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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1965-09-01, Page 8,1liCarl� EIGHT PR THE LUCKNQW SENTINEL, LUCKNOW, ONTARIO WEDNESDAY, SEPT. lst, 1965 Jo��stan GiVeSMedjCaL: ipressions 0f U.ecent1Russian Tyr Dr, W. V. Johnston,. a, general kat examination. If they did not `practitioner in Lucknow :for over report,. at their local clinic, they years; and executive director• were sent for. A large-scale edit - Of the 'College of General Prac cational campaign is carried on tke of Canada •- in Toronto for the by doctors through lectures, news :Fast10 y y paper articles and other means. a group of four nadians medial!. For all this the patient pays no men who :spent ,'three weeks in, fee. ' If he is dissatisfied with' a Russia where- they.' -toured health doctor's treatment, the medical services there. The following art- union holds . a tribunal within cele. appeared • in a Toronto news- three days " and ` decides on '• its paper after their return.. action within a similar period Dr: W Victor Johnston,.' •the Dr. ,Johnston didn't .do so, but friendly former ' family:' dotter ,it was interesting to compare who is executive director of the some ..of the+aspects of state med College: of General. Practice , of : 'eine which, he saw with some of Canada,returned' recently from the most frequently voiced. ob- a three:week tour. of Soviet health, services,. •obviously.. • impressed Asked to such a. system..., Asked if there were long :lines with .some of them. of patients waiting in the clinics, Dr Johnston. and three colleag- Dr.. Johnston replied: "I never ues, made the tour on the invite- saw , one; They crowd the hos- tion of, the USSR's. Central Com- , pitals. • They put 'eight :• beds. in'. mittee Medical Workers' . Union.. a room. ;where we'd have , four, It was considered . a reciprocal and conduct two operations in an, gesture for the College'sinvite- op" eratin room where we'd 'have tion . to :three Russians to its: 'In- one:'' g ternational Conferenceon • Gen . •. And; u► his .usual : forthright Oral .Practice .: in . Montreal last manner, • Dr. Johnston replied.to question estion about over -utilization , Dr- Johnston' was . particularly, of free .. medical:.services • "They our aspects. of : Sov- ' impressed by � didn't Chink • marry, � :people wanted Tet health services: The efforts more medical attention than they directed toward prevention.of die- needed.- One doctor' said. "Why ease; the elaborate post -graduate mould anyone want more :treat-, trailing of doctors;' the attempts ment than he needed?''• to make .patients, feel at home ,m The , hospitals, . though crowd- hospitals; and the, highly : organ= ized ambulance service for .emer- . ed by" 'Canadian : standards, :were gaily decorated `to make people, gene.y, treatment :found hi .majorfeel at home." • Beds and chap cities... ' were not. so; comfortaile as here, There is nothing in Canada' to ' • and some . medical equipment was • compare :' with • the ambulance homemade, but the. approach was ,Service, . Dr.': Johnston , said: The .friendly. A. doctor,is�' �a father to one lie saw was.at Kiev, but simand sick: person a d a friend to :a 'Bar services are available•, in all".. healthy � one," said one of the -major ` centres. There , were. ' 120 , ambulances ready • to ' answer emergencies ranging •from . an ac- , cident to a . heart. attack:. Teams of doctors stood - by to specialize :in coronary cases, poisonings, g, evens chia is ' emergencies. P y � g cies; Calls • come through on a cen- tral;' switchboard and the am- bulances ,could' be on their *ay m in in a ute O . seconds... .