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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1968-03-28, Page 3Timas-Acjvocat., March, 2S, 1968 AT 'THE .0110H. 4;110404, By .A.nn. craach Compete in.. Buffalo ONTARIO HOSPITAL SERVICES COMMISSION NEW HOSPITAL INSURANCE PREMIUMS HOSPITALS AND HOSPITAL SERVICES ARE BETTER THAN EVER, BUT THEIR COSTS ARE RISING STEADILY...AND SO ARE OURS. BETTER CARE—BETTER PROTECTION Modern scientific hospital care is putting thousands sacrificed—facilities and service must constantly attain of patients on the road to health every day. This care increasingly higher standards. In 1959, however, is the best that has ever been available—but it is Ontario Hospital Insurance ended the worry of hos- becoming more and more costly to provide. Steadily pital expense for patients who need such care. Over rising hospital costs have, for many years, affected all 7 million Ontario residents, 99 % of the people, have hospitals across Canada and in other countries. peace of mind in knowing that their hospital bills are Nevertheless, the quality of hospital care cannot be `prepaid' through their Government-insurance plan. WHY COSTS CONTINUE TO RISE PRICES ARE UP Hospitals, like everyone else, are paying more for salaries, wages and fringe benefits, and more for food, drugs, equipment, supplies and services. SERVICE IS BETTER Medical science now provides many new, costly types of treatment which require admission to hospital. While these procedures prolong life and improve health, they also increase the use of hospitals and require more skilled staff, more facilities, more drugs and other expensive supplies. HOSPITALS ARE USED MORE Greater use is also being made of hospitals because there is no longer a financial barrier to necessary care, more hospital beds are available and there are increasing num- bers of elderly citizens, many of Whom require prolonged treatment in hospital. In 1947, Ontario had only 17,473 active treatment, chronic and convalescent hospital beds; in 1958 there were 31,000. Today there are over 46,800 such beds available to insured persons. More beds mean more patients, more cost, PAY ENVELOPES TAKE MOST About 750 out of every $1.00 in insured hospital services and fringe benefits to other similar occupations in the represents salaries, wages and fringe benefits for hospital community. This means that hospitals, today, have more employees. Hospital staffs now enjoy employment condi- and better paid employees to provide their essential round- tions which are comparable in rates and hours of work the-clock service for the sick and injured. NEW PREMIUM RATES There has been no change in Ontario Hospital Insurance The Government has now found it necessary, however, to premiums since 1964, and this has been made possible introduce new premiums to help meet the sharp increase through increased Provincial Government contributions in the cost of the Ontario Hospital Insurance Plan, The from general revenues to maintain the premium rates Provincial Government will continue to contribute sub- established at that time. In the years 1965, 1966, and 1967, stantially to the cost of hospital care, and the Federal the Provincial Government contributed $176.5 million in Government's contribution will also keep pace with the support of the plan, plus some $334 million for mental and rising plan costs, tuberculosis care, and for special and capital hospital The new premiums effective with regular advance pay- grants, to a total of $510.5 million, meats for the benefit month of July, 1968, are:. BASIC STANDARD WARD INSURANCE Single (no eligible dependants) $ 5.50 a month Family (one or'more eligible dependants) - - $11.00 a month The above new rates will be payable on Ali regular group and pay-direct billings due in April, 1968, to cover the benefit month(s) beginning with July, 1968, NEW BENEFITS Consistent with its policy through the years of adding Insurance, the following new benefits will be available to wherever possible to the benefits of Ontario Hospital insured persons Oh and rifler July 1, 1968. OUT-PATIENT HOSPITAL SERVICES Coverage for hospital out-patient services prescribed by a and in follow-Up treatment of fractures, physician when associated with necessary medical treat- These added benefits will include the use of a substantial ment—but not drugs taken home, or diagnostic x-ray list of care facilities at hospitals which ere necessary tits' examinations or laboratory tests Which are listed as bene- modern medical care and will close the gap between fits of the Ontario Medical Services Insurance Plan present insured services and those services normally (OMSIP). Such x-rays and laboratory tests, however, will covered by OMSIP, continue to be covered under present "emergency" benefits ESSENTIAL AMBULANCE SERVICE Also, benefits will be provided for ambulance SerVite to the allibtlianCe operator at the time the service is which is essential for the transportation of a patient. The provided, Details or the benefit will be announced at a patient will be required to pay a small portion of the cost later date.