Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 26, 2004, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press saturday june 26, 2004 province a5 the afternoon. Cancer the Young woman a angry Mother continued from Page a1 said she was driving straight from the Hospital to Dave Chomiak a office to the Kathleen Werstiuk Case did see what he says about this. Something else though. I asked Drachenberg if this gives it served notice to the Warha ? for him second thoughts about staying in which Werstiuk works As a Home sup Winnipeg. Even though he is also in port worker ? that if the system in to charge of research for the new fixed they could lose a Young uniquely prostate cancer Centre. Trained cancer surgeon. It does he said. Its frustrating. Or. Darrel Drachenberg is wer there a been issues with a lot of the Estius surgeon. Young doctors brought into the he a also responsible for the nearly province we just lost a plastic sur?40 others on the wait list. i just see the horrendous Nasty big practising in Winnipeg has been an cancers the 37-year-old urology Eye opener. You find that you Are fight oncology surgeon said this week. Ing the system to provide care for peo that a Why they brought me i asked what would help him to they brought him Here from the stay Here National cancer Institute in Bethesda support and respect from the Hospi-md., two years ago next month. Tal would be Nice. They have to take he a very very Good and we re for our clinical judgment into account Lunate to have him said Warha or. When we say you know these patients Brock Wright. He a doing a lot of just can to even though Winnipeg these Complex cancer shuts Down in the summer for three the kind of Complex urological can months patients can to wait that cers that no one else in Manitoba can there a concern in the voice of Ken Gigliotti / Winnipeg free press archives do which helps explain the backlog Wright when i Tell him How Krachen problem. Drachenberg says doctors in Winnipeg often find themselves fighting the system in order to provide care for peo Berg is feeling. Drachenberg chose Winnipeg ple and As a result some Are rethinking their future practising in the City. We want to make sure that we get to because As he put it the Warha the Bottom of those issues because i blaming everyone else. She told me it incredibly there is no reporting pro if he would of the Young woman a made me an offer i could to Don to want to risk losing or. Krachen was the doctors fault for having too Medure in place for keeping track of afternoon surgery. A salaried position that was pure can Berg or any of his Many How Many surgical patients each Doc but he could to locate him. Cer surgery. Meanwhile Gale Burridge has a at the time it seemed like a Ludi Tor has on his wait list. One would so basically the charge nurse said however Drachenberg said this thought about what her family has Crous statement. Blaming a doctor for think that in this the 21st Century hos no you re cancelled. Go talk to your week we have run into issues since been through with the the surgical delays because too Many petals would have a computer software and that happens to me All the i be been its not Only for our Mother that we Manitoban need urgent care. Program that would keep track of such time. That a one of the problems Here. Like Winnipeg a annual gone fishing ? want to draw attention to this she but it want quite the Way it sound a critical Issue As surgical wait lists. Although i a Given a full Day of time i summer surgical slowdown which insisted. We wanted to make other de. But what they do have is a software can to Book two cases slashed Drachenberg a surgery sched people aware. To know that they be got the problem in the View of St. Boni program that dictates How Long a sur so much for efficient use of the or. Ule in half. Meaning he has been to fight. They can to just sit Back and let face Hospital was Drachenberg had to Geon has to Complete a specific opera Drachenberg did inform the family assigned Only three surgery Days in this system take Over. Alerted it to the size of his summer Tion. This in the name of the efficient of the already surgically prepped each of june july and August. Because the system in to looking backlog of urgent cases including use of the or and of course saving Young woman who had ? because of but As Gale Burridge found out a after Werstiuk a. Money. Other complications ? been waiting week after her letters began Landing i did to Tell anybody because i had but at what Cost since january for surgery. On their targets like mortars it want . been ongoing by asking for extra time one morning just Over a week ago then Drachenberg went Home for the summer slowdown that the sys like every week Drachenberg said. Drachenberg said he removed a 20?tem? was blaming. So i knew that everyone in the or centimetre mass from a male patient it was or. Drachenberg. Knew i needed extra plus his spleen his adrenal gland and Gale Burridge and her Mother Don the had also been begging and Bor part of his Bowel. Blame him though. Rowing time at health sciences Cen they said if i want finished my he wants to do the Best he can for Case at 11 15 i could to go and do my people. And his hands Are tied. You tre. A special place this week or. Mark Taylor Deputy second Case which was a kidney should to have to go through the stress of this. Thinking of my god what a head of St. Boniface a department of removal on a 26-year-old woman that s perfect for surgery said that if they had known which we think has a kidney going to happen am i going to get the the size of Drachenberg a backlog the but Drachenberg did to hit the dead surgery or am i going to be dead Hospital would have done something to line. There is a system in place where before it happens ? socials ? weddings ? fundraisers find him More or time. The head of surgery can override Theon june 10, still frustrated and fear which they re now doing Taylor software decision to scrub the second Ful waiting to hear when her Mother said. Surgery. Would be operated on Gale sent me an corporate events ? bar Bat Mitz Vahs the Werhas Wright called what Drachenberg believed he could do updated email. Happened a communications break the second surgery quickly enough Dave Chomiak a assistant called me that it would to Cost the Hospital any completely about half an hour ago. 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