WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2,1985, PAGE 3 jury recommends some changes in procedures.... Inquest offers few clues mto WPH patient's death By SUSAN LESJAK Free Press Staff An inquest into the death of a Whitby Psychiatrie Hospital patient has revealed few clues as to the cause of death. Joseph Seneco, 23, died of a cardiac arrest last January while un- der sedation for manie depression. After being found unconscious in his bed at the psychiatrie institution, Seneco was institution, Seneco was taken to J.O. Ruddy Hospital where an emergency team suc- ceeded in resuscitating Preparing for the bal Adding final touches to the train mural for the Whitby Arts Ball, "Murder on the Orient Express" are from left Mell Brigs, a director with Whitby Arts and head of volunteer services, Marg Bird, chairman of this year's arts ball, and Marylyn Clack, a volunteer. Special plans have been made for an evening of mystery and intrigue during which guests will be given clues to help them solve a murder mystery. The guest who solves the murder will get a prize -- a mystery one, of course. Guests are invited to come dressed as their favorite sleuths, villians, or to arrive incognito. The train will stop in three different countries for dinner: France for hors d'oevres, Germany for the main course, and Turkey for dessert and coffee. The ball, with dancing to Pete Schofield and the Canadians, will be in Heydenshore Pavilion Friday, Oct. 25 from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. Tickets are $30 each or $60 per couple and should be ordered by Friday, Oct. 11. The Whitby Station Gallery phone number is 668-4185. FreePress Staff Photo Whithy's bid to lure Toyota plant here p rior to the cha e purposes prirt ar autopsy. In their verdict, the members of the jury listed "an unpredictable interaction of the anti- psychotic medications and the patient's manic state" as the probable cause of Seneco's heart failure. The jury also made several recommen- dations aimed at the avoidance of similar deaths in the future. The recommendations in- clude: the charting of patients' disposition and vital signs at all shift frequent monitoring of patients; and the attendance of a staff member in the event a patient is tran- sferred elsewhere for emergency reasons. The jury also recom- mended that Mental Health Act regulations governing a doctor's freedom to provide in- formation about psychiatric patients be reviewed. Doctors, should be given greater latitude in supplying in- formation about patien- ts to relatives, the jury advised. subjeet of By SUSAN LESJAK Free Press Staff The eyes of the nation will be on Whitby this week when The Journal turns its cameras on the municipality in its documentary on the Japanese car industry in Canada. The CBC nightly news program, scheduled to air sometime this week, will feature four municipalities who have put in their bids as locations for Janpanese automobile plants to be built in Canada. Whitby, well-known contender for the proposed Toyota plant, was visited by the news team as was another municipality in Western Ontario and two in Quebec. "Don't ask me how they happened to come here, I still don't know," said Mayor Bob Atter- sley. 'We did a lot of work through our promotion department, but we haven't been talking about it," headded. Attersley said the Journal was "very cautious" about discussing the subject of the documentary. "And you know me. I want to know these things." The news team taped footage in Whitby's municipal building, the downtown area and the town's main tourist at- traction, Cullen Gar- dens. The foeus of the session appears, however, to have been Attersley. upcoming The former Dunnie star told the visiting journalists that "people who know" had assured him the municipality was number one or number two in vying for the plant. Unless the federal or provincial Journal segment government comes up with economic incen- tives to lure Toyota elsewhere said Atter- sley, the municipality's chances of getting the plant were "excellent". in view of the fact that it's election year, Atter- sley's television ap- pearance will undoub- tedly be viewed by some as a real coup. Whether fellow mayoral conten- der Lynda Buffett ap- proaches CBC for equal time, remains to be seen. MU& MAU HERETAGE HOUSE limited 216 MARY ST. E., WHITBY TORONTO -.686-0061 WHITBY - 668-3483 Mon Wed. 10.6, Thurs -Fri. 10-9. Sat. 10-6 h t b s iAfter a brief stay in the hospital's intensive care unit, however, Seneco was taken to Oshawa General Hospital where he was later pronounced brain dead. Despite the testimony of numerous doctors last week, the coroner's jury, led by Dr. D.W. Conley, was unable to determine what caused Seneco's cardiac arrest. Although the involun- tary patient had been taking prescribed drugs at the time, a WPH doc- tor told the jury Seneco had taken the drugs before without problems. The doctor testified that the drug dosage was "normal" for a patient in his con- dition and should not have resulted in heart failure. A test to determine the drug levels in Seneco's blood at the time of his death, was not done by the psychiatrie hospital, however. The autopsy perfor- med at Toronto General offered few insights into Seneco's death the inquest was told. Due to the six-day lapse bet- ween the time of death and the autopsy, a drug level check was not possible. The autopsy was further com- plicatedfsaid a TGH pathologist, by the fact that Seneco's vital organs had been removed fo transplant McALLISTI3RS �raa4p THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF WHITBY PROCLAMATION FIRE PREVENTION WEEK TAKE NOTICE THAT October 7 to 12, 1985 ls hereby proclaimed as "Fire Prevention Week" ln and for the Town of Whitby. Citizens of Whitby are urged to avail themselves of this opportunity to become more acquainted with fire safety and prevention through the various programs offered by the Whitby Fire Department. DATED at Whitby, Ontario this 2nd day of October, 1985. R.A. Attersley, Mayor Town of Whitby kÉc&fmà ý