- NOTE: The above summary is for your convenience only. For detailed inforrnation please refer to the Provincial and Federal acts and regulationS regarding these matters, or Write to the address below. , HEALTH INSURANCE REGISTRATION BOARD* 2195 VONGE STREET, TORONTO 7, ONTARIO, gealth Insurance Registration board Set up by the The Health Insurance Registration Board is the central registration Province te act as an agency•for both Ontario Hospital Insurance Office handling enrollment, bitting, and premium Collection, and and OMSIP. anSwering inquiries about the Ontario Government Medical health insurance plans, eJ00 eA40* eA;49 e W049 eA:d9 Coop e:4009 ePX,9 eXi‘9 QA4D WOAD CA;) WIC4k9 WO* CAOU Gloeo mon otto woo m•ttwo nom nom County ups library budget, pay boosts for home staff Using modern methods Tape recorders are being used in developing listening skills in language at Mount Carmel Separate school. Above, grade two and three students are listening to tapes and recording their thoughts on paper. Back, Maurice Ryan and Bob pavkje. Front, Jim Fleming, Steven McCann and Fred Van Osch.— T-A photo Mrs. C Watson dies in hospital Mrs. Clifford "Pop" Watson, 75, of Exeter, died in South Huron Hospital on Monday, March. 25. She was the former Mamie Churchill of Clinton and follow- ing her marriage January 6, 1917 to Cliff Watson they lived in Detroit for a short time and then came to Kippen where they operated a hotel for sever al years. Later they operated a booth at CFB, Centralia. They retired to Exeter. They celebrated their golden wedding in January 1967. Surviving besides her husband are six daughters and four sons: Mrs. V. (Ruth) Buccicone of Gary, Indiana, Mrs. J. (Theda) Finch of Elizabeth, N. J., Mrs. Blanche Sim, London, Mrs. Peter (Ida) Gridzak, Egmondville, Bill of Cincinnati, Ohio, Dick of Germ- any, Dan of Halifax, John of Tor- onto, Mrs. Tom (Betty) Steiner of Gary , Indiana and Mrs. G. (Maxine) Truemner of Parkhill, two sisters, Mrs. Luella Hillen and Mrs. George (011ie) Bailey, both of Detroit, also 43 grand- children and three great-grand- children. Funeral services will be con- for not $59.95 but only Fairfield folk elect officers Fairfield Friendly Folk met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Murray Elliott Monday night with 19 present. Mrs. H. Powe conducted an agricultural quiz. Mrs. Elliott read excerpts of interest from a letter received from a relative in Arizona. Card games were played and lunch served. A new slate of officers for the c o rn i ng season was elected. President is Ted Lamport; vice- president, Earl Neil; secretary- treasurer, Mrs. Earl Haist; assistant, Mrs. Joe White; press, \ Mrs. Gordon Wilson; social com- mittee, Mr. and Mrs. Joe White, Messrs. George and Jack Hep- burn, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Neil and Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Haist. Notitt Bosancluet Mr. & Mrs. Harold Pym of London have returned from Mexico and visited Mr. & Mrs. Mervyn Pym, Saturday. Mr. & Mrs. Harold Prance and grandchildren Ruth Ann and Brian Gill visited at Norman Vincents, Grand Bend, Thursday. Mrs. Jos Frost of St. Cathar- ines has been transferred from the General Hospital there to Toronto General Hospital for spe- cial treatment. Mr. & Mrs. Harry McKinnon, Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Wilson and Kim of Sarnia visited at the Haig Farm over the weekend. Kim spent the holidays with Mr.' & Mrs. John Wilson. Maurice Hawkins is employed as mechanic at the Haig Farm garage. Norman Wilson is bulldozing on Lake Smith. The staff at Ipperwash Camp have returned to duty. Ideal weather on Saturday fa- Voted a demonstration of army equipment to officer cadets at Ipperwash. paratroop tests for 1RCR are held at Tillsonburg over week- ends and in May will be held at Ipperwash — in the lake. Mr. & Mrs. Mervyn Pym visit- ed their daughter in Sarnia, Sun- day. Too Late To Classify FOR SALE Chesterfield a nd chair, Phone 235-1031. 28c FOR SALE -- Baled hay. 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Huron joins opposition Huron County council has joined Perth County and Palmer- ston in protesting proposed with- drawal of passenger service by Canadian National Railwaysbe- tween Palmerston and other area points. Council Tuesday endorsed a Palmerston resolution protesting the service cut to the board of transport commissioners. A pub- lic hearing has yet to be held in pal merston. Council supported an Essex County resolution seeking in- creased hospital grants by pro- vincial and federal governments to cover a greater share of capi- tal construction costs. It also gave support to a Peter- borough resolution favoring take- over of all secondary school education costs by the Ontario department of education, or joint- ly by the provincial and federal governments. ducted Thursday, March 28 at 2 pm at the R. C. Dinney Fu- neral Home, Main St., Exeter, with interment in Exeter Cemet- ery. z • Huron County genncll. meet- ing in Cpderich on ,Monday ap- proved a Huron County Library hedget of 024,360, Acteal cost to the ratepayers in Huron is $50,250 after grants and other income have heen considered. Last year 'S budget was $102, 499.32. This year's •in, crease is credited to the ac- quisition of a qualifipd librarian and the discontinuance of the incentive grant available for only one year. Library committee chairman Frank McFadden, reeve of Hay- field, pointed out that there is a $2,400 grant in librarian Carolyn Croke's salary of $9,000 per annum. Mr. McFadden also encouraged reeves and deputy-reeves to re- mind library staff in the various municipalities that additional costs to the library committee will ultimately come out of mu- nicipal pockets. McFadden sug- gested that some local librarians are "getting some veryambitous ideas now that everything is being paid by the county". HURONVIEW Council learned that a new housekeeping department has