Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 21, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winner re 2000 local a13 Community of Haywood receives government advisory another town told to boil water Tut Vita health customer symposium residents of another Rural Community have been advised their water is unsafe to residents of Southwest of Winnipeg near were told yesterday to boil their water before drinking it because of contaminants found in a number of private there Are now eight communities on boil say government in children at 11 schools with private Wells Are prohibited from drinking tap apart from communities on boil advisories include Crystal lie Des Tyndall and much of the blame for contaminated Wells had been focused on heavy Rains in june and Early the free press reported yesterday that 48 per cent of 997 private Wells tested As part of a Rural water Quality program Over the past year most before the summer showed traces of three per cent of the Wells or about 30 were contaminated with though there were no indications it was the same Strain of bacteria that resulted in deaths in earlier this officials suspect Lack of Upkeep of individual Wells is largely to blame for the but still no cause has been positively there Are an estimated private Wells in no regulations exist to Force regular Moni Toring or Upkeep of private even if those Wells Supply Community centres or a government drinking water advisory com Mittee is expected to report later this month on the spate of private Well contamination throughout though it will not identify specific it will make recommendations that could Lead to some form of regulation of private one possible step would be to reintroduce subsidies covering the Cost of testing Well the Cost ranges from to per Sam ple and has been criticized As a deterrent to testing Endo life care a Public health crisis by Katie Chalmers there is a Public health crisis in Canada and the United states when it comes to Endo life a expert on the topic Ira from will be the keynote speaker tonight at a conference on car ing for the dying being held at the Winnipeg convention blocks lecture is and open to the pub it starts at the rapid aging of the population and the increase of chronic illness will Only hinder today palliative care Byock we really do have a Public health crisis in Canada and the that surrounds Endo life care and weve been avoiding it for some More than 600 healthcare professionals from across Canada Are expected to attend the con physician assisted or might be addressed during the Byock he thinks that legalizing Euthana Sia is a serious theres a growing recognition that people nearing the end of their life Are and deserve support to make their last Days As comfortable As Margaret executive director of hospice palliative care Manitoba Manitoba senator Sharon Carstairs will appear before to talk about the need for a National strategy on Quality Endo life Carstairs wrote a report last june that recommended tax credits and employment insurance for family members who care for the she Hopes the Issue will be raised during the next Federal Margaret executive director of hos pice palliative care said she also wants to raise awareness among the general Public and Hopes the free lecture will we Hope people will feel fired up enough that they will want to write to their maps and calling for Clarke Quality Endo life care should be in right now its depending on what Winnipeg Hospital you go the Quality of palliative care differs and in some Rural Manitoba hospitals its Clarke theres a growing recognition that people nearing the end of their life Are and deserve support to make their last Days As comfortable As free press editor Nicholas Hirst will be mod Winnipeg convention Centre september 2000 12 pm 8 pm admission All proceeds going to the Mossbrook tickets and More information available at any of our eight Vita health Vita health natural food of Manitoba shops of Winnipeg Square Eaton place Osborne Village Tuxedo Park Kildonan Market St vital Square Garden City place Stcin balt Clear Spring Village shopping Centre autism society part of our world not a world apart 204 7839563 sons since 1909 Friday to the general Public so we can get everything ready for our biggest Ever look in tomorrows paper for All the amazing details this saturday sunday Only dont miss it ;