Chief nurse at Sick Kid's resigns

Dead girl's kin still want to hear her side

"We hope that even though she's leaving the hospital and may go to the U.S. to work she will still feel a moral obligation to come back and explain to the College (of Nurses) her role in the events surrounding Lisa's death and the inquest," Sharon Shore said.

"I really think resigning was the right decision given Reeder's role in the inquest," she said.

Reeder's resignation "had absolutely nothing to do with the Shore inquest," Sick Kids spokesman Cyndy De Giusti said yesterday. "Jean's five-year contract is up in September 2000 and it was agreed by both parties last week her contract would not be renewed."

Lisa, 10, died Oct. 22, 1998, less than 12 hours after she was admitted to Sick Kids for severe pain resulting from a broken leg. An inquest jury into the girl's death returned a verdict of homicide.

The hospital has maintained Lisa's death was accidental.

The Shores have filed a complaint with the College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO) againt Reeder and two other nurses.

The Shores allege Reeder failed to report "substandard and negligent care" given to Lisa by nurses Ruth Doerksen and Anagaile Soriano to the CNO, as required by law. They have also filed complaints against two nurses who cared for Lisa on the morning of her death -- Marta Papa and Sian Philliberg.