Odim's view

Odim was questioned as to whether or not outcomes in the Caribou, Ulimaumi and the Goyal operations raised concerns for him about how the team was working. He was also asked why it appeared that he had taken on all cases that came his way, regardless of level of risk. Odim said that he had never felt pressured into performing operations. Furthermore, he had been confident-based on his initial meetings with the team members-that the team could provide acceptable care to the children. After experiencing a number of tragic outcomes, he said that he still did not sense any major difficulties. He did say that he was beginning to have questions about the way in which team issues were being addressed.

It was also becoming apparent that from day one nobody was really attending a lot of the team functions that were set up to build team spirit and community. The only real function that was attended was the cath conference before the cases in the week, so those things sort of were evolving in the first two months but I still felt and was still enthusiastic about making pediatric cardiac surgery work in Winnipeg. (Evidence, page 24,258)

Odim said that within a month and a half of his arrival, he started to make efforts to establish extra rounds because there "wasn't much of a team concept." (Evidence, page 24,273)