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1 P reg n a nt - 3 . ,',-i'iu)-lrri'iiri'i,a , ' After leaving NEH, Ms. TIdd-Bronsun went ' g " C- ci""'? , EL'"rr3. , to a previously scheduled appointment with r 3 I...“ tl 2 ct-tic, . ‘ d ‘ her obstetrics and gyr1ecolugy doctor in Bel- , ', as e on woman _ A _- ~ - swag - . . . 3 ., - = " "ii.r,'sab',' q iSB. E levdle that same week. Her doctor immedi- . 3 . . ll!EX3Nl1 “faggot, . - - .. , ately felt the symptoms weren't normal and ' _ to fi le compla I nt 3 . - .. . 't - ME - t _ 3 asked her to go to the Belleville hospital the ' . I I _ - ' _ -- » . - 7 e " I . l same day to rule aura blond clot, she said. , won t be back to 3 - M - * Era" I' l I In Belleville she was given a CFscan and. , _ . u " 3 ' a nuclear Jung scan, which showed she had T C b I F, , ' ‘ . . l blood clots in bothjungs. She was admitted , , o ou rg hospita I ' . p, A - i , to the Bellevillehospital where she stayed for I ' i in “i b, three nights for treatment. Ms.TIdti-Bronsnn ' a nit was toldshe was lucky she camein when she Diagnosed. with e . " did. Her husband Stewart Bronson said it I _ would have taken just one bloodclot dislod - Mood clots at Belleville m ingtokillher.”lfitwasn'tformyOBJamngt hospital after being u sure I would It sitting here now," Ms. 1Hd- LEI’ON - Amanda TMd-Bronson left and her h band Stewart Bronso Bronson said. lam only 33 years old and I sent home from CAST , . , us n have have s1five-year-old son." . lodged a formal complaint after Ms. Trad-Bronson was released from the hospital. She wish th Cob . Northumberland Hills She later learned she has a life-threatening illness, which requires daily injections to d es e our? emergency Pom . I actor would have taken tt further than Just a Control. _ Karen Longwell/ Ntprthumberernd News blood test . Karen Longwel! fl} tMrtfuHbattsttso Wit-35' tadT. Ri4tte "I won’t be goingback to the Cobourg hos- klongweMi!norihumtaeriurenewscorn hospital to her home, on Sept, 22, she said. While everyone on thehospital team works pital-- lwill go to Belleville," she said. . After a four-and-a-half hour wait, a doctor hard to provide "exceptional patient care, The Bronsons said they dun't want to purv CASTLETON C' Twenty weeks pregnant with examined her. asked her about the symp- every time," the team is by no means perfect, sue legal action but are in the process of filing her second child, Castleton residentAmanda toms and did blood work she said. When the Ms. Vosburgh added. "Every formal patient a formal complaint with NHH. Once lodged, ' ThiduBrunson feels lucky to be alive. results came back normal, the doctor told her complaint is tracked and I can tell you that complaints at the Northumberland hospital Ms. Edd-Bronson was diagnosed with life- to)ust come back if she experienced more the percentage of complaints to patients are acknowledged within two to five business threatening blood clots when she went to pan are lever, she said. ' servedisverysmall," she said. days. NHH investigates the complaint based Psif1talitHellttille but onlyaftershe sought "I was ticked off because I knew there was Inthe last fiscal year, the hospital logged 42 on the information provided. The investi, treatment in Cobourg and was sent home. somediingwrong," she added. complaints against 35,419 visits to the emer- gation could include contacting managers, After a healthy first pregnancy, _Ms. Tidd- ElizabetliVosburgh,NHHvice-president of gency department and inpatient areas com- care providers, reviewing the medical chart [tronson started to feel something wasn't human resources and quality, said the hospi- bined (0.12 per cent), she said. and contacting other relevant departments. _ tight at the end of_Septemher. . tal cannot for patient