Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 11, 1998, Winnipeg, Manitoba A12 Winnipeg free May experts warn of critical shortage of heart surgeons of Umi Frt inf or nth byte Blackwell Canadian press Toronto an aging Popula Tion and cuts in medical school enrolment will Combine to Cre ate a critical shortage of heart surgeons if action int taken directly and experts universities and governments must find ways to train More cardiac surgery specialists to replace doctors be Afung retirement and meet growing say studies of the Ontario and National although not As Well similar shortages Are also forecast for other medical says Hugh a renowned Toronto car Diac surgeon and head of the specialist task Force of the Royal College of physicians and surgeons of if something Doest its going to be very Scully said in an we have to move on it right we cant wait another few several years after universities slashed medical school spaces by 10 per cent at the request of govern a report submitted to Ontario cardiac care network last month predicts a shortage of is Many As 21 heart surgeons within six a paper by the Canadian cardiovascular society published earlier this year reaches similar the shortage a rfcs the country will be at least double the Ontario total if the problem int Scully Scully said Canadas 160 or so heart surgeons Are working As hard As they with most putting in 80hour weeks and performing at least 200 operations a As it they dont have enough time for other professional and personal and particularly family said the Ontario which was pre pared by a panel of cardiac Many Are Over so just As they there will be an Ever larger number of people entering the age group most Likely to need heart say the these shortages must be addressed directly and quickly or the province will not be Able to provide the projected volume of surgical services required for the residents of the report similar shortages Are Likely in Gen eral cancer treatment and kidney disease Scully the Ontario government is hoping planned new cardiac care facilities and incentives such As removing the Billing Cap for such doctors will attract physicians to the a health ministry spokesman Veteran remembers Bob Lemessurier joins fellow second world War veterans at a ceremony marking the Battle of the Atlantic in members of nato warships also remembered the 55th anniversary of the wars longest army loses toxic isotope in new Brunswick dumps by Murray Brewster Canadian press Halifax Canadian forces engineers spent yesterday look ing for radioactive Needles in scrap Metal teams were picking through two new Brunswick hoping to find a pair of misplaced containers of a toxic isotope used in some sophisticated gauges being scrapped by the it looks like a Case of mis taken said Luc a spokesman at Canadian forces base the items that were thrown the contractor didst recognize them As being what they the gauges came from a heating Plant being shut Down at the army train ing the radioactive material was encased in Small headlined Plourde said anybody getting too close would receive a years Worth of radiation exposure in about 24 though exposure would be More rapid if the casing is the danger to the Public is minimal because the Odds of any citizen find ing these taking them Home and keeping them in their living room Are slim to he a local contractor had picked up Sev eral canisters from Gagetown by mis take and sent them to junkyards in Saint and the problem became apparent when one such canister set off a radiation alarm at a Montreal where some of the junk had been transferred by there were some errors made in the Plourde at this Point were asking ourselves How this could have there will definitely be an somebody should be held account said Bruno an East coast environmental what it Points out is there needs to be a Complete inventory of radioactive he All of us Are at risk if their practices Are lax enough that this sort of thing can yesterdays search proceeded slowly As engineers used giant magnetized cranes to separate Metal the junk was then being scanned with Radi Atio detection town evacuated after fire at Plant Canadian press a Village was briefly evacuated saturday night after an explosion and fire at an agricultural chemicals Plant Shook the Earth for blocks around and sent flames from propane tanks shooting into the night sky like giant the explosion at Peacock manufacturing in about 25 kilo metres Northwest of North also sent two men to the Royal univer sity Hospital in where they remain in critical condition with were three Kilometres out and we Felt the House said Jason who seniors activities include free Coffee 3pm 4pm paddle wheel restaurant seniors fashion pm 3rd downtown Canadas store Canadas style 1670 seniors activities include am paddle wheel restaurant blood pressure clinic10 am2pm 4th floor downtown seniors save 15 get double air travel May get great Spring savings at the save 15 on a wide selection of plus receive double air travel Miles 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amid a climate of cutbacks and from May 25 to Grade 3 students and about Grade 9 Stu dents will undergo assessments designed to Tell teachers and politicians How they and the system Are the new culture of assessment the belief that testing is the key to improved being spread by the education Quality and account ability which was created by the progressive conservative govern in the Wake of the tests last Spring for Grade 3 students the Durham Board of education set up special professional development sessions to help math teachers who were unsure in certain said Bev the boards superintendent of programs the Toronto Catholic school Board purchased More math texts after it realized Many students we rent study ing the material they were being tested on More parents Learned what their kids Are studying and became involved in their said Ken superintendent of curriculum with the Toron to District school Board but some Toronto parents from schools that didst do Well plan to Nave their kids Boycott new said trustee Wilein there is a Strong movement by parents to refuse testing because they think its a waste of Money and is unfair because so Many children in our schools Are studying English As a Sec Ond Schaeffer Premier Mike Harriss education revolution is built on plans to boost Stu dents performance on standardized tests while slashing spending on Edu his Catchall term for administrators and speaking on to last Harris said the education system is mediocre and suggested province wide tests Are one Way to improve they will help measure performance of individual teachers and individual Harris correction notice n last weeks was incorrectly Idell Tad As a Jean we apologize Lor inconvenience this May have ;