been established at Huronview with Mrs. Mary Gibbings as the new department head. Since the nursing staff (ward aids) had been doing this work, the number of nurses at the home has decreased and employees transferred to the housekeeping department. Some new persons have been hired bringing total staff in the housekeeping depart- !tient (including laundry) to 16 emplOyeee, Budget for the year was ape, proved at $672, 500 of which $75,300 is the county share. Wages account for $410,900 and council was informed that a two- Year conract with the Interna- tional Union of Operating Engin- eers, Local 772 had beep ae, cepted. The agreement calls for an in- crease of 25 cents to $2.40 per hour for 1968 and a further in- crease of 23 cents per hour to $2.63 per hour effective January 1, 1969. Contract would expire December 31, 1969. Statuatory holidays' will be paid at time and a half if worked plus a day's pay for the holiday. Pay increases for 1968 will be retroactive to January 1, 1968. All employees, to ion or non- union members, will pay an equivalent amount of Union dues and assessments as a condition of employment. Also included in the budget this year is $20,000 for the purchase of a new washer-extractor to replace part of the present equip- ment and $1500 has been allocated to lower the ceiling in the ground floor centre wing to cover the ex- posed heating pipes. . Harvey Johnson, HurOnview superintendent, reported t h at there are 257 residents at the present time, including 99 males and 158 females. There have been 20 admissions since the new year although' a flu epidemic had forced the temporary shut-down at the Home when it was closed to visitors and newcomers. The road committee has 19114 it necessary to increase the mill rate f9r road PPTP0eP from. 93 mills to ifi mills, chairman pm gay*, reeve of Stephen, ex- plained the committee was re, )octant to institute the increase 'but added, "We must have the money to just stay even." Maintenance costs have been estimated at $550,009; road con- struction at $680,000; bridge and culvert construction at $150,000. Total road budget, is$1,930,000 with $689,000 of that amount to raised at the county level, At 10 mills the amount raised for road purposes will be $692,639. Council was advised that the road between Brucefield and Varna will be designated for con- struction in April of this year. The entire cost for this 4.3 miles of road, which has been estimated at $469,000 will be borne by the Ontario Department of Highways. Approval was given to under- take a new needs study of the present county road system. The last needs study carried out in the county cost $25,000 it was noted by engineer Jim Braun at the session on Monday. The cost will be subsidized 50 per- cent by the department of high- ways. WARDEN'S AND PERSONNEL Harold Robinson, chairman of the warden's and personnel com- mittee and reeve of Howie k Town- ship, reported that the county picnic will be held again this year at Seaforth Lion's park because it is felt that "for the present it The foursome of Judy Burke, Trudy Stover, Gord Greenwood and Dan Wilson will represent SHDHS in a Teenage Bonspiel to be held in Buffalo, N.Y. on. March 30 and 31, They will leave Friday, curl is the most satisfactory area". Five delegates instead of the usual three representatives will be sent to the Ontario Counties Convention. Each county. is en- titled to five voting delegates and with the emphasis this time on regional government, council felt that additional men should be on hand to boost Huron's position. Warden Cal Kreuter; Reeve Leroy Thiel, chairman of the finance and executive commit- tee; Harold Robinson; Grant Stir- ling, reeve of GOclerich Town- ship; and clerk-treasurer John Berry will attend from Huron. At 3 a.m, a policeman stopped a drunk who was dragging a chain down the street. "Hey, buddy, what're you pulling that chain for?" The drunk looked up, bleary- eyed, and said, "D'ya ever try pushing one?" all day Saturday and Sunday and. return home, by train, SundaY evening. The students will he billetted in various homes in. Buffalo. A dance and a banquet has also been planned for their enjoyment, I'm sure that all of us wish these four students the very best of luck) Students of SHDHS will have the rare pleasure of listening to the Royal Canadian Regiment Concert Band, under the dir- ection of Capt. Derek Stannard., C.D., LRAM., ARCM. AR CT at the school on April 3. This marvellous band entertained at SHDHS two years ago and were excellent! The public is cordially invited to attend this concert, which will begin at 2:30 p.m. A canvass for the Red Cross Society, in the town of Exeter, is due to occur this afternoon beginning at 5:30 p.m. Students from SHDHS will be helping with this canvass. Please give gener- ously to this worthy cause. Approximately fourteen grade 13 students will be touring London Teachers' College, in London, on April 1. This tour is expected to be educational and to give the students a more expansive view of teaching as a profession. See you soon! Thii is one of the best sump pumps, we've seen in years. Capacity: 2,500 gallons per hour again. St a 6-ft, head. Motor ball bearings are Sealed in for permanent protection. Unit is overload pro. tected. Five vane impeller is rust proof. Has thick walled bronze shaft bearings. Height: 33 inches. Most 1,4 H.P. Pumps Cost Up To $.60„00 You Get 1,3 H.P. For Only $44.95 at Offer expires Sat., April 6, 1968. ONE-THIRD H.P. 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