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ME? — Tammy Harris gets her hearing tested by Mrs. Steepe of
Health Unit at the child health clinic last week. Pre schoolers and
school can get a number of health screening checks done at the
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held its !regular meeting with a
good attendance. The meeting
was co ducted by the Noble
Grand Leona Connely.
CorreOpondence included thank
yous and appeals for donations
for eye research and to help
refurnish kitchen of the home at
Barrie. Deflations were approved
for both projects.
A letter from District Deputy
President Irene Harnick of
Goderich stated the president will
visit our district on June 2 at
Exeter. The District meeting to be
in McKay Hall, Goderich, April
14th and her official visit to
Morningstar Lodge April 27th.
Six new card tables were
purchased for use in the lodge
rooms. It was decided to have a
Variety Fair this spring, date to
be decided later.
Lodge closed after a couple of
games of Bingo . A delicious
,lunch was served by committee in
charge.
NOW OPEN WIDE Marjorie Campbell got her
teeth well brushed .at a recent child health clilnic,
sponsored by the Huron County Health Unit at the
Brussels Medical Centre last week. Barbara
Dougherty of the health unit is doing the brushing.
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McKinley knocks closing
Robert McKinley, Conservative
Member of the Federal
Parliament for Huron-Middlesex,
last week condemned the
provincial government's closing
of hospitals.
He feels that the planned
restrictions on federal involve-
ment in medical services in
Ontario is one reason for the
recently announced splurge of
hospital closings.
In a House of Commons debate
last Wednesday, March 3, Mr.
McKinley said, "We in Ontario
were conned into • joining the
federal Medi-care program in the
first place. The conviction that
universal medical and hospital
care is the right of all citizens,
regardless of their financial
capability, was the basis of the
medicare system that we had in
Ontario when the federal
government came along in 1969
and forced us to join what was
touted to be a better system."
In regard to the planned closing
of the Clinton hospital. Mr.
McKinley has asked for a meeting
with Premier William Davis and
Health Minister Frank Miller to
discuss the situation.
Mr. McKinley hopes that he
will be able to convince them that
the closing •of the Clinton hospital
should be reviewed and,
hopefully reversed.
Mr. 1V,.cKinley also said to The
House, "My constitutents are
just as angry with the federal
government, because they are
beginning to realize that the
government of Ontario is being
forced into this move by the
announced intention of the
federal government to squirm out
of the federal-provincial medicare
program."
Mr. McKinley added, "1 cannot
remember a single issue that has
aroused as much public
indignation and public hostility as
the announcement that Clinton
hospital would be closed."
Mr. McKinley rejected the
province's argument that the
hospital is under-utilized and that
other facilities exist in the area to
fill the gap.
He also raised the question as
to whether Mr. Miller was
assuming that the equipment and
staff would be graciously given to
the surrounding hospitals,
remembering that it was the
citizens of the community who
raised the funds for the
• equipment.
"The hospital does agree with
financial restraints, better
management and best use of the
health dollar, but cannot
comprehend the logic of a
ministry that pro poses to cut
costs in health care by choosing to
eliminate the hospital that seems
to be giving the people excellent
use of the health dollar," Mr.
McKinley said.
Mr. McKinley claimed that it
was unfair financially and morally
to force people to go on unem-
ployment , thus draining the
federal government coffers. He
felt it was also unfair of Mr.
Miller to offer an alternative
which would make Clinton a
villain in the eyes of the phblic
and colleagues in .health care, by
proving that Clinton is a better
hospital than others in the county.
"It is insufferable that in this
day and age the government
should indicate to us that this is
the tactic we should adopt in
order to survive and provide what
we belileve is quality service to
the people of Huron County," he
said.
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