Canada Hospitals

Ten of 12 young children who underwent heart surgery and died at a Winnipeg hospital in 1994--under the care of a physician now at UCLA--might have survived if given proper treatment, a report released Monday said. "The evidence suggests that some of the children need not have died," Associate Chief Judge Murray Sinclair wrote in his final report, following one of the longest inquests in Canadian history. The children, operated on by Dr.

Ten of 12 young children who underwent heart surgery and died at a Winnipeg hospital in 1994--under the care of a physician now at UCLA--might have survived if given proper treatment, a report released Monday said. "The evidence suggests that some of the children need not have died," Associate Chief Judge Murray Sinclair wrote in his final report, following one of the longest inquests in Canadian history. The children, operated on by Dr.

A 6-year-old American girl with severe lung disease has spent nearly a third of her life in a children's hospital in Vancouver because Canadian officials have been unable to find an American hospital that will supervise her care. Now, after spending more than $1 million over the last two years, the Canadian government is trying to close the door on Zahra Jessa: Canadian immigration authorities last week ordered Zahra and her family deported.

A 6-year-old American girl with severe lung disease has spent nearly a third of her life in a children's hospital in Vancouver because Canadian officials have been unable to find an American hospital that will supervise her care. Now, after spending more than $1 million over the last two years, the Canadian government is trying to close the door on Zahra Jessa: Canadian immigration authorities last week ordered Zahra and her family deported.

Administrators at Holy Cross Hospital in Silver Spring, Md., may be helping to write the handbook on dealing with labor shortages. At Holy Cross and at hospitals and nursing homes across the nation, managers are coping with what promises to become a growing problem--filling nursing jobs in an era of growing needs and a shrinking work force. The number of 18- to 24-year-olds peaked early in the 1980s and is expected to decline by 12% over the next decade.