HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1973-12-12, Page 12"Neither Snow Nor Slee
printed in an Ontario
Association publication v‘
distributed to all the hos
the province.
The unit was pioneered
ambulance department of
ham and District Hospita
712Erillia
To hospitalo by tobogg
NAT1ViTr GROUP, Mary and Joseph attributed to Salvatore di Franco; Baby Jesus
to Giuseppe Sammartino. Polychromed terracotta, wood, fabric, tow and wire,
silver-gilt, straw and cork. Height of Joseph, .15". Italian 4 Neapolitan) 2nd half of
18th century. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, gift of Loretta H. Howard.
(from the Winghain. Advance
Times)
The Winghant and District
Hospital's toboggan stretcher
unit has aroused considerable
interest among members of
Ontario's emergency service
field.
The interest was brought to
light at the November 14 meeting
of the hospital board. B.P.Ritter,
board -chairman, told the other
members that he had received an
requesting information about the
type of toboggan used by the
Wingham's emergency unit.
inquiry from La Verendrye
Hospital in Fort Frances,Ontario,
The hospital's maintenance
department modified the
toboggans, which are basically
stretchers, pulled by
snowmobiles, by adding a "T"
bar to the existing tow bar.
The units are used to transport
injured patients from inaccessible
snow-bound areas to waiting
ambulances which then take the
patients to the hospital.
Apparently the interest was
aroused after a story titled
A Post Classified will pay you
dividends. Have you tried one?
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