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Home My WebLink AboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1955-08-31, Page 12"THE MONSTER" MOVES TOWNS I N PATH OF SEAWAY FAMILY INCOME took CONSULT- read Mrs. Mrs. Parker pronouncing the benediction. An excellent method of having an adequate insurance estate for the men with a young family. Twelve 'X'Jie Wingham Advance-Times, Wednesday, August 31, 1955 HARDWAREGLASS EVERYDAY LOW PRICES or ■ we en-. like, or like to Swifts Premium, fully cooked (Skinless & Hockless) Smoked Picnic Shoulder ... . One thing that seems to bother the < the type of anaesthetic to be given average Canadian a great deal is "red even the extent of the operation. yOl/P G. HARVEY AGNEW, m.d. PRESIDENT, ONTARIO HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION St. Paul’s Ladies Guild Meets A meeting of St. I’aul’s Ladies Guild was held on Thursday, August 25th, in the parish room of the church. In the absence of the president, Mrs. Murray Johnson, Mrs. E. Fuller, 3M, vice-president, conducted the meeting which was opened by aU the members repeating the General Con fession and the Lord’s Prayer. The minutes of the last meeting were by Mrs. Parker, supplying for Smalley, the treasurer’s report also read. The matter of showers to be for the annual bazaar was discussed and it was decided to hold two during September and two in October. Mrs. Herb Mitchell kindly offered her home for the first one to be held on September 15th, the other1 on the 29th in the Parish Boom of the church, pending later arrangements. A nice supply of material was dona ted and several of the ladies pieces home to be made up into' aprons, etc. The meeting was closed with ISS r ijgg ilSlSI A* When Glasses Are Not Needed . . . Hamiltons will tell you so. If glasses are needed you are sure of top quality and expert service. W, R. HAMILTON, R.O “A Complete Visual Examination*- FRANK C. HOPPER —Representative— Canada Life WINGHAM, ONT. IGA 16 OZ. Peanut Butter .. 31c allsweet * LB. Margerine ...........,. 30c MIXED LB. Sandwich Cookies . 29c MONARCH - LB White Cake Mix .. 23c CROWN BRAND 2 LBS. SYRUP ................. 28c INSTANT Quaker Oats 12 OZ. . 35c The number of diphtheria cases reported in Canada climbed to 208 last year from 132 in 1953, the first increase since 1944, Tlrree-Legged, Triple Breasted 2 - 3 lb. average (Oven Ready) Frying Chickens lb. 53c ... 49c MAPLE LEAF Skinless Sausage . . 39c TABLE ready COOKED MEATS Mac & Cheese Loaf '............lb. 49c Pickle & Pimento Loaf ..............lb. 49c Chicken Style Loaf ..............lb. 49c WE DELIVER FINAL PHASE OF AN ASSEMBLY LINE SUPER LAYING MASH The quality and quantity of products manufactured by any assembly line depends on the quality of the raw material available. To make sure of consistent, long-term high produc tion from your laying flock, it is necessary to feed the correct egg-building materials. Pound for pound, SHUR-GAIN Super Laying Mash contains more of the vital egg-making nutrients than ordinary mashes *— more protein, Vitamins, Minerals and energy. We manufacture high-efficiency SHUR- GAIN Super Laying Mash right here — it's guaranteed fresh and palatable. LTD % WINGHAM SASH FRAMES CUPBOARDS PITTSBURG PAINTS Custom Woodwork Telephone 260-w Carpentry STAIRS SCREENS Building Wingham Townspeople of Iroquois, Ont., have dubbed this house-moving equipment the "Monster.” It was imported from the U.S. to move homes to lh6 new townsite selected when the St. Lawrence plans showed Iroquois to be under, water, The Monster has already began-the job'of transport ing the homes, while citizens stare at its man oeuvres In awe and admiration. Tires on the Central Press Canadian Monster are 10 feet high and cost $6;000. each, and it required nine railway cars to move it to Iroquois. Assembled and ready for. operations, as shown here, it requires a 75-foot parking space. It can move a two-storey house, residents and all, and will transport 600 houses over roll ing farmland to new sites. VISITING AUTOS HIT NEW HIGH tape." Perhaps it is because the aver age Canadian is industrious and keen, likes to get things done and is im patient and perturbed when delayed. As a matter of fact, very few of us like to be bothered with restrictions, rules and regulations which often pre vent us from doing what we doing it when and how we’d do it. Unfortunately, day by day, counter a great deal of “red tape" in our regular routine. Actually most of it is very essential. This is especially so in the case of Government proced ures, military bodies, railways or other large organizations. It is equally essential in the day-by-day operation