HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1992-10-14, Page 28PAGE 28. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 14.1992.
7 Brussels students
get Menzies award
Award
Seven former Brussels P.S. graduates received the George Menzies Endowment Fund at
F.E. Madill's Commencement Friday night. Presenting the award was Mr. Menzies' grandson,
Keith Raymond, left. Recipients, from left: David Jacklin, Patty Knight, Andrew Perrie,
Margaret Jarvis, Garry Yuill, Michelle Freeman and Greg Mulvey.
Ministry looks at abuse issue
Sexual abuse of patients by
health professionals has got to stop,
declares Frances Lankin, the Minis
ter of Health.
In a column released to the media
Friday, the Minister stated "in
recent years, it has become appar
ent that acts of sexual abuse by
health professionals occur far more
often than we once thought. Some
practitioners have gone so far as to
rape patients...or seduce them, rep
resenting the practice as therapy."
Ms. Lankin made these state
ments after revealing several pro
posals the Ministry has put forward
to combat the problem.
The proposed changes are listed
in the government document "Tak
ing Action Against Sexual Abuse
of Patients" which is available by
calling 1-800-268-1154.
The government is now calling
for people's views on the proposals
which, if passed, will change the
Regulated Health Professions Act
which applies to 24 health profes
sions.
The proposals include:
—Establishing three categories
of sexual offenses as grounds for
misconduct.
—Revoking a health care profes
sional's license for a minimum of
five years for acts of sexual viola
tion
—The mandatory reporting of
sexual offenses by health care pro
fessionals who believe a colleague
has committed such an offense.
—The disciplinary committee of
each profession's college should be
given power to grant intervenor sta
tus to the complainant so he or she
will have a voice in the proceed
ings.
—A survivor's compensation
fund should be financed and regu
late by each college or cooperative
ly by all colleges. The province of
Ontario should incur no financial
responsibility. Access to the fund
should be only in cases where the
professional has been found guilty.
"The measures we propose will
be effective in preventing abuse
which must be the top priority and
in compensating victims where pre
vention fails," stated Ms. Lankin.
The 'Taking Action Against Sex
ual Abuse of Patients" document
was written after the Ministry heard
the report of the Task Force on
Sexual Abuse of Patients.
Lawyer Marilou McPhedran,
who headed the task force says,
"Abuse of patients had gone on far
too long. It is not only a violation
of the patients, but a violation of
the trust we as a society have
placed in the medical profession."
Over a seven-month period the
You can lose a lot more than
your licence .
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and driving. General
task force heard the stories of over
300 patients, which included
reports of rape, fondling, of physi
cians representing sex as part of
treatment, and of sexual relation
ships to meet the "personal" needs
of physicians, states a press release
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The release also revealed that
many women said they'd been too
scared to come forward to tell
about their anger, humiliation and
fear of going to any health provider
again.
Seven graduates of Brussels
Public School were the recipients
of the 1992 George Menzies
Endowment Fund awards,
presented at the F. E. Madill
Secondary School Commencement
exercises in Wingham on Friday by
Keith Raymond, a grandson of the
late Mr. Menzies.
Sharing in the $1500 interest
generated by the perpetual fund this
year were: Michelle Freeman, who
is attending Mohawk College in a
Recreational Leadership program;
Patty Knight, who is at Lambton
College in Business Admini
stration; Greg Mulvey, who is
taking Aviation and Flight
Management at Confederation
College; Garry Yuill, who is
studying Business Administration
at Western University; David
Jacklin, who is at Fanshawe
College studying Construction
Techniques; Andrew Perrie, who
studies Business Management at
Conestoga College and Margaret
Jarvis, who is at Niagara
Community College in Broadcast
Radio and Television.
This is the 22nd consecutive year
the fund has provided a substantial
sum to students. In all, 129
Brussels and area students have
benefitted in the amount of almost
$70,000.
The late George Menzies,
formerly of Grey Township, was
intensely interested in the value of
education throughout his life. The
possessor of less formal education
than a Grade 8 student of today, he
was able to gain for himself a
position of prominence and respect
in his community, and was always
vitally concerned that any student
who had the ability to proceed to
higher education should not be held
back through the lack of financial
assistance. With this in mind, his
will generously provided for the
establishment of the fund, which
will continue to benefit students
from the area for many years to
come.
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