�1 �� s c ds The polyclinics, althou not ... g Included in.: the preferre:J list Seemed equally impressive. An average clinic . served ' 50,000 ,per-: sons withall types of. treatment. Each, %patient had his own : family doctor in .the clinic, .from whom he must be referred if he wishedweek-end work. If: doctors go to mottoes in- . a : hospital rotunda. ,"Merry . people . are cured first," said another. . - Because post -graduate trainin g is stressed by' the College of: General Practice of Canada. Dr. Johnston 'was, naturally, intrigued • to --hear that all practicing . doctors in the Soviet ''Union must, take a course of.. - from three ' : months to two : years.' : duration ' oiice every' three years. Doctors are not part of the Soviet Union's elite as, far as socio-economic position. goes, Dr. Johnston said. But , they ' work six hours a day, six days a week, with extra pay for overtime : and to see a specialist. (Such a: clinic contained 71 doctors, 21 of. them GPs, and ;90' nurses). Home visits. were made as well as office :calls., All ;persons , up ' to ' age 17 were • expected to have an 'annual • med rural areas they receive pay ,in-, centives. • But they are , not told: where they .must work. • The: 'Russians: believethat the most ' highly motivated persons should . go into medicine . not• lUCKNOW DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOI OTICE 1. The < Lucknow District High School • willresume classes on Tuesday, September 7th, at 9:00 •s.m. The Principal will be available in the school office, for interviews with parents at the following times: 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. and 7:00 to 9:00 p.m' Tuesday;. Qugust Wednesdciy, $eptembo-1 thrsday;Septeniber 2 a. STUDENTS from. the L.D,H.S.:.District who plan to transfer to the Wingham District High School for special courses, will report' to the L.D.H.S. office before 9:00 a.m. on opening day, in order that transportation to Winghamn May be arranged: • L. E. GOYETTE, :Principal. MOTHER NATURE WE MYSTIFY -:GIRLS OVER FIFTY -ON' US RELY G L A DYS' BEAUTY SALON S.1► 3®78 LajCKNOW aParr_ just >thosewith the .highestschol- astic : record. So they have setup asystem whereby. • paramedical personnel' (s u c h as technic- ians and nurses). who wish to be- come doctors can go . to night school : and .earn their degrees . Contrary to the suggestions . of many doctors here that state :med- icine; would reduce the desire of', young persons to •go• into medic- ine, the state. rejects Ii of 12 ap- plicants . ;in some schools, Dr. Johnston said. The lowest reject- ion. rate anywhere is four out of five. There is one. doctor . to every 560 persons in the Soviet Union, compared with. ' . about . one to every ' 850 in Canada: 1; 'A luxurious system of sanitar- iums and rest homes has been established on the' Black Sea, Dr. Johnston said. .Patients stay .26 Y days in the sanitariums: and from four to. twelve days in rest homes. Doctors .refer= patients to the,sari-. itariums, `. which are . treatment - oriented, while the unions pro- vide tickets to the 'rest homes,. which are just thayt. The• rest home vacation is 'offered as • en incentive for : good work. Accofn- modation of 'this sort is provided for. 5,000,000 persons and; . more. is ° being built. Dr. Johnston; who spent more than 25. years in general practice in Lucknow' before heading : up the College' 10 years ago, had no way of ;evaluating the medical'. care being provided 'in. Russia, and he. finds': it difficult to compare the situation there.. with 'that in Can- ada because standards and values: are so . different. `. . A cautious statement •.was re- leased by Dr. Johnston and his colleagues, who . were • Dr. E. C. 'Mc:Coy, executivediirector.:of the IE�vesirougbiflg And Roofing Town And F arm FOR :FREE ESTIMATE CONTACT: BetterBUilding:..Maintenance BOX 'B c/o THE LUCKNOW .SENTINEL QR -LEAVE ORDER AT MURDIE'S HARDWARE' LUCKNOW, ONTARIO '. , PRESENT Y' WOR.. KING'. IN LUCKNOW •AND AREA, . MATERI'ALS • AND SUPPLIES PURCHASED -FROM .:LOCAL MERCHANTS-':: Sandra and Doris are visiting with theirc.;.