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This, says Bystrin. is because as many residents assume that cutting back on usage is no longer necessary, they'll return to their old consumption habits such as using air conditioners and other such appliances - thereby placing a tremendous strain on the system. This will be particularly critical between 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. as people return home from work. As a result, Bystrin urged power cus tomers to refrain from using such highdraw appliances as air conditioners, dishwashers, clothes washers, dryers and pool pumps. Bystrin said many Oakville Hydro staff worked above and beyond to ensure the integrity o f the local distribu tion system, making sure there were no internal problems for when it was slow ly brought back up to speed. Fortunately, he said, Thursday's black out did not cause any damage to Oakville's network. In addition to the utility, life is also getting back to a conservation-con scious normal all across town. Full power was restored to OakvilleTrafalgar Memorial Hospital (OTMH) at about 12:30 a.m. Friday morning. According to Trish Carlton, Public Relations M anager for Halton Healthcare Services (which encompass es OTMH and Milton District Hospital) the emergency department, the intensive care and dialysis units, the in-patient clinic, diagnostic imaging and the oper(See `Businesses' page A7) Oakville woman died last year from West Nile Halton s Medical Officer o f Health says no coverup intended By Jason Misner S P E C IA L T O T H E B E A V E R Harrison Smith Special to the Oakvirfe Beaver Roslyn G reen plays | he violin d u ring a rehearsal at the Southern O n tario C ham ber M usic Institute (SO C M I) two-weekj cam p a t Appleby College. F o r m ore inform ation on this unique music cam p see A rtscene page d H alton's M edical O fficer o f H ealth (M O H ) has apolo gized to Regional C ouncillors for not notifying them of the death of an elderly O akville w om an from West Nile virus nearly a year ago. The woman died last September, but the Region's Health Department did not learn her death was caused by West Nile virus until May. That information was not made public until Halton's MOH, Dr. Bob Nosal, spoke with the Oakville Beaver on Tuesday. After speaking with the "Because this was a reporter. Dr. Nosal issued an case from last year in e-mail to all regional council an individual who died lors yesterday alerting them to the West Nile death. nine months previously, "Because this was a case I did not issue a press from last year in an individual release and did not who died nine months previ ously, 1 did not issue a press inform you previously." release and did not inform you · Halton's Medical previously. I'll take personal Officer o f Health responsibility for that deci Dr. Bob Nosal sion. My intent, after speaking to the reporter this morning, was to give you a heads up. Unfortunately, I understand that the reporter contacted some of you before you were able to receive this e-mail. For this, I apologize." The individual, whom regional health officials won't iden tify. was "quite ill" and died in September from encephalitis, said Dr. Nosal. An autopsy done a few weeks later, which involved testing tissues from organs, concluded the individual had contracted West Nile. Encephalitis is swelling of the brain and is one of the main symptoms of the virus. Dr. Nosal told the Oakville Beaver of the death in an inter view after reading media reports stating that no one died in Halton from contracting West Nile in 2002. "In actuality one person died from West Nile," he said. "It (See `Councillors' page A3) Oakville final resting place for renowned tap dancer . Editorials................. 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