The Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Inquest Report

 

 

Issues

Ashton Feakes died on November 11, 1994, after undergoing cardiac surgery on November 1, 1994.

The issues to which Ashton's case gives rise are:

  • Were his parents provided with sufficient information to allow them to give informed consent to the procedure?
  • Should Ashton have been referred out of the province during the summer of 1994?
  • Should consideration have been given to performing a mitral valve replacement before November 10?
  • What was the cause of death and was it preventable?

 

  

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  Chapter 3 - The Diagnosis of Pediatric Heart Defects and their Surgical Treatment
  Chapter 4 - The Health Sciences Centre
Section 2 Chapter 5 - Pediatric Cardiac Surgery in Winnipeg 1950-1993
  Chapter 6 - The Restart of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery in 1994
January 1, 1994 to May 17, 1994
  Chapter 7 - The Slowdown; May 17 to September 1994
  Chapter 8 - Events Leading to the Suspension of the Program
September 7, 1994 to December 23, 1994
  Chapter 9 - 1995 - The Aftermath of the Shutdown
January to March, 1995
Section 3 Chapter 10 - Findings and Recommendations
Appendix 1 - Glossary of terms used in this report
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