Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 11, 2005, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press monday april 11, 2005 a3 Camilla a getting her Royal revenge ads licence lifted for affair with patient by David Kuxhaus a doctor who had a sexual relationship with a female patient has had his licence suspended for six months. The physician must also undergo an assess ment to determine whether he is fit to prac Tise once his suspension ends. In the meantime he remains in a committed personal relationship with the woman who is no longer his patient. Normally when a doctor is censured their name is publicized. But in this Case the col lege of physicians and surgeons of Manitoba decided not to identify the doctor. Or. Bill Pope the colleges registrar could to comment on the Case but said withholding names is done to protect the victim complainant or a third party. Pope said that has happened Only twice in the last 23 cases in which doctors have been censured. The province is in the process of developing physician profiles that would allow the Public to Check the records of doctors. For example the Public would be Able to find out if a doctor was guilty of an offence under the criminal code the food and drugs act or any medical malpractice claims. But a government spokesman said its not Clear whether they would be willing or have the authority to identify a doctor who has been disciplined but not named by the College. The physician pleaded guilty to a charge of professional misconduct in january. The colleges disciplinary committee was told he had been the woman a family physician for seven months. In her last office visit he conducted an intimate examination that included a Pelvic examination and Pap test. Around that time the doctor became aware that he was attracted to the woman according to a summary of the Case released by the College. Within a week of the last visit the doctor encountered the woman outside his office and told her he had feelings for her. She said she was also attracted to him. On that Day the committee heard there was physical Contact Between them including hug Ging and kissing. Within three Days the relationship pro Gressed to sexual intimacy the summary says. The doctor referred the woman to another physician and told the College what happened. The discipline committee found there was no conscious manipulation of the woman by the doctor for his own ends. But the committee did say the doctor did not appreciate the woman a emotionally vulnerable and fragile state at the time. The doctor was ordered to pay $7,935 in costs to the College. those who treated her badly in past Are out by Lee Anne Goodman l Ondon ? there a a new Bride in the High est echelons of the British aristocracy today and the newly minted Duchess of Cornwall intends to make her presence known. Camilla and Charles were honeymooning at a cosy scottish Hunting Lodge yesterday following their wedding in the town Hall of Windsor West of London and Blessing and reception at Windsor Castle attended by some 800 guests. The nuptials went off without a hitch after a bumpy eight week engagement ? and some agonizingly painful years for the former Camilla Parker Bowles treated not just by the Media and Public As a social pariah but also by some Mem Bers of the British aristocracy. While the Duchess of Cornwall has apparently no interest in Ever becoming Queen Camilla she is reportedly preparing to ensure that All of those who treated her shoddily in the aftermath of the Messy breakup of Charles and Diana a marriage Are essentially banished from the princes social Circle both Here in London and at the couples country estate Highgrove. Its already started with the Van custom family insiders Are whispering. Wealthy aristocrats Hugh and Emilie Van custom made the fatal mis take last november of refusing to seat Charles and Camilla together at their sons wedding ban Ishing Camilla to the siberian rows of a Back Pew on the wrong Side of Chester Cathedral the evening daily Standard Magazine reported. Protocol the Van customs say they were simply Fol lowing Royal protocol that dictated Camilla As merely the princes mistress could not be seated next to him in the presence of the Queen. But the snub prompted an incensed Charles fiercely Loyal to Camilla to Boycott the wedding. She was Hurt and he was furious that she should be treated As a social Leper a member of Camilla a family says. Although the Van customs were invited to Charles and Camilla a wedding reception on sat urday their three boys ? close friends of Prince William and Prince Harry since Babyhood ? were not. And the family a close association to the heir to the British throne is now said to be finished. Instead Camilla ? perhaps like any other Bride who in to crazy about some of her husbands pals ? will Wield her newfound influence and fill the Royal couples social Calendar with her friends and associates apparently a crowd that a Earthie and More fun that the usual types found in Royal courts. They include. Novelist Jilly Cooper who writes rollicking and racy British Best Sellers about fictional English aristocrats thought to be based on real Blu bloods. The Baron and Baroness von Westenholz. Camilla Calls Jane von Westenholz a former Model lofty while the handsome piers von Westenholz has had his own Well publicized troubles with the ladies Jane is his fourth wife. Lady Sarah Chatto daughter of the late Princess Margaret reportedly adored by Camilla for running interference Between Charles and the Queen. Chatto orchestrated the first get together Between Camilla and her auntie Down to Earth. Annabel Elliot Camilla a sister and closest Friend. She a married to Simon Elliot and the pair Are said to be a fun and Down to Earth couple that reportedly offend the patrician sensibilities of some Sno Otier Blu bloods. Indeed the so called Shand crowd ? Camilla a Maiden name was Shand ? Are something of a Raunchy Bunch with a Multi generational enthusiasm for carnal pleasures. Sex is something she has in her blood just like her great grandmother says Camilla a biographer Christopher Wilson referring to Alice Keppel the mistress of Charless great great Grandfather King Edward Vii. Camilla a brother Mark Shand was a famous lady a Man in his Day dating a stable of Glamour girls that included Lee Radziwill and Bianca Jagger. His Nephew Ben Elliot dubbed Ben the Bonker by the tabs counts Bianca a daughter Jade Jagger As among his Many comely conquests in a vaguely incestuous yet titillating twist. The Shands too Are famously Loyal to one another. Camilla a widowed father maj. Bruce Shand was also said to be furious at the Van custom snub and urged Charles to make an honest woman of his daughter following the incident. But while Camilla and the Shands will most certainly have clout with Charles it remains to be seen what shape the Queens relationship with her new daughter in Law will take. ? Canadian press Manitoba lobbying Ottawa for drug treatment court by Mia Rabson Manitoba is lobbying the Federal government to get a special court for drug addicts added to the provincial Justice system. Drug treatment courts have flourished in the United states and Canada has tested them in both Toron to and Vancouver. In january Winnipeg was one of at least eight cities that applied to Ottawa to have a similar court set up Here. Drug offences Are prosecuted by the Federal government so the drug treatment courts must be federally run says Manitoba attorney general Gord Mackintosh. The courts impose court supervised treatment rehabilitation including group and individual coun Selling and random drug testing and Job training rather than jail time for non violent drug addicts who have committed a crime to support their Addic Tion. The offenders have up to one year to graduate from the program. Offenders who fail or Are expelled from the program Are returned to the regular court system. In Toronto Only 11.6 per cent of offenders who graduated from the program ended up getting into trouble with the Law again compared to 63.4 per cent who were expelled from the program. The growth of drug courts reflects their Success Mackintosh said. There Are Over 100 of them in the United states now he said. The Toronto court was set up in 1999, Vancouver a in 2001. The Manitoba proposal is for $1.5 million Over three years to be matched by in kind donations from the province and Manitoba Community groups. Manitoba for example would provide a provincial court judge and court officers. Twenty one Community groups Are part of the application including thunderbird House clinic Elizabeth Fry society and both the ramp and Winnipeg police service. The proposal is for the court to Deal with 30 offenders per year to Start. Mackintosh was forced into making the application Public when tory Justice critic Kelvin Goertzen called on the province to establish a drug court yesterday. Goertzen said drug treatment courts Arent an escape from jail time they Are a Way to treat the cause of crime. Its not an off ramp its a Chance to beat the Addic Tion Goertzen said. Mackintosh expects to hear before the end of april whether Manitoba a application was successful. ;