Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 25, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba A4 local i 2000 Manitoban finding plenty to fault with Mefs no fault insurance system to or not to sue its out of the question the Winnipeg mothers first Shock came on the september Long weekend a year she had just returned from the Lake when the phone her 19yearold son had been involved in a serious motor vehicle Accident coming Home from a rave in his left leg was almost Sev ered and his girl Friend had suffered a spinal Cord injury when their rented Ford explorer rolled into a ditch outside the second Shock came late last around the anniversary Date of the she had heard about All the More than 100 american deaths and even More injuries associated with shred Ding Firestone tires on Ford explorers and remembered a photo at the Accident scene that showed a missing quickly she called a lawyer to see if the statute of limitations had run out on her sons the lawyer it that didst really matter though he told even if they could prove a defective tire had caused the her son cant no fault insurance in Manitoba and for that matter prevents third party civil suits for product she haunt heard that when the Fil Mon administration passed no fault into Law in 1994 on the Promise of lower and she doubts Many others i thought the lawyer was i Are you sure he absolutely says John Dou Vic president corporate Public affairs for Manitoba Public insure no fault does not allow for you to participate in a but if the Accident had happened in a province that still operates under the tort or court system of suing for damages in particular pain and suffering the Young Man and his Girlfriend would have been Able to go to i dont get says the neither did former nip Cabinet minister Sam who was asked by the Filmon administration to review no fault in three years after it was Yuskiw recommended Manitoban be granted a limited right to sue third parties whose actions or negligence contribute to the tories rejected arguing that allowing Manitoban to sue corporations for negligence would increase costs and violate the Princi pal of no on the advice of her Becky the Dps new minis ter charged with the administration of the Manitoba Public insurance has bought the same Mph believes that their so called personal Protection injury program deals More quickly than private insurers do which is True and is universally More fair because it eliminates not Only the delay but the uncertainty of a pure no fault system is Superior to the old is the Way Douglas sums it there Are plenty of and even More Accident who take Issue with that they believe that no does it fairly and fully compensate the severely injured or families left to carry on after a fatal motor vehicle critics argue no fault imposes meat Hartline ceilings that dont allow for the individual cases to be judged on victims but Yuskiw want arguing the Mer its of no fault rather the injustice of victims of product negligence being Able to seek pain and suf Fering with respect to Dou Glas says of the advocate of suing negligent we have demonstrated to him Why that proposal is not not to a skins Satis fac i think its a major Yuskiw still its unfair that they denied Manitoban the right to pursue that Avenue of he says allowing such suits would have two it would allow Mph to recover the Money it has paid out to Accident Vic and it would permit the victims whose Basic needs Are usually satisfied by their Mph claim to recover damages for pain and you either have no fault or you dont have says its As simple As not when the nip assumed Power from the liberals in they introduced a modified no fault sys tem that allowed people moderately to severely injured in motor vehicle accidents to seek damages in Douglas and Mph maintain that even in cases where product liability can be its usually judged to be Only part of the cause speeding often plays a part and hence its not Worth apis while or the victims to Wade through years of court right All of this Means Little to the now 20yearold Winnipeg Man whose life came to an abrupt Detour when the explorer hit the he walks with a his Mother says Mph had been giving him a month while he recuperated and tried to figure out what to do with his but he was Cut off recently when Mph Learned he was trying to supplement his earnings by working As a a Case like his will Cost to pay for the Home care and the meat Chart leg is about the same capped amount of Money that Canadian courts could tack on for pain and suffering in a worst Case sit that if he could prove the tire was solely to Douglas says Mph has done a Thor Ough Check of single vehicle Acci dents involving Ford explorers with Firestone tires that came up Nega i gather that Means they could find no proof that a faulty tire caused any of the High heat and High rates of that what makes the tires says this was september in but Yuskiw says