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Inquiry into death of Drianna Ross makes recommendations to Thompson General Hospital

Judge says medical system failed 2 month old Drianna Ross.

 

The inquiry into the death of a God’s Lake Narrows infant, who died at Thompson General Hospital in 2011, makes a number of recommendations for the hospital.

 

2-month old Drianna Ross died on November 26, 2011, 18 hours after she was transferred to the Thompson hospital from the first Nations community with a fever.  The report from the provincial inquiry into her death was released yesterday.

 

Judge Don Slough recommends the care of infants should not be left to the most inexperienced nurses. He says the Thompson hospital should establish a video connection to the Children’s Hospital in Winnipeg, and he also suggests guidelines be established to ensure pediatricians are given adequate rest. A number of recommendations to nursing stations are made as well.

 

Brenda Dawyduk, head of pediatrics at Thompson General Hospital told the inquiry that a number of changes have already been made in response to Ross’s death, including a pediatric sepsis protocol, and improved education for nurses.

 

Helga Bryant, CEO of the Northern Health Region welcomes the recommendations. She tells us they're sorry for the family and regrets the role the authority played in Ross’s death. She says all recommendations related to the region or Thompson General Hospital are in some fashion already in place or are being implemented.

 

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