Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 1, 2001, Winnipeg, Manitoba A4 local Winnipeg March 2001 Solo birth recalls ordeal of City mom Breaks silence on hearing of Kamloops Case by Alexandra Paul news of a woman giving birth unattended at a Kamloops hos Pital last week has prompted a former Winnipeg woman to relive her own terrifying just watching her on to describe her fear i never thought this would happen to anybody Christine Hewitt said from the couples Home in Hewitt gave birth to her son Liam in a Hospital bed at Boniface general Hospital in when i saw that woman on to cry ing her eyes it really hit Hewitt Hewitt and her son Are now suing the doctors and alleging oxygen deprivation at birth and an amniocentesis hours before his birth contributed to the premature and left Liam profoundly mentally and physically Hospital spokeswoman Helene Prignon declined to comment but a series of Legal statements of defence from the three doctors and several nurses contend that despite complications during the the delivery was until the former Winnipeg Cou ple guarded their privacy their Mal practice suit was filed three months but when the news emerged last week of the Kamloops the Hewitt said they could stay silent no there comes a time you have to come out and speak and now is the Howard and Christine Hewitt now live in Victo Ria with their son daughter Diana Nethercott photo Howard Hewitt the Day Christine gave birth to Liam in Winnipeg was a she had gone into Hospital for amnio a genetic test in which a Long Needle is inserted through the Moth ers abdominal Wall and fluid is extracted from around the developing ignored despite doctors orders she was to be continuously monitored because of complications including vaginal bleed Christine said she was virtually Only 25 weeks she went into labour in her Hospital room and repeatedly called for there want a nurse to be no one was coming so i had to do some i put myself on the bed because i didst want to drop him on the floor and i delivered Liam the Mother she knew something was wrong the moment her Newborn entered the at just 755 Liam barely it was 7 june he made a faint like a baby then he raised one Arm and there was my thought at that Point was he Christine breaking Down in she stroked her tiny baby head and said a she claims she was still the lawsuit alleges More than a minute passed before help arrived and five minutes before there were any resuscitation attempts claims the doctors and Hospital deny in their state ments of Central to the Hewitt claim is the allegation that the amniocentesis was Given without warning of including the risk of it is a claim denied in the statements of the Bottom line she was not con stantly the couples Victo Ria lawyer Jim Legh its not a Case where shed come in off the Legh filed the suit against the Hospi Tal 2000 in Manitoba court of Queens to this the Hewitt Are haunted by the conviction that Canadas health care system betrayed i was brought up All my life to believe the Hospital was the place to go if you Are sick and especially to have your i trusted i would be taken care said whose Mother and grandmother were both i fell through the that the Nightmare that never she five years Liam has cerebral palsy and is a he suffers spasms in his has no controlled movement he has Eye is fed through a stomach tube and makes Only incomprehensible he cant hold his head but his parents have become ardent advocates for disabled Christine describe our love for our there int a Day that goes no matter How much work there no matter How much heartache there is a Day does it go by that he Doest bring us weapons trial gets off to a noisy Start by Mike Mclntyre a Queens Bench weapons trial started with a bang Crown attorney Dale Schille played a video of Winnipeg police officers detonating a hand grenade they seized from an Osborne Street apartment a Sharp blast followed by plumes of Black and Grey smoke were seen Stream ing from a department of National 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