Continued from page 1 Cooper’s condition was ‘‘pro- gressively worse”’ the next day, so Stewart, with the help of a staff Member of the Native Counsell- ing and Referral Centre, took Cooper to the Vancouver General Hospital. “We took him in at four in the afternoon. The doctor phoned Me about eight that night and ask- ed for further information. I told him that Hector had been bleeding from the ear.”’ But the Stewarts were phoned again, at 10:30 p.m. —. “this time, by a nurse’? — and were told to ‘‘come and pick him up.” Once again, the medical opi- nion was that Cooper was suffer- ing a hangover, said Stewart. The following day Stewart contacted the Downtown Eastside Residents Association, Which suggested he try St. Paul’s hospital. “We did, and the same thing happened,” said Stewart. ‘“The admitting nurse was quite hostile.”’ Finally, Stewart took Cooper to the Downtown Community Health Clinic, run by the city of | Vancouver. The doctor on duty took an X-ray, ‘‘and they found something. They didn’t waste any ume. They supplied transporta- tion to the VGH and two hours later he had the operation.”’ The operation was a success, according to Cooper, who said he had regained his equilibrium and full use of left leg, which had been Partially paralysed by his condi- Lton. _ Brain disorder called ‘hangover’ Cooper left last Thursday for Alexis Creek, but left behind him a case Native workers and others hope won’t be ignored. Mercy Robinson, president of the Native Counselling Centre whose “‘hospital liaison’? worker helped in the initial attempt to have Cooper admitted to the VGH, declined comment but said the case had been turned over to the Centre’s ‘‘main body”’ because ‘‘it is a provincial political matter.” That “main body” is the United Native Nations, whose vice-president Donna Tyndall wants Cooper to pursue the mat- ter. “We've been talking to the family about what course to pur- sue. We can use our contacts and friends in the legal profession to get a good person to work on the case,” Tindell told the Tribune. Such cases aren’t new to the Native movement, Tyndall said, relating a similar incident that befell a UNN staff member. ‘‘He was treated the same way in Prince George, when he had a brain aneurism. He finally came to Vancouver, and checked into a hotel next to St. Paul’s hospital. ‘In the middle of the night, he woke up. with his head aching badly, so he walked over to the hospital and checked in,”’ Tyn- dall related. Andin the Williams Lake area, members of Cooper’s family are gathering signatures on a petition concerning the involvement of local doctors in the case, accor- ding to Stewart. ; Jee ® Divorce and Family Law RANKIN. & COMPANY Barristers & Solicitors 4th Floor, 195 Alexander St., Vancouver, B.C. V6A 1N8 682-2781 Offers a broad range of legal services including: ® Personal Injury and Insurance Claims ® Real Estate and Conveyancing @ Labour Law @ Criminal Law @ Estates and Wills JOIN THE GREAT For any of your travel needs, big or small. Let Globe Tours find the best way for you! Hawaii @ Mexico ® Fiji Las Vegas @ Reno @ Calgary Montreal @ Paris @ London GLOBE TOURS 2679 East Hastings Street Vancouver, B.C. V5K1Z5 » 253-1221 z | (sa NSS te as FILMS | (Renee eat eg cae atm The Chosen: irony — or affirmation? THE CHOSEN. From the novel by Chaim Potok. Screenplay by Edward Gordon, directed by Jeremy Paul Kagan. With Robby Benson, Barry Miller, Maximilian Schell and Rod Steiger. At the Bay Theatre, Van- couver. The Jewish people are ‘“The Chosen.’’ Chosen by whom? Is that why some of them say — and more of them think — that they are ‘““