HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1979-06-13, Page 40EXETER KINSMEN — made a recent donation to purchase equipment for
the therapy department. Standing in front of the parallel bars are Brian
Sanders, Ken Klages, Tom Humphries, Bill Armstrong, Ken Sneddon, Larry
Lichty and Bob Reynolds.
Area groups generous
Through the years, area
organizations have given generous
support to the local hospital.
Perhaps the most notable is the
Exeter Lions Club that first con
ceived the idea of a hospital in the
district and then pushed through the
first money-raising campaign to get
the project started.
Other organizations have provided
needs,
while still others have provided
much needed funds. Among those
who have contributed in great
measure to the hospital are: Grand
Bend Lion’s Club, Zurich Lion’s
Club, R.E. Pooley Legion, Ladies
Legion Auxiliary, Order of the
Eastern Star, Exeter IOOF and
Rebekah Lodges, Exeter Kinsmen,
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority, district
Women’s Institutes, and the Gideons.
Funds raised locally
By C. A. CANN
(Public Relations Chairman)
The addition to the local hospital
which is being officially opened next
week was completely paid for by the
local community with the help of a
grant from Huron County of $152,000.
No funding was received from the
Ministry of Health.
The total cost of the building and
equipment plus the $100,000.00 for the
new x-ray purchased in 1977 was
provided for the hospital through
bequests and gifts of money from
local interested people who over the
years have left very substantial
legacies to the hospital.
The Exeter Kinsmen raised
$3200.00 for physiotherapy equip
ment. The hospital Women’s
Auxiliary donated $25,000.00
towards emergency equipment as
well as $5,000.00 for the whirlpool
bath.
In recent years hospital budgets
have been controlled and reduced.
Cut backs have been made and will
continue to me made. The South
Huron Hospital is no exception.
Although it continues to maintain 36
active treatment beds and eight
chronic beds, the Ministry has
recommended that they be reduced
to 28 active and 12 chronic.
The long term Master Program
made by the hospital consultants in
1972 projected that this hospital
would require a total of 68 beds in
1980 and 82 beds by 1990. This
raises many questions and decisions
to be made by local hospital boards.
One thing is certain.
jective of the Board of Directors of
South Huron Hospital to maintain a
high standard of health services for
this community at a reasonable cost.
And with the department of Health
recommending a greater level of out
patient care, the new addition will do
just that.
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Hospital department
TRACTION PATIENT — is assisted
by physio-therapist Alisa Frayne at
South Huron
of therapy.
variousequipment to meet It is the ob-
HURON COUNTY — Health Of
fices are housed in the lower level of
the hospital. Two of the staff are
shown above, John Orr, public
health inspector, and Jean
Dunsford, public health nurse.
BOARD OF DIRECTOR FOR 1979 — Seated, Dr. C. Wallace, Tom Hudson, Harold Gunn, Dr. G. Leitch, Robert
Dinney, Mrs. Earl Campbell. Standing, Derry Boyle, Elmer McBride, Jim Kneale, Bob Down, Harry Hayter, Dr. R.
Topp, Bill Smith, C.A. Cann. Missing is B. Hoogenboom.
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