in a hospital. Why? For one thing hospitals are just like many other complex organi zations. In these it has been found that when there are many people in volved, or many procedures to be followed, the only way . to maintain any semblance of contr.ol and order is to have adequate rules and regula tions governing all routine. Otherwise confusion and chaos are bound to be come prevalent. I know of one instance where rela tives of an individual who was about to undergo a major operation were critical of hospital “red tape” because he was not permitted to have his us ual breakfast. They did not realize that a meal might greatly increase the hazards of the anaesthetic, that it might interfere with the operation, or even cause vomiting which, in turn, could cause death by choking. Most hospitals object to youngsters visiting in the children’s or maternity wards. This regulation, appreciated by medical and hospital staffs, is mainly designed to curb or reduce the possi bility of spreading communicable dis eases, A ihajor gripe of some people who have relatives or friends confined to hospital is that they are unable to visit the patient at almost any hour of the day or night, even when that patient is hot seriously ill. They don’t stop to consider that it would be grossly unfair to make exceptions and if visitors Were allowed at all hours, the medical staff, the housekeeping and dietary staffs, and particularly the nurses, would have great difficulty getting their work done. Furthermore, every doctor and nurse is well aware that many patients would make a more rapid recovery if there Were fewer visitors. This Observation ap plies especially to many children. That is why a "no visitors’’ sign must often be hung on a Ward door to pro tect the patient, or patients. Patients sometimes wonder why they must enter hospital on the after noon or evening before the day of the operation. More red tape! Why not next morning? Is it so an extra day .can be charged up? Actually it has been found necessary, except in some minor cases, in order to be sure that various laboratory tests (perhaps not realized by the patient) can be done or tn permit some preliminary medi cation or treatinent to be given. FOr example, some patients are found to have diabetes of kidney disease, or some other condition, quite unknown to thehi, and these might seriously affect There are numerous other proced ures which most hospitals follow and which, of necessity, may be regarded as "'red tape." Some of these are nec essary to conform to legislation and those legal requirements which are applicable to their everyday exist ence. Such requirements may include the obtaining of certain information from the patient or his relatives. Furthermore, in order to protect themselves and members of their medical staffs from unwarranted legal action, hospitals obtain written con sent for an operation and other pro cedures. Most regulations are designed to protect the ’patient. A good example is one whereby, except in cases of dire emergency, an operation may not be performed unless a pre-operative diagnosis has' been recorded on the patient’s chart. This regulation was developed by medical . staffs them selves to protect the patient from hasty and unnecessary surgery. It is also interesting to note that in this province no major operation can be performed .on a public ’patient without a consultation by members of the surgibal staff. The regulation respect-' ing therapeutic is quite strict. These are just a few of many regu lations which have been set up and are rigidly followed by public hospi tals everywhere in Ontario. It is true, some of-them seem like a lot of "red tape” and appear restrictive to us at the time, regardless of whether we be in the position of the patient, rela tive, or even the attending physician. Nevertheless, each regulation,!* has a reason and we cannot help but realize, that they have been developed over the years for the primary purpose of safeguarding and protecting the pat ient. A new record for vehicles entering Canada on traveler’s permits was es tablished in July. The Bureau of Statistics reported the July figure of 580,936 exceeded the previous mark of 562,223 set in July, 1954. Travellers permits are issued for vehicles staying in Canada longer than 48 hoars or travelling beyond the port of entry. Commercial vehicles are not included in this category. For the first seven months of this year, entries totalled. 1,366,824, up from 1,314,655 for the January-July period of 1954. k 030^ Time and weather can’t mar the perennial good looks of alumi num screen cloth. 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