main Street and Arm Strong Avenue lift a today inquest begins into Adams death and the circumstances around first on the stand will be two of Adams friends who were playing with him near the Culvert the Day he went also expected to testify today Are a firefighter and Adams subpoenas have been sent to at least 23 peo including two City what is needed now is to get the said Harry who is scheduled to what did happen and what could have been done to prevent this if we could have boxed in the this May not have Hap Young will have a lawyer asking the questions he wants in pretty confident the truth is going to come Young the negligence is pretty obvious on both the school division and the City of from the Day Adams body was his father has been fighting for the City to identify All the open culverts and identify a Way to make them the City spent to identify the open Culvert Sites so far 175 have been located and repairs on them Are under for four or five months its been my word against Young i have no Faith at All any How Many chances do they get there has been discussion of a civil but Young says he Hast decided whether to sue the City or he said the findings of the inquest wont play a role in any decision he Lazarenko still insists if Young files a the City go to the City should Settle out of court and fix the he Rob provincial head of said inquests generally do not find fault in a but can make recommendations about whether things should Young also said the school didst properly supervise his the Acci Dent occurred at about Dur ing an unsupervised lunch but on after the second Day of the Young is looking Forward to a ceremony in Adams the salvation army and the firefighters who struggled to Rescue Adam that april afternoon Are planting a tree for its a Nice Way to end Young diabetes accelerates among native kids by Louise Elliott special to the free press form of diabetes once thought to affect Only adults has appeared in Canadian native children As Young As six years Type 2 dependent diabetes is showing up in native children in Manitoba and Saskatchewan at an increasing a development that baffles health experts unequipped to address the said Heather Dean of childrens Hospital in its happening so science int being involved to try to figure out the paediatric endocrinologist baffled health experts cant handle doctor says told about 250 delegates last week in san she spoke at the fourth International conference on diabetes and indigenous Dean said she saw her first patient with Type 2 diabetes in and since then provincial health records show 58 cases have been detected in Chil Dren under 14 in with the number of new cases rising from one or two per year to 11 in although records show per cent of children in the province have the some Manitoba first nations have already screened their children and found much higher proving that the majority of cases go unde she the actual number is two to three times higher than recorded she adding the sudden increase in cases was cause for we didst see it before so youre going from a Point of Type 1 diabetes patients display dra Matic symptoms which Are treatable by insulin Dean but Lype 2 cases go undetected or Are often misdiagnosed by the error can Lead to dire consequences such As kid Ney failure and heart Bertha an described the experience of her who was misdiagnosed with Type 1 diabetes in 1981 at the age of in the woman went Blind at 22 and developed end stage renal disease kidney she always now in in daily in going to Flett Deans findings Only add to wide spread concern about High rates of Dia betes in aboriginal populations a study in Sandy released last showed the Community has a diabetes rate five times the National third highest recorded rate in the health experts Are saying High Dia betes rates in native people Are caused by a combination of genetic factors and a sudden change Over the last 50 years to a High sugar diet and a More sedentary who said her discovery was initially greeted with scepticism by the medical said physicians who diagnose the disease in Chil Dren Are not sure How to treat adult medications cannot be and no research exists to suggest the drugs would be though the disease does respond to dietary changes and increased physical effective treatment will require communities to promote healthier she head Quad Fox mens Holt Renfrew piss u8i r t ;