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WEDNESDAY, September 18, 1991
Vol. 7, Issue No. 38

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Coroner's probe
called in death
of local woman

by Tod Strachan

THE B.C. CORONER’S OFFICE IS CURRENTLY INVESTIGATING
the death of a 19-year-old Terrace woman in St. Paul’s
Hospital last Saturday night. Myrna Lorri Anne George was
flown to Vancouver by air ambulance in critical condition
Saturday afternoon following complications from a surgical
procedure that took place at Mills Memorial Hospital last

Wednesday.
Terrace Regional Health Care chief executive officer Michael
Leisinger says an internal review will be held. at Mills Memorial to

investigate the circumstances: surrounding the .medical procedures _

offered George. Leisinger stresses that such an investigation in not
unusual.’

It is common practice, says Leisinger, to hold an internal investigation
into all patient deaths at Mills Memorial hospital as well as all known
patients who die after transfer to other centres if they have been treated
at the local hospital. The purpose, he explains, is to monitor all hospital
procedures and policies on an ongoing basis to ensure the hospital offers

the most effective and efficient service possible.

Regional coroner John Wolsey of Prince George will be conducting
an investigation into the death, and says that any information regarding
the case is “very preliminary" at the present time.

Wolsey says that following the investigation, he will opt for one of

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Health care society
to elect new board

The annual general meeting of
the Terrace Regional Health Care
Society takes place at 8 p.m. in the
Terrace Inn tomorrow night. At the
top of the agenda for many society
members is the unofficial rumour
that chairman David Lane will not
stand for another term in office.
Many society members — and
others in community — are. won-
dering who else can do the job as
effectively as Lane has.

The election of a new board
aside, however, there are other
important issues to address that
have a great deal to do with the
ongoing growth of the society as a
regional concern. Most important

of these are a couple of motions

proposed by the board at last
year’s AGM. If approved, these
motions would clear the way for
the appointment of one board

member by the Nisga’a Valley
Health Centre and another by the
Kitimat General Hospital Society.
Making room for appointees
from neighbouring health care
bodies, explains a society spokes-
man, will enhance the regional
concept of health care in the
Northwest through increased com-

munication and more comprehen- .

sive regional planning.

A third motion proposes an
increase in membership dues to
$10 per year in order to help cover
costs of improved information
exchange between the board and
society members. This exchange of
information would take place
through news letters or some other
means and would result in a more
informed and cohesive member-
ship.

DRAWING OUT THE IMAGE. ken McNeil, a Tahttan-TlingivNisga’a carver, sits proudly atop

a house post he’s carving at Kitselas for the First Nations House of Learning at UBC in Vancouver. - .

His raven/human design depicts a respect for all first nations people, McNeil’s cousin Stan Bevan
is working along side him at the Kitselas carving studio on a grizzly bear house post for Expo '92

see next week's Terrace Review.

in Seville, Spain. For a feature story on the two carvers, disciples of renowned artist Dempsey Bob,

Local mills fired up again

Several hundred loggers and mill
employees went back to work
Monday as the Skeena Cellulose
sawmill in Terrace and the com-
pany’s kraft pulp mill in Port
Edward started operations again
after a two-week shut down.

Skeena Cellulose spokesman Reg
Lightfoot said from Vancouver that
the start-up was on schedule and
the company has no further plans
to interrupt production. He added,
however, "The markets are a fickle
place."

The shut down originalty

occurred due to failing markets for

forest products. Lightfoot said the
markeis are showing tio sighs of
recovery, and in fact pulp is con-
tinuing on its downhill slide.

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