privacy reasons, com- "one complaint, of course, is one more NHH strives to resolve complaints within _ Inhad a l of back pain and pain on my merit publicly on the spetacs ofanypatient. than we want to see, but relative to the vol: 30 working days, For more information, ribs) she said, n camel] you thatwe encourage all patients time of patients treated. the volume of formal visit the hospital website at oldies, under She was also short of_breath and had trou- to speak up if they have questions or con- complaints we see atNHH is low," she said. Patients, Complaints Process. ble 1getting upstairs without gasping for cams about their care, NHH takes any com- brea . plaint very seriously and we are committed "I knew something was wrong," she said. to addressing patient concerns in a fair and She went to the emergency department at timely manner," Ms. Vosburgh said in a state- "F Northumberland Hills Hospital, the closest merit. I __H"mm-.-.---,,,-,-P7rr.~.wr:~:zâ€"â€"â€"â€"-~â€"‘ "Eiiaiiiisiiiiiiii' ,H.-a, "9il'-'ts'r" "", "l" . -er:r'iT-:rcP,a5.a% I 5 -- ""??" . '.""~“‘-” -mmr--be _..__ his team was added to the new . Bll5iitliiglimE1'liiri/iii:', .1 . : . "L‘fff'i‘y . J u n Ior A Canadian International _HOCKEY 35"???" Eilitiar, WrV,Fc ta U, _ 3121.1... Rliii _". ' l League lineup in June, movers from ' BiEiiiGiaeS" In??? as; tbs-is 1--2hdr',5it.C:% IF2 ' ~ h k finds the Metro Junior A League in Bob- 'i ' , . .. . - - . Ih a ’ ca eon. t hires 3: . .r.=. . E oc ey 'y'l'ghey had Junior C in the Empire I ' itiiilit ILL' " L ’ BN' . - / " League before but this is the first q T, . ' rr I, Fi. " W a home In team they have had at this level in - A 3 fs 8 a; l MI , " Colborne," he said during a barbe- ' c' C f P. . E / ' ‘ 54/ cue before their home opener at the (I, E " I I ' Er ' a) ' . Colborne Keeler Centre outgct. 18th di . ion i1iii5l, ' [/2 s 7 ' "We la in e sou ms . “ itll a gl 'id 17/ 3 , a; I . o: ., _ ci' ' which J'd1u,'l 1o,tigpn"tdce"to; _ (r F“ ' . 3 " i l . (#5,? ttra B.., J "ers", t l , Milton and Col orne, u e - ‘ ' i t . " , ll _ A” . C0ib0rne cramahe forth division includes Espinola, l l - 'lil fl I J I k: ‘ , Jr. A Hawks Sault Ste, Marie, Sudbury and St. . L", . "r ifs; trt . LPi les." tr V = x - a e 'l 7 I host home opener CIR; team is owned by retired ti 1 the ltr) CII W», ' Bt ' ,/ and barbecue Canadian military omcerDan Fisher p " LTs ' Ma / i at? ' and will play its home games out of g Nit Ts . 3"?” " l “i Dominik Wisniewski the Keeler Carine it; {3230:3393 guys Ff Ni . , trl - F . _ " 0t o o ' I', , " ' dwisniewskittmadhumberlcmdnews=om ai't',lg,"r'su',t,, Slovakia, limits rig, . . 3 I (J E .-- As the coach and Mexico and America," Mr. csc e “ _ "giee'fhteniier' of Colborne's new said, adding that the focus was on B8 - It. A hockey team, Mike Jeschke said giving local players a Fhallée ”clip-Z a Mews career; he is excited to see a lot oélocal £13};- 'neaC,eatltr/1'11l')1,'lltJi ourutreamgtlo COLBORNE ieTigT,CfTf/fdffi'g,-itf2uAc Jr. A Hawks hockey team. lr’om left. forward ers on the the Colborne rams e . . r T . Alex Msey, served up some be local kids, and we have more than . d forward Alex Bldwell and captain/defencemcm awks. " Blair Kenne y, , _ . . . e new team played A: resident of nearby Cobaurg. he exceeded that . h C 1- hot dogs and hamburgers before hitting the ice 1,1fIl1,Ttg.'gL1,eldTe'el in the Canadian . . the Ontario Ir. For more information on t e f". it first ame at the Keeler Centre, gorng up (1190‘Ins e g News Is a former player m h Ir A Hawks visit IT5 g pomlnik WIsntewskll Northumberland Hockey League and has coached borne Crama he k- com , International Hockey LeagtJe. _ - _ _ teams in Minden River and Midland. 3 tvw.hawkslra DC ey. _ 3 - .- - (rjifr, "s 's, l \‘xd.