�family' at Kingston, 'Stoney. Lake, Toronto and Guelph. Barry Tiffin,. of Waterloo ' spent the weekend' 'with his parents Mr,. and. Mrs. Dan Tiffin: On . his re- turn.. he was accompanied by ;Miss Mary Purdon, ' Misses Anne and Donna IRintoul and John 'Cof- fin. all of whom spent the,;.week-4 end at their homes. •• • • Visitors the past week . and on Sunday, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bill • Rintoul were ' Misses Ly- nda and •Jean Caldwell, Blyth, Mr. and Mrs.' Bill Lee and Allan of. Toronto. .. • Visitors with Mr:. and. Mrs. Rus- sel Gaunt on Sunday were Mr. and' Mrs. Bob Arbuckle and fam- ily, .East Wawanosh, Mr. and Mrs. Don Dirstein . of Toronto. Mrs. Dirstein 'returned.' to Toronto to her work but Mr. , Dirstein re- mained to spend some. of his . ho1 idays assistingwiththreshing op- erations. -erations Mr:' and Mrs. Gordon McBurn- ey,. cBurn-ey,. Hugh ,. and Ronald and Mrs. Greg Shiell of:.Wingham visited on Sunday .:with . Edgar and Har- vey •.,' Carr .` and Miss Iva' ,Carr of Dungannon Child. Had.. Operation Mr. and Mrs. Athole Purdon Doug; Patsy and • Shelley., , of Sar- nia spent the week -end here with his parents Mr, and, Mrs: ' A. E. Purdon and Mrs. Cecil . Falconer. •While here theyreceived a.; phone :call ` from.. thein daughter . • Mrs. Bob' `Woods of. Port Colborne .who had gone to Trenton, to spend the week -end with her husband Mr. British Columbia edical Assoc- iation; 'Dr.' 'F. A. Evis,, medical. consultant to the Ontario Hospital. Services -Commission:. and Dr. Stanley Greenhill,' professor of so-'; cialand preventive medicine • at the University of Alberta.: ; • It ..included ` these '.remarks: "Both the Canadian.delegation and;. their ' Soviet . hosts' agreed .that some USSR;' ideas and practices' in the field of health areof prac- . tical use' in Canada, 'Similarly, it is probable , that some • . Canadian procedures may be applicable to some parts of the USSR health services. 'Both : • are more,- certain than ever that , medicine knows no national boundaries. They are both convinced that, exchange vis its of doctors and public health officials: between the USSR and Canada are very. valuable and de- sirable." r, Woods who . was supervising ' a boy's summer camp:, The Woods .. 19 month old baby, left in the care of Mr. Wood's mother, had . . choked 'and was rushed to' hospit- al and operated on before the, par- ents could be located.: The friends here wish., the childa speedy re- covery . e-covery. Mr and Mrs. Sandy Murray, Kathleen, . Phyllis,' Alex.and-Patri- cia of Sharon spent', the ' week -end , with . Mr. and Mrs. Charles Tiffin. Mr. and Mrs. Relison„, Falconer,. Susan, 'Lynn and Paul of Brights , Grove spent the..wee1�-end here ' and Brian whohad bee.�n vacation- ing ing' here : with his grand -mother Mrs. ., Cecil Falconer returned home while Paul remained for hol- idays. Miss Wendy , McConnell of London is also visiting at the same home.' Visitors with Mrs. Cecil Falconer on the . week -end were Mr. and Mrs. Elgin Wewood Caledon, Mr. and- Mrs: Richard Wellwood, Mar- go and Susan of ' .Bathurst, N.B. ' Richard Wellwood, the week be- fore; had met and conversed with, Archie Jamieson in : Bathurst. Ar- - chie . at one time worked at the ' . honie of the late , Walter Fergus- on : 6th. `.Con Kinloss. Many form- er, friends will be ` interested • in knowing; of 'Archie's :location. • Mr ,and Mrs. A. E. Purdon,'. Lucknow; Mr. and' Mrs. Jack Mc- Intyre, Wingham, Mr. and Mrs. - Bill McIntyre,- London, were also.. Sunday callers at the . home : of . d Mrs. Cecil Falconer a Mr.and Mrs.` Wesley Tiffin and Mrs: Myr tle• Dawson. VVHITECI4URCH (Ini.eac:ed For Last Week) Mr. ' and Mrs. Victor. Tagan Mary Lynn and,, ,Susan McLeod and :Oliver McBrien of Goderich. were Thursday visitors with Mr. and . Mrs. Elrcg Laidlaw. Mr. and Mrs. Clayton ; Scholtz, Karen, Lisa and Kenton were' Sun- day visitors with his parents' Mr. and Mrs: Ezra 'Scholtz. ' Mr. 'and Mrs. Gene Tunney, Ricky and Shirt Ann of Inglewood and Kenneth Neable were Sunday visitors with ' Mr .and. Mrs, Bill Neabie. Wayne Farrier on Sunday ac- companied Mr .and Mrs. Athole Purdon and family to Sarnia and will visit with Mr.. and Mrs, Jack Gillespie and family. Mr.- • .and Mrs. George Fisher, NOW THERE'S ONE MORE GOOD REASON WHY .YOU SHOULD, CONVERT YOUR PRESENT. EQUIPMENT TO SAFE, ECONOMICAL OIL. HEAT is easy to convert to ail. 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