COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS & SURGEONS OF ALBERTA-LIES TO CLOSE PATIENT FILE

Douglas L. Anderson, MD., FRCS(C) is the owner of this Blog Site.  Dr. Anderson is a 
retired Eye Surgeon, having conducted his surgery in Edmonton  Alberta  Canada for
over 30 years before retirement.

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COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS & SURGEONS OF ALBERTA (CPSA)
                       LIES TO ALBERTANS

This College provided six reasons for closing patient complaint file # 060421.1.4
Unfortunately all six reasons were severely flawed and lies were submItted by the College Medical Staff Employees to justify the closing of this file.

The six reasons for closing this file are detailed as follows:

REASON ONE:  " THE RECORD DOES NOT SUPPORT YOUR ALLEGATION THAT
MRS. ANDERSON'S HARDWARE SHOULD HAVE BEEN REMOVED FOLLOWING HER SURGERY IN 2008"

The CPSA Investigation report omitted an essential part of Dr. D. Anderson's submissions which state;
"There is a wide variation in this period of time, but almost never are the rods removed before 3 months. If the joint is "sign & symptom" free, the rods could be left in-situ indefinitely. However, if the joint shows "signs & symptoms" of ill-health, the joint should be fully assessed and if the metal rods are the cause, or contributing to thje cause, they should be removed promptly".

This shows DR. ANDERSON AGREES ENTIRELY WITH DRS. MCMILLAN & HUNKA that the hardware should only be removed if problems develop.

Dr. K. Mazurek in her letter to Dr. Anderson dated Mar. 7/07 is in fact stating that Dr. Anderson believes that this hardware and similar hardware in the future should be removed from the joints of all asymptomatic patients by no later than three months.  THIS IS A BOLDFACED LIE.
This is an assault to Dr. Anderson's professional reputation!

REASON TWO:  " THE RECORD DOES NOT DOCUMENT THAT MRS. ANDERSON HAD ANY SIGNS OR SYMPTOMS OF CHRONIC INFLAMMATION SUBSEQUENT TO HER SURGERY IN 2008"

The patient's Fax communication to her surgeon Dr. Jim McMillan dated July 8/06 states clearly her history of chronic and acute inflammation.
During  meeting of Drs. D. Anderson, J. Cowell & L. Tyrrell on Sept. 30/10, Dr. Lorne Tyrrell (Chair of HQCA) made it clear that the reason hardware changes position over a period of time is due to chronic inflammation. 

REASON THREE: " ONCE IT HAD BEEN DETERMINED THAT MRS. ANDERSON'S HARDWARE NEEDED TO BE REMOVED, THIS WAS ACCOMPLISHED IN A TIMELY FASHION".

Dr. Jim McMillan "determined" this on July 4/06. His advice was to wait until sometime in September when he would have surgical time available (despite the fact that the affected joint was actutly inflamed and hardware was about to penetrate the skin!).
The hardware penetrated the skin six days after his advice. This subjected the patient to multiple hazards including intravenous antibiotics and a general anesthetic (patient has heart pace-maker).
THIS HISTORY IS NOT REMOVAL OF HARDWARE IN A TIMELY FASHION.

REASON FOUR:  " DR. MCMILLAN'S OFFICE SPOKE TRO MRS. ANDERSON ON
JULY 10/06. SUBSEQUENT TO HAVING RECEIVED COMMUNICATION FROM DR. & MRS. ANDERSON ON JULY 8 & JULY 10.
THE RECORD DOES NOT INDICATE THAT DR. MCMILLAN RESPONDED TO DR. ANDERSON'S FAX OF JULY 10/06 WHICH MRS. ANDERSON ASKED TO BE DESTROYED"

Registered Nurse, E. Anderson sent a Fax communication to her surgeon  Dr. J. McMillan on July 8/06 describing her right knee in "crisis mode" with acute inflammation and the threat of hardware penetrating the skin and causing a fistula.
After no response from Dr. J. McMillan, the husband of Registered Nurse E. Anderson, Ophthalmologist Dr. D. Anderson sent a Fax to Dr. LJ. McMillan alerting him to the fact that a serious complication was about to happen in the patient's right knee. Dr. J. McMillan ignored Dr. Anderson's Fax.  E. Anderson (RN) objected to her husband's "interference" and asked the staff at Dr. McMillan's office to destroy Dr. Anderson's Fax. She later changed her mind and asked that this
fax be given to Dr. Jim McMillan.

