Sunday, November 10, 2019
My wife Carolyn and I send our deepest condolences to Ida's family and friends on their sad loss.
I worked with Ida on the Orthopedic ward at the Royal University Hospital from 1975 until her retirement when she was Unit Nursing Manager and I was Head of the Division of Orthopedics, Department of Surgery in the College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, and Saskatoon Health Authority.
Having worked in UK, USA and Canadian Hospitals I feel qualified to state that Ms Lafreniere (I have never heard anyone address her by any other name at work) was the best nurse and nurse unit manager I have ever met. Always fair, calm and professional, her patients felt her confidence, her junior nurses followed her example and surgeons respected her skills.
