the
F OU ND A TI O N SUMMER 2016
report
LIFE AFTER AN
ACCIDENT
In This Issue: SURVEY SAYS...
A police officer who nearly lost his life in 1976 credits Hotel Dieu Hospital for improving his quality of life in retirement. Alan Lusk of Bancroft is grateful for the high quality of care here in Kingston. The 67-year-old has been a patient in the Chronic Pain Clinic at Hotel Dieu Hospital for nearly two years. When he was 29, Alan was in the early stages of his career as an Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officer. The day following a massive snowstorm in the Toronto area, Alan was helping a fellow constable on
Highway 401 when he experienced every officer’s worst nightmare. “I vaguely heard somebody yelling something,” explains Alan, “and then I woke up lying on the highway.” Alan had been hit by a car travelling over 80 kilometres per hour. His body was thrown into a parked car with such force that his legs were imprinted on the fender. He Continued on pg. 5...
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