The Premier has still not taken the witness stand and he is not scheduled to appear this week. He has denied that he had any direct knowledge of the breast cancer test scandal. The testimony of his staff has left the impression that he knew nothing about problems at Eastern Health.
The limited recall of witnesses has made it difficult to determine when the government learned about years of problems at Eastern Health. Judge Cameron has made it clear she has limited patience for prevarication. She was sharp last with Brian Crawley, the Premier's chief of staff, when he answered a question with a statement about what he would have done in a certain situation.
“Well, I'm getting a lot of that,” Judge Cameron replied. “‘This is what I would've done,' but nobody ever remembers seemingly having done much.”
The Premier and the Province's Minister of Justice have made controversial statements about the inquiry's role, its approach and its cost. Jerome Kennedy warned that the cost of the inquiry could cause the health care system to collapse. And Premier Danny Williams has slammed the “inquisitorial” behavior of commission counsel and attacked the approach of Justice Cameron sating at one point that "“I watched Madam Justice Cameron show disdain for a professional witness who was before her, giving testimony, honestly, forthright, under oath,” he told reporters. “The pencil tapping, the shrugging, the rolling of the eyes, the tongue in the cheek – I find that disappointing, that's all I can say.”The inquiry is examining why 383 breast cancer patients received the wrong results from hormone receptor tests — used to determine treatment options — from the General Hospital immunohistochemistry lab from 1997 to 2005.
Shortly before the commission took its' summer recess an order-in-council was gazetted extending the inquiry's deadlines. The commission must hand in its final report by March 1 and conclude all business by April 1, 2009.
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Danny Williams refused to respond to my several requests to have him examine what happened to my sister sharon broderick at the hands of the Health Sciences Centre even when I demonstarted at Confed bldg.day Bill Rowe was had press conference at confed bldg. Gave Bill Rowe and other media copies of my complaint, info, and evidence as to my sister having been gutted like a fish and left to rot. This happened in 1993; she had to have several reconstrutive surgeries in B.C.for which myself and my husband took a four year journey with sharon. Lots of pain, nightmares, blood, and gore!! No one acknowledged; but charlie hutton, chief forensic pathologist for prov. Nfld. & Lab. did admit to the legal and moral responsibility that the health sciences centre; and the surgeon and anetheist who when did pre-op and advised no cross-matched blood, available, and infection in lung; blood disorder present; went ahead and did surgery anyway. As a direct result of the surgery Sharon was in intensive care for 21days on complete life support. When eventually sent home; not told she had a blood disorder; no tissue to keep her bowels from herniating; because she had been completely gutted; health nurses left to take garbage bags full of puss and bloody bandages away with no information from surgeon as to why sharon wasn't healing other than nurses home care substandard.
A.M. Hanna, in an independent report some months later said that Sharon was no better off than some pile of dust in the graveyard. And here she comes again looking for more surgery.
Filed Criminal Complaints in 1994, and again in Sept 2007. Constab; said reported and investigated; but took word of forensic pathologist that the surgery which was elective whether or not to proceed based on the health of Sharon was a judgment Call.
New complaint by me in Sept. to the best of my knowledge only questioned new chief pathologist Dr. Avis who examined the body of a patient from Central Nfld. who was also gutted like a fish and left to bleed out from not being sew up, whose body was received by the mortuory in Gander; who were shocked by the condition of the body of the man who was not sewn up and who still had blood bags attached gave information to the Constab assuring them that there was nothing to show criminal negligence on the part of the surgeon, anaethist, hospital.
Clyde Wells, knew
Brian Tobin, knew
Roger Grimes, knew
Danny William, knew
And none of them ever showed any concern as to what was happening to patients at the hands of this particular surgeon and the health Scienes Centre.
CBC "The Fifth Estate"did a report on what happened to Sharon, the report was preliminary, there was no follow up; at the time they were sued by two doctors from ontario on the reporting of their claim of unsubstantiated reporting as to their negligence.
So Danny William who is so popular re the new oil contracts; has not been capable of relizing that people actually need to be alive, have the type of health care that doesn't see them tortued and suffering for many years then finally sucumbing to the damages the negligent surgeries; after years of physical and emotional torture; patients die knowing that there life had absolutely no value re the surgeon(s), and governments,medical insurers, medical boards, colleges of physicians and surgeons, r.c.m.p, constab,etc.
The primary problem I believe is the medical insurers applying pressure so they don't have to pay patients, or families, compensation and the administrations of hospitals and governments don't want it know what happens for their Public Relations, having little confidence in the health care system.
No one gives a shit!!
Health Care is a political issue but only in terms of available beds, waiting times, for surgeries, never in terms of what happens to a human being if they are unlucky enough to have their bodies butchered; with death soon following or person and physical tortue for several years prior to succumbing to the assaults on their bodies.
And also, Children who have no epidermis, whose exterior tissue comes off their little bodies evertime clothes is put on or taken off; are left with financial support from their parents only with respect to costing for creams, medications, etc...
William Elliott,the now Chief Commissioner for the R.C.M.P. nationally refuses to respond to my criminal complaints and to have my request for independent forensic pathologal investigations on every surgery the surgeon performed completed to answer the question of the surgeons compentency.
So we as ördinary canadians are charged with a criminal offense if we assault or mortally wound someone with a knife; but surgeons are protected from criminal investigations and charges.
Danny Williams knew about Sharon, Danny Williams is aware of my criinal complaints and my request for investigations; he received the documents in the mail, registered in 2004; and ignored at least eight phone requests by me for a personal meeting or discussion of any kind during a trip I was to make and did make in Nfld. in 2004, which resulted in my demonstrating at the foot of steps, Confed Bldg. when press conference held for Bill Rowe's appoint of provincial watchdog.
Are we gonna let this continue; let hundreds off people get away with cover up conspiracies; based on their oath as government employees to keep silent on confidential information. Or are we going to let this continue. We don't want to think about it, it seems to horrible to be true, etc..
Am I the only person whose health is destroyed by the knowledge and my conscience. Is anyone going to help me save lives. I've been fighting this since 1993 and I've been fighting what happend to the man from Gander since 1997.
My phone #is 250-286-3602.
e-mail donandhele@gmail.com, please say subject "Sharon".
Oh, No response from past prime ministers, the present prime minister, Jack Layton, and Bill Row and other commentators on the open line show, hung up on me a few times, they didn't want to discuss what happened to my sister or the man from gander. They always say that what happened to Sharon is a matter for the civil courts; and we all know how expensive and helpful lawyers can be.
Evidence avaiable.
At the very least ask questions about your blood, any infections in lungs, are you experience in this procedure, how much will I suffer after the procedure and for how long will I suffer. How will the outcome of this surgery affect the quality of my life and my family's lives.
Take very good care.
helen joe
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