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Mrs. Allan Mecaii
Mr. and Mrs. Pave WOW)
spent Be Ong DAy at the home 'or
their daughter and
Mr. and,' Mrs, Don We! Pf
Thamesford, also visiting at The
same home were Mr: and Mrs.
Roy Harmon; Mr, and Mrs. David
Hannon and .reff of•Mitchell, IVO;
and Mrs. Erie Crick of Stratford
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Prieharst,
' Kim and Mark of London.
• ((Editor's note: J ames Y. Nicol operates on an, econo mic One evening late in the' fall she 9 Have you e'xamine'd ,the ',
is a longtime Toronto newsman philosophy that might better be was rushed to the hospital, mote' emergency waicl4iles of these '24 • ,
..who is helping Palmerston Oh- applied to.a ''taikvay. ' . .dead than:a ' live. Diagnoses: „hospitals? ' .
server editor\ Arthur Carr is, his Before me, as'l dash this off to "statns asthamticus.," For three- I hope that the ,proposal before
fight to keep small Ontario your eager public', I have a list of houk tivo family physicians' gave .---' you does not represent an easy
-- hospitals open. Mr. Nicol des . emergency cases from the' files of intravenous' solutions to relieve Out.' • , . • N
critics 'how small hospitals have one,of the endangered hospitak. her, Without this intensive care Whife some doctors specialize
saved lives in entergencie,s across All ,within the past year. Because what 'would ,, have the outcome ''in trifling .allments and in
. the 'province.) . - this hospital is located ' exactly been? ' . ' ' . 'ordering iab tests, the surgeons,
(By James Y. Nicol) - -• . where it is, six persons ,are alive'- Yes.' Mr,: Miller, y ou might , familY-.: doetorS and nurses,
Is there, a doctil in-the:house, todaY;MultiPlY'that by 24 and you also.'talk tO,,anothee woman, age identified with these 24.'hospitals
who says, that. OHIP • ' is in will realize - that the smaller "24, who was rushed by arribulange rescue ilie4eXishing. ','•
satisfactory condition or doing as • ,hospitals have saved nearly 250 'to the emergency wing of. the , - .r-
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March 2 7 ,. GET A LOOK AT OV.R WHEELBARROWS These
6 THERE HE 15;- The audience got into the act at the Holiday Happenjngs puppet,.. Seaforth children were, just a number of kids who
(Staff Photo)
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't Small hospitals do save lives
show last Week, One of the puppet characters was lurking behi-nd another puppet"-
who didn't4c0Ow he was there. The kids in the, audience knew thougld',1044ated
out "There hale" '.`behind you" as a warning. The puppet show, with fairy
dramas will be repealed , at the library Saturday for -children from three to six.
enioyed games and races and the penny carnival at
PLANNING PLOWING— Some of the members o f the' Huron Plowman's
Association chat about the coming year ,at their annual meeting in Winthrop
Monday afternebn. (Staff Photo)
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• SWING ONE NIGN•11.0NLY..WED.. JANUARY 14 Apo, to I. GY .
In 2114 Dec. 23 issue; a meow was xieerilawi for Saiunkae
bulged of EundAy, This was an error of The Sitewl.Stae and we apologize for any relsurteleratenclinos this may have
,eaused.
'-p well as may be .expectedl °, ' , Ifves-it the last 12 'months while same , hdspital on'' a:, ',,Sunclay
. . If so, is he the same doctor who big city' doctor-kooks are treating afternoon. She was in profound ..
treated the 'same, patient .200 their cooky patients for runny.% shock. Let me quote, a Medical •
times in the same year for the ..noses. And .makint''a fa,'Ce, 'if report: , • , ' . .1 .
same case of .the sniffles - ant. :' not a racket, of OLIIP. ' ' '‘,An ectopic pregnancy,. that is
• billed OHIP accordingly? ' • ' Sure I'M blowing off stent,• a pregnanw developing in, Ibe
No kidding, Arthur, my boy an `Isn't, it time . somebody did? - fallopian tubes outside the wonSb
• 'investigation has revealed such a , , Hey, there Health': Minister and a . rupture was suspected. •
chronic case of OHIP madness.. 'Miller! Let me say, sir, 1 wouldn't .- Surgery -was performed by the
Don't ask' how I found out about - s tep in your shoes °for a million 'a . local general surgeon within an •
it. Even in.ray-61d7ageil,ean keep year. You' haires•a• dirty'' job a ahed ,:i),up•-aS ..4e was ..rUshecia, to' the .
a confidence. Know something of you. • • ' hospital -too. As thd area of,
else? . • . .. . Bureve n ,as yon ' contemplate 'hemorrhage was identified and
•, Investigation has also shown tt that list of endangered 'hospitals, stopped the "woman received four.