he believes the Firestone and Ford Case that going on in the United states is still a Good example of the overriding that Manitoban should have a right to sue for pain and suffering where corporate negligence is strange that the of All Doest see it that 0 Winkles aging population Winkles demographics Winkles seniors population today is where the rest of Canada is headed by the year 113 per cent of the Community of Are 65 and per cent Are per cent Are 55 and Boundary trails health Centre the new 94bed acute care Boundary trails health Centre is located on a site at the Junction of highways 3 and Midway Between Morden and the regional health Centre will serve both towns and surrounding the building will be a two Storey Structure featuring state the Art mechanical and electrical it will have 40 Beds for patient seven for 18 for surgery four for special care needs and 25 for rehabilitation the emergency department of the health Centre will be Able to handle visits a main features include it scanning and diagnostic Winkler continued from Page a1 the system was piloted in the United states and is Only now making its Way into Canadian we said lets keep on the cutting Edge instead of deteriorating like everywhere said mall owner and Developer Alvin if everything goes As Down town Winkler will become a on Estop healthcare Mecca for you will never need to said in to All the health care the mall will have a hair grocery store and and the image fits with this towns As Well As being one of the most affluent communities in the win Klers seniors population today is where the rest of Canada is headed by the year 2025 Over 22 per cent of the towns people Are were Good to our said Bernie one of the developers behind the a lot of people come Back to retire there has been interest in the new seniors apartment Complex from win Alberta and Loeppky the new which will offer it scanning and digital Joe Bryksa Winnipeg free press new Boundary trails health Between Morden and is nearing could also draw patients from As far As Winnipeg and grand a Winkler Dent Urist has said americans now make up 35 per cent of his but that not the said Hospital executive director Ray i suppose that were not going to turn people but our focus really is to provide services to people closer to expected to handle at least it scans a Koop said the facility could also Cut Down on waiting lists in win whatever we in sure its going to be Shorter than when construction of the new medical Centre doctors told town officials Steeltown 800 2000 fi50 xlt4x4 f 2000 explorer is 4 2000 focus 1x3 sport fully Mem Remote privacy 2 Lone starting at Imol fully Remote privacy starting at cd aluminium starting at or 20 to choose from Down 36 months i 10 to choose from Down 36 months or or 8 to choose from Down 36 months 2000 la 4 door 112000 winds Arix 4 2001 explorer sport Imp starting at 21 or Sefi quod bucket High j capacity rear Power Powei privacy Luggage class 1 trailer starting at Imol 4 to choose from 1 20 to choose from Down 36 months 2000 Mustang 1 lower Power Power sport appearance starting at Only 1 left 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who were reluctant to give up control of health care when the Fil Mon government introduced the Broad erased regional health we take problems into our own hands and find a Way to fix said int that what Community is the town has contributed to the new clinic and the doctors who now own it will contribute in equip a health Canada Grant will help cover the Cost of the High Speed digital transmission with the help of More in Grants and once the new and expanded medical Centre in Winkler is a Community Board will assume control and the clinic will operate after hours urgent care services to take some of the pressure off the Boundary trails Emer gency which logs 50110 patient visits per recruitment is under Way to have the clinic reach its goal of 25 five of its 13 doctors Are from South and that will be a major target area for said Eric a South african doctor who has worked in win Kler for 11 the pitch for doctors includes a Chance to work in a clinic with cutting Edge technology without having to cover the overhead As Well As close Access to a wide Range of health related As Winkler mayor Neil Schmidt puts the town also boasts a family Church centred Community with Good schools and a growing manufacturing the whole lifestyle is spending time with your spouse and added Don just before a 12hour or were looking to attract doctors with that same philos with All but five of the units in the million apartment Complex sold and a few plans to be construction on Cedar estates is expected to Start within the Loeppky in a unique Homegrown buyers agree to put up an additional eight per cent of the Price to a nonprofit Board which will re funnel the Money into future healthcare projects in the com the eight per cent donation will apply every time a unit is ;