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Gold/Mining/Energy : Gimbel Vision International Inc. (GBV - ASE) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: coyote who wrote (161)	2/6/2000 9:30:00 PM
From: Alfonso Agostino	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 165

Gimble looks like a good buy at these levels. My only concern is the procedures are up but revenues continue to remain flat! Any comments! Looking to add to my 500,000 share position! (average cost $0.05. JJ!!! Good Luck! Alfonso

To: coyote who wrote (161)	3/14/2000 10:27:00 AM
From: Cal Gary	Respond to of 165

Here's a related NR. It suggests people who want vision correction should really check out their practitioner's track record. With TLC and LSK opening so many new clinic, LSK 16 to open in the US, I've always wondered about quality and where the surgeons will come from. This LSK NR is a black eye for the industry. Can anyone post what credentials and schooling requirements before someone is able to practice LASIK or PRK? ------------------- Lasik Vison, Sutton face another eye surgery suit Lasik Vision Corp LSK Shares issued 34,675,000 Mar 13 close $2.78 Mon 13 Mar 2000 Street Wire by Brent Mudry In the latest eye surgery suit facing Lasik Vision Canada and director Dr. Hugo Sutton, a 36-year-old Edmonton software company controller claims he has suffered significantly impaired vision since Dr. Sutton performed bilateral LASIK eye surgery for myopia on March 13, 1998. The allegations have not yet been proven in court, statements of defence have not yet been filed, and a number of suits from other disgruntled patients of Dr. Sutton have been hotly contested and vigorously defended. The vast majority of eye surgeries performed by Lasik and Dr. Sutton have been successful. Lasik declined specific comment on the suit. "There is no financial implication on the company," Lasik general counsel Thea Pilutik told Stockwatch. The company vice-president notes that in the event of any ultimate court award or settlement, Dr. Sutton's standard malpractice insurance coverage under the Canadian Medical Protective Association would foot the bill. In the suit, filed Friday in the Supreme Court of British Columbia, Vancouver lawyer Peter Butler of Farris Vaughan Wills & Murphy claims his client Darren Steele's earning capacity as a controller, or other professional accounting position, could be seriously affected. The suit also claims the surgery has significantly affected Mr. Steele's life, as he has to be careful about driving a motor vehicle, his depth perception is not good, he is unable to read for long periods of time and he is unable to water-ski or do some of his other hobbies. Mr. Steele claims he went to Dr. Sutton to correct his short-sightedness, and he previously wore contact lenses and glasses. The suit claims the laser-assisted in-situ keratomileusis, or LASIK, surgery performed by Dr. Sutton caused severe pain and has led to continued pain, excessive tearing, extreme light sensitivity, blurred and distorted vision in both eyes, severe headaches and eye strain. Mr. Steele claims the left eye was so painful and vision was so damaged by the surgical procedures that on Jan. 4, 1999, he was forced to obtain a corneal transplant. The suit claims that after initially determining Mr. Steele's eye flaps were short, Dr. Sutton should have replaced the flaps without any lasering and had the patient return two to four months later for the procedure. The suit claims that correcting the problems to Mr. Steele's right eye will now be very difficult, if not impossible, because of the "irregular ablation" pattern. In the suit, Mr. Butler claims Mr. Steele's vision in his right eye is permanently damaged, and the severe and permanent damage to his left eye was to such an extent that he was forced to undergo corneal transplant surgery. (c) Copyright 2000 Canjex Publishing Ltd. canada-stockwatch.com