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Health officials probe man's death at care home
Body was found frozen after 3½ hours outdoors
Last Updated: Friday, January 11, 2008 | 5:03 PM CT
CBC News
The Winnipeg Regional Health Authority is investigating the death of an elderly man whose frozen body was found outside a personal care home last week.

The body of Barry Collen, 74, was discovered around 4:30 a.m. on Jan. 2 outside the Sharon Home at Kanee Centre, a 157-bed personal care home in the city's William Whyte neighbourhood.

Members of Collen's family say they have been told he went into the care home's courtyard around 1 a.m. to have a cigarette. The temperature was around –20 C the night of Collen's death, with a wind chill of –31.

Collen's sister-in-law, Ann Collen, told CBC News that Barry Collen had a medical condition that made him unsteady on his feet.

"What I was told was that he slipped and fell and banged his head, and he froze to death," she said. "And then the coroner's office phoned me and they said that he died of hypothermia. That's all they said."

Manitoba's medical examiner's office has confirmed that Collen died due to exposure.

"It's hard to speak about him," Collen said, breaking into tears. "Never had a harsh word against anybody — he was a kind, gentle soul."

Réal Cloutier, vice-president of the health authority, said it does not appear Sharon Home breached any regulations.

Collen was able-bodied, Cloutier said, and was allowed to come and go from the building at will.

"To go into the courtyard area, [the lock] is coded. I understand he did know the code. To get in, you don't require the code — it's an unlocked door to get back in," he said.

"We don't know why he wasn't able to get back in."

The situation may become more clear once the authority's investigation is complete, he said.

"The whole idea of the critical incident review process is to say, 'What have we learned from this particular incident, and what can we change?' — not only what Sharon Home can change, but what have we learned as a system arising from this incident."

Officials with Sharon Home declined CBC's requests for an interview, referring all questions to the health authority.

It is not thefirst time that it hapens. It has happned 2 years ago , but i do not remember the country where it was: they had locked the old man out.

thank you for this article. the health fashists should see wah they are doing of our happiness...

we shall overcome :-)

Fuck the WHOEU sign & spread the petitions for demanding national referendums!

This post was last modified: 17-01-2008 10:19 PM by Fanny.

This is a disturbing report from an Indian newspaper:

CHENNAI: A man was killed and another grievously injured following a tiff over cigarette smoke at the suburban Pallikaranai, police said on Monday.

According to police, Raghu and Suresh Kumar were smoking a cigarette outside a shop yesterday. They allegedly blew the smoke on one Velu, who was standing nearby.

Angered by this the followers of Velu attacked the duo with knives. Raghu died on the spot and Kumar was rushed to the hospital with serious injuries, police said.

Irate relatives of Raghu immediately went on a rampage, demanding for the arrest of Velu and others. They damaged 12 two-wheelers, three autorickshaws and some streetlights, police said.

No arrests have been made so far though some people have been interviewed.

This post was last modified: 22-07-2008 10:00 PM by soapy.