The essential point is - Dr. Jim McMillan did not take immediate action on the imminent emergency 
that was detailed to him by Fax communications of E. Anderson (RN) and D. Anderson, MD., FRCS(C)


REASON FIVE: " THE CLINICAL RECORD DOES NOT INDICATE THAT MRS. ANDERSON WAS IN NEED OF FURTHER ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY AT THE TIME OF HER VISIT WITH DR. RUSSELL".

The patient had developed frank protrusion through the skin of one of the pins that had caused a fistula with the oozing of purulent discharge. Dr. Hunka removed the hardware from the right knee on
July 21/06.  In his professional judgment, he ordered the I.V. antibiotic, that was started earlier in this day, to be continued for at least a further two weeks to give the patient full protection from any possible postoperative infection.
Why did Dr. Gordon Russell, after a brief inspection of the surgical incision on Aug. 1/06 order the I.V. antibiotic to be discontinued after only two thirds of the therapy that Dr. Hunku had prescribed was in fact administered?

REASON SIX: " DR. CONNICK HAS ACKNOWLEDGED THAT SHE BROKE STERILE TECHNIQUE WITH HER LEFT HAND BUT HAS STATED THAT STERILITY OF HER RIGHT HAND WAS MAINTAINED"

The patient's right knee that was showing discharge from a fistula, was assessed by three medical doctors July 18/06 in the Emergency Dept. of the Miseracordia Hospital.  These doctors advised -CONDITION CONSIDERED SERIOUS & URGENT SURGERY REQUIRED IN THE NEXT 72 HOURS.

DR. CAROL CONNICK
Instead of observing that a rod had penetrated the skin below the right knee and applying a sterile dressing, Dr. Connick apparently ignored the advice of the three MD's of July 18.
Dr. Connick chose to pull the exposed rod out of the knee some distance and then re-insert the rod back into the knee, all the time causing considerable patient discomfort. This of course introduced micro-organisms into the knee that were not previously there.  This occurred regardless of whether one or both gloved hands were sterile.  THE CPSA FAILS TO GRASP THIS ESSENTIAL POINT!
The failure of CPSA to recognize this failure is disturbing.

What did Dr. Connick think she would accomplish by extracting this rod from the knee & reinserting it into the knee prior to ordering I.V. antibiotics and sending the patient to the surgical ward?

THE COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS & SURGEONS OF ALBERTA HAVE SHOWN-
         THEIR MEDICAL DOCTOR MEMBERS MUST BE PROTECTED

HEALTH  QUALITY  COUNCIL  OF  ALBERTA

The top officials of the HQCA are the following:

Dr. John Cowell (CEO of HQCA)
Dr. Anthony Fields - Chair of HQCA
Dr. Lorne Tyrrell - past Chair of HQCA

These three individuals have been fully informed on the following:

1. Proven wrongdoing of the CPSA.
2.Anderson Journal on the Hon. Dave Hancock
3.Addendum on the Anderson Journal on the Hon. Dave Hancock.
4.Blog Site - http://medics-fail-to-self-regulate.blogspot.ca

These three stand for QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE FOR ALBERTANS.
Why would  Drs. Cowell, Fields and Tyrrell refuse to comment on the above?  
Are they intimidated?

This Blog Posting- " COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS & SURGEONS OF ALBERTA- LIES TO CLOSE PATIENT FILE", is being sent to:

Dr. T. Theman (Registrar - CPSA) - Registered Letter
Drs: J. Ritchie, K. Mazurek, J. Bell, H. Woytiuk
Drs: J. Cowell, A. Fields, L. Tyrrell
Premier A. Redford, Hon. D. Hancock, Hon. Fred Horne
Drs: M. Giuffre, L. Maybaum, J. Parmar, S. Corbett, M. Campbell, L. Steele
Danielle Smith, Raj Sherman, Brian Mason
News Media: Lucinda Chodan, Lorne Gunter, Rick Bell, Lorne Motley

COMMENTS FROM VISITORS TO THIS BLOG SITE ARE WELCOMED
FOR A BALANCED DISCUSSION OF THE ISSUES RAISED.