Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 28, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba A4 local Winnipeg free november 2000 baby deaths inquest the report dont Bury report parents recommendations have to be followed by Bud Robertson a lawsuit is the last thing on Danica Terziski the Only thing i right is to see some changes said Terzis whose three Eskold son Daniel died in april 1994 following complicated surgery at health sciences Centre to repair his damaged Daniel died two hours after its too late for my Terziski said yesterday following the release of the report of the inquest that investigated the tragic death of Daniel and 11 until in a we kept blaming she maybe it was Terziski and her husband Kiril told maybe it was meant to it was confirmed this morning it was not Fate it was worse than said Jonah the former chief Pedi heart surgeon at health sciences had never before acted As the primary surgeon of the High tech pro he testified during the inquest that he had never organized any formal training sessions or dry runs to prepare the operating room staff for the opera cant Trust system Terziski said she still cant Trust the healthcare six years after Daniels last following surgery to remove his one of her two remaining children got sick because his wound became its going on Here and now and every body at said that what scares Terziski added that no number of Heartfelt apologies can make up for the hell that she and her family have gone six years an apology that a slap in the in my said Terzis who fled an afternoon press Confer ence organized by her attorney Saul Simmonds following the release of the the she were just too she had to the conclusions that were there bittersweet in a said John whose son Ashton also died at we have but not necessarily the answers that we want while praising provincial court associate chief judge Murray Sinclair Thor Linde Feakes criticized the five years it took Sinclair to deliver his the inquest was supposed to be a Quick Way to get answers i would hate to see a Long she closure is very said Sara who lost her daughter this has Sinclair has been very compassionate in his i guess what we really want to see now is that people follow the College and the Sinclair made 36 sweeping recommendations that the Hospital involved and the province have promised to Barb whose eight Darold was the last to die before the program was said she does it want the recommendations to go this is All for no Good if they spent All this Money and went through and took it to this Point and then leave it sit Ting on a shelf to collect she it wont do any these recommendations have got to be followed up and put in Tough Day Pekau added she Hopes the govern ment will come through with compensation for the because none of them can afford a lengthy Legal there is no Way that any one of As can pursue this in a civil the Cost would just be astronomy its been a Tough said Sim who represents six of the Fame now that the report is Simmonds he is hopeful any outstanding civil can be handled without costly there Are currently four lawsuits out standing involving Simmonds said he will be asking the provincial government to consider a compensation package for the with files from Canadian presi the lost children Gary Caribou 6 20 Days died a Day after heart surgery on March evidence suggests his death was Volnay Goyal 4 years he had two operations in 1994 the first on March the second on april died during the second evidence suggests the death was Daniel Markus Terziski 33 Days underwent surgery april evidence suggests preventable if he had been referred out of Alyssa still 5 22 Days died a Day after surgery on May evidence suggests her death was pre Shalynn filler 14 Days surgery on died the report said it was not possible to determine whether the death was Erica Nicole Bichel s Days died in the operating room on while the report said she May have stood a better Chance of survival at the hands of a More experienced surgical evidence also suggests it is not Likely her death was Ashton John Feakes 1 3 months died 10 Days after heart surgery on Evi Dence suggests death would have been preventable if he had been referred to a larger medical Erin Pekau 3 Days underwent surgery on died on evidence suggests her death was pre during four other children died during or after undergoing cardiac surgery at health sciences though their photos were not they Are Jessica Ulim Aumi 7 9 Days underwent surgery on March died three Days later Aric Baumann 8 months underwent surgery on june died 21 due to pre undetected congenital fatal condition not Marie Tess Tena Capili almost 3 years underwent surgery 13 and died the next Day Jesse William Maguire 2 Days died in the operating room on 27 Hsc admits it Teu Short nurses get but no discussion of any Cash settlement by Aldo Santon officials from the health sciences Centre and the Winnipeg regional health authority issued apologies yesterday to the families of the 12 infant heart patients who died in and to Hsc nurses whose warn Ings were Brian head of the health authority and who was head of paediatrics when the High risk paediatric cardiac surgery unit was shut and John chief operating officer of said changes to the provinces largest Hospital have been made during the past six years and they expect More will be implemented As they review the 36 recommendations of the report by associate chief provincial court judge Murray the two men said the mistakes that were made in 1994 that led to the deaths of the 12 children were the result in part of communications breakdowns and egotistical Hospital officials intent on protecting their own the health sciences Centre fell Short of providing the level of care those families expected to Home while apologies were issued to the families of the Postl would not say if the authority would meet with family representatives to discuss a Cash settlement without having to drag the Issue through the Postl said there has been no discussion by the Warha Board to make the families a Cash but he expected the authority Board of directors would Likely be discussing the question adding he believed the doer government will also consider Postl said no one at Hsc has been Dis but he added he expects the College of physicians and surgeons of Manitoba to begin discipline proceed Ings but both men said and reviews that have occurred at the Hsc since then have resulted in greater accountability and an Assurance that competent care is being the Hsc no longer performs any Pedi Atric heart instead sending All cases to which has become the designated regional Centre for such Postl said the Hsc has no plans t Brian Postl left and John Home said yesterday that changes at the Hsc have resulted in greater accountability and an Assurance that competent care is being pro Joe by visa Winnipeg free press a chronology of events surrounding inquest associate judge Murray Sinclair delivered his Long awaited report on the deaths of 12 babies at health sciences Centre in the believed to be in Canadian involved almost three years of testimony from 100 witnesses and pages of written the Public hearings produced of Here a chronology of events rounding the inquest july 1999 longtime paediatric cardiac Kim Duncan leaves requiring heart surgery Are san put of february 1w4 a Tain a from is he real a Viestart to infant heart surgery program february to five babies to to pin Mescal staff in anaesthetists High May to september two babies september High risk surgeries september to december five babies december 23 few Rani is Toronto Hospital far pick in Wren crisis in program invest rep pro introduce paediatric heart even those considered Postl said that even though the Sinclair report vindicates the registered he that at the time the concerns around the cardiac paediatric surgery unit were not so there was a Large amount conflicting information and conflicting Points of View of How things were said who was appointed head of paediatrics in late j994 and ultimately decided to indefinitely suspend f the High risk Home was More straightforward in has analysis of the dispute Between the units registered nurses and other hos Pital 4ljts Ejenar the nurses were not listened As they should have Home said Sejd its no longer possible for a surgeon to be hired without at least checking his he said that was not done in the ease of the Jonah who was brought to Winnipeg i from the United states without verify ing his Home said structures have been put in place to allow for complaints about procedures to be quickly brought 1q toe attention of senior Home said one of Sinclair key recommendation to present patients Ancl their reliable performance Fly wont come anytime Sofin Home sai4 no Oje keeps Trask of a surgeons record and the degree of culty ;