more subtle - and far more costly the, same hospitals, 'whielt,' to ,,units of-blood. Six days later she .
form of OHIP sabo6ge: With, the quote the. 'Canadian 'Press,- ' ( I: was able, to' return home. ' ,
best of intentions, •• .perhaPS.. can't refrain) "could be• closed ' "However in the opinion of the
doctors-are ordering toneceswithout,-y' any, loss of ; service:" • anaethesist, the surgeon' and two o
laboratory . tests which waste the: ,please reflect with pride On .their family physician's, the, patient
time of technicians and thousands pa,,qt, performance. Tell us what - would not have surviyed had: not 0
of public dollai•s. • Re•stilt:•—ffie . you're going to do without them. the facilities of the. hospital and -
Ontario Hospital insurance Plan Have a quiet . chat with' this its operating staff been, available'
is in trouble - had trouble. Y17,P; vr,.yea-r-olcl man who' would ',to treat her as quickly as she,
unless we sort things..._dift ''in a/'-'Certainly not be'with `us today if was," . .
hurry there'll he more pi' to'•- pay th"sei!vice'had", been chopped. ' How, Mr. Miller, do you treat a
than has ever been raised since The .mart was, almost gasping his
olc1 Bill Mason gaye you that job last hr etrilt when they got him to.
as' a printer's,-devil up Sudbury 'the 'emergency Ward. He was'
way in the days' when men were suffering from what the doctcir
men and women are glad of it, ' called; "tension pneurnothorax.'''
O. 'If Public, health costs dre In eases like these a "bubble"
`AlloWed to increase as They:- have of the lung rupturesiand fills the
been doing in recent year, they:. space between the rib cage 'and
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We do hereby
• Proclaim that 1976 will
bring you health,happines and
prosperity, and-we do declare
--our thanlik-to all-our-frien
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• the public school during the Centennial on'Sunday
afternoon. (Staff Photo) 7.
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man 'Whose. left'-arm has been
struck by a sharp piece oktron
that severs the tilpar artery and .
all structure to the bone? , • -
Mier th.c .10-year.old j fietory.., •
entployee met with his, accident,
he was 10 minutes. 'at the,•.most,
from death's door. Fortunately
will' bankrupt ' the "Ontario the .1u-ng 'surfaVe: In ' time the . .the hospital Was not that: many - .
Treasury . by I •(,./.81. Cm fold ,affected, lun collaPses' under the ':minntesaway,,:There the bleeding ,
- Understand. that 'tie proviruSC:'is iricreasink „pressure. 'and 'the was stopped Soon. enough Ad ,
now spending $2.56 billion or 28., opposite lung is collapSed. -Unless - prevent severe complications and .
percent of its annual revenue• on treated instantly the patient dies. • tc permit surgery the same day."
omp.• ' , c , At this 'small hospital which With arteries- and .nerves
iff Health Minister Frank' m er . you. Mr. Miller, may cloSe. a repaired he checked out of the •
hat:been supplied with a list 'of:244, thoracentesiS Was Carried out. - hospital eight days later.
hospitals • • which, .., to That is 'a tube was inserted into If, Mr. Miller, you wonder why..
,Canadian Press, "could be Closed the `space between the rib cage he',' hadn't bled -to- ,'cleat-h, the :.
without any loss of service in .and the lunwsurfaceltrallow the surgeon. the family ddetor and. -
' order to efft:mectiraltuosts." 'All .air ores-Sate-to travel' outside the the anaesthesist will explain it to,
are in the Smaller centres, you ' man's thoracic- cavity •avid cast you. No need To refer to the staff •
.111 -ma:Fttmttre-,--When-4.1whez 4.1.'..s.ne.i.ne'sstate,onAteArm. After •-• of • the nearest regional ftospital.
"V • • pick __onthe • - ' lifhle- .' guys thistreatmcnt, whireb-allOwed-him The mari would have been a •
regardless?. -,. to- breath4ThortnaITY;. he, was . corpse .by the time lie arrived . •
,,. Question: Will facilities in the, transferred to a regional hoS0.14. , 'there. '
' metropolitan areas be zugtailt J irIS But he would never 'have made it Mr. Miller. may 1 ask you,
drastically? , • . ./ • . there it' 'the' small hOsPital had', courtesy of my good . friend. ,
Don't hold yOur breath for the been closed! , Arthur Carr., whc told us tyat 24
answer to that one. In the frenzy PerhapS-,. Mr. Miller, 'you ' ' hospitals" could be,?•--closed
to put °HIP on the main track, should als6 talk to this 25-yea,r,o1d - without any:, loss. of ,..seryjse?„Qr,„,?
,the branch lines wil be ignored. woman who' had been' 'Suffering ' has the good, old Canadian Press'
Yet lives will' he • ost 'if OHIP, ,for several years :with asthma. ,got you wrong?
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