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Page I WEEKEND EXTRA July JIM Region MDs sort out death details Continued from Page 1 trative officer Den nis Perl in reported that an Inquest may be called Into the July 13 death of James Earl Scott at General Hospital Mr Scott a resident at Chers Rest Home was in General for 13 days before he died of heart failure and public health staff and Guelph coroner Walter Scolt ion expressed concerned because Scolt had badly Infected sores on the rear of his body when he was admitted to hospital com mil tec was told Peter Cole Halt on medical officer of health said the severity of decubitus ulcers or bed sores could nat have hap pened between the time DrDW Van Der Bent of Acton treated Mr Scott at the rest home and Scotts death at the hospital Mr Scott was moribund since May Mr reported believe the bedsores were from uncontrollable wet ting and lack of changing because the individual was fully dressed and up and around when public health nurses vis lledthehome Somehow terrible Mr Whether the Individual finally died from the infec tious sores is not the major concern here but particular incident of The Dr Scott Raid he had seen anything like it Cole said The ulcers were right down to the bone Our concern la be cause we didnt know about It Were not saying Mrs didnt mean to provide proper care When such things occur its usually beyond the expertise the aver age rest home operator to deal with it Public health staff view the situation seriously Mr said Tiber was a need to question whether or not that particular Individual was receiving proper care and treatment while in Chers Real Home he stated in a report to the committee justm whether the Cher Host Home to prov ide proper core and treat to ItiercsldenU there is being achieved John re gional coroner for South Georgian Bay region that includes Wellington Coun said Tuesday that Scott recommended an In Cole said Van Bent had been treat Mr Scott for the sores and rest home staff knew about them Public health hat was wrong when they recommended the man be removed from Chers The nurses noticed Scotts con dition had deteriorated to a stale where he required more care than Ihe rest home Is designed to provi de When pressured by pub lic health officials to place Mr Scott In a different facility Van Bent sent him to hospital the committee was told Van Bent is one physician who doesnt care much For the public health department Cole said so his respons es to staff queries were not particularly helpful Van Bent could not be contacted for com LEVELS Because there is an at tending phvslcian doesnt absolve the home operator of responsibility for resi dent care Cole Mid Many dont the distinction in the level of service offered by various facilities and they rely heavily on the health unit to aid In plac ing patients appropriately Van Bent also attends patients In two other Acton rest homes When a new rest home resident Is accepted health staff Is usually welcomed lo Interview the patients at the other Acton rest homes and determine whether they have been placed in an appropriate facility This was not case at Cole said Sometimes ho said the borne operator con as the level of care needed by the patient Other times the Is admitted properly but as his condition deteriorates he should be to another type of COMMUNICATION lawyer Gerald who represented Mrs Cherwoniak and her husband Brian at the ce ll said he felt a break down of communication between health depart staff and Mrs Cher was responsible for lack of Information surrounding Mr Scotts condition Mr said Coles reports ed things had been going well between the public health nurses visiting the home and his client Cole said In a June letlcr to Mr Ihnt because he had no reser about the core provided at home would be included In the regions referral list for people making inquiri about placing a resident How ever when someone subsequently colled the region looking for a list of homes to place a qualified resident Chers wasnt on the list Dr Cole said he wasnt in possession of all the facts at the time he wrote the letter saying he hud no concerns about at Chers and It was Inaccurate to say low between Mrs and her staff had been and until recent months Dr Cole said during the past week three of his nurses have returned in tears from visits to Ihc home The nurses said they would not return bec ause of the abuse they had experienced They were totally able to perform their job he not because they were not allowed lo so but because of the of total cooper ation and total abie From what I saw It appears the were unwilling to ate sane thing but It the re unwilling to do bo Ihits something else It hasnt been a trouble free situation up until re gional councils July meeting find it diffi cull sec how someone could forget how threaten theyd been to someone Mr offered himself as a mediator to help reestablish rclat ions between the and regional health staff He said his effort lo halt unfounded allegations ag ainst the Chcrwontaks has resulted in 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