Slain Morris doctor ‘will be deeply missed,’ health authority says
Advertisement
Read this article for free:
or
Already have an account? Log in here »
To continue reading, please subscribe:
Monthly Digital Subscription
$1 per week for 24 weeks*
- Enjoy unlimited reading on winnipegfreepress.com
- Read the E-Edition, our digital replica newspaper
- Access News Break, our award-winning app
- Play interactive puzzles
*Billed as $4.00 plus GST every four weeks. After 24 weeks, price increases to the regular rate of $19.00 plus GST every four weeks. Offer available to new and qualified returning subscribers only. Cancel any time.
Monthly Digital Subscription
$4.75/week*
- Enjoy unlimited reading on winnipegfreepress.com
- Read the E-Edition, our digital replica newspaper
- Access News Break, our award-winning app
- Play interactive puzzles
*Billed as $19 plus GST every four weeks. Cancel any time.
To continue reading, please subscribe:
Add Free Press access to your Brandon Sun subscription for only an additional
$1 for the first 4 weeks*
*Your next subscription payment will increase by $1.00 and you will be charged $16.99 plus GST for four weeks. After four weeks, your payment will increase to $23.99 plus GST every four weeks.
Read unlimited articles for free today:
or
Already have an account? Log in here »
Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 17/08/2023 (805 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
The clinic at Morris General Hospital will continue to operate at reduced capacity Friday while regional health authorities and staff deal with the violent death of a family physician who worked in the community for nearly 25 years.
Dr. Anna Kolakowski, 65, was shot and killed by her son, Olaf Kolakowski, early Saturday morning, RCMP confirmed Wednesday.
The doctor’s 32-year-old son also shot and injured his father, 59-year-old Mariusz Kolakowski, before turning the gun on himself, RCMP spokesman Sgt. Paul Manaigre said.
“Southern Health-Santé Sud extends deepest condolences to everyone who knew Dr. Anna Kolakowski. She will be deeply missed,” the regional health authority said in a statement Thursday.
“As a respected rural family physician, she provided extensive physician support to the community of Morris and surrounding area for over 24 years, and was a deeply valued member of the Southern Health-Santé Sud medical team.”
The statement went on to describe Kolakowski as “a compassionate and attentive physician whom was regarded with the utmost respect among staff, colleagues and patients.”
The hospital clinic has been operating with reduced hours this week, but may reopen “more reliably” on Monday, Southern Health said.
The health authority stressed the well-being of staff who worked alongside Kolakowski is its top priority, saying efforts are being made to provide on-site support for people impacted by her death.
The emergency department will operate from 9 a.m. until 9 p.m. every day until Aug. 31, at which point it will close temporarily.
“We will continue to consult with the physicians and staff at the Morris General Hospital in an effort to reopen the emergency department as soon as possible,” Southern Health said.
An emergency department schedule for hospitals in the southern region is available online.
tyler.searle@freepress.mb.ca
Tyler Searle is a multimedia producer who writes for the Free Press’s city desk. A graduate of Red River College Polytechnic’s creative communications program, he wrote for the Stonewall Teulon Tribune, Selkirk Record and Express Weekly News before joining the paper in 2022. Read more about Tyler.
Every piece of reporting Tyler produces is reviewed by an editing team before it is posted online or published in print — part of the Free Press‘s tradition, since 1872, of producing reliable independent journalism. Read more about Free Press’s history and mandate, and learn how our newsroom operates.
Our newsroom depends on a growing audience of readers to power our journalism. If you are not a paid reader, please consider becoming a subscriber.
Our newsroom depends on its audience of readers to power our journalism. Thank you for your support.
Tyler Searle is a multimedia producer who writes for the Free Press’s city desk. A graduate of Red River College Polytechnic’s creative communications program, he wrote for the Stonewall Teulon Tribune, Selkirk Record and Express Weekly News before joining the paper in 2022. Read more about Tyler.
Every piece of reporting Tyler produces is reviewed by an editing team before it is posted online or published in print — part of the Free Press‘s tradition, since 1872, of producing reliable independent journalism. Read more about Free Press’s history and mandate, and learn how our newsroom operates.
Our newsroom depends on a growing audience of readers to power our journalism. If you are not a paid reader, please consider becoming a subscriber.
Our newsroom depends on its audience of readers to power our journalism. Thank you for your support.
Advertisement Advertise With Us