HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1988-07-06, Page 7THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JULY 6, 1988. PAGE 7.
Clinton Hospital's surplus up for 1987
An operating surplus of
$136,635 in 1987, up from $90,244
in 1986 was reported when the
Clinton Public Hospital held its
annual meeting June 20.
The surplus was one more bit of
evidence of the good news for the
hospital that caused administrator
Dan Steyntosay “...all I can see is
brightness.”
Bill Hearn, outgoing chairman
of the hospital ’ s board of governors
also pointed out that this past year
the hospital had achieved the
ultimate goal of a three-year
accreditation status. To accom
plish this when the addition of the
obstetrical wing was disrupting the
lives of staff members and patients
alikeseemedlike an impossible
task, he said. “This represents an
immense amount of extra effort on
the part of the hospital staff,
medical staff and administration, ’ ’
he said.
He pointed out it was only a few
short years ago government offi
cials wanted to close the hospital.
Don Symons, chairman of the
fundraising committee for the
obstetrical wing said people in the
area had been most generous.
‘ ‘The co-operation and assistance
given towards this project made it a
most rewarding and enjoyable
experience, and I appreciate the
opportunity of having some small
part in this project which means so
much to our community.”
There were increases across the
board on the expenditure side of
the financial statement. The fi
gures read: nursing salaries
$1,699,691 ($1,650,142); general
services $865,964 ($781,287); tech
nical salaries $556,970 ($510,294);
drugs, medical and surgical sup
plies $387,553 ($371,267).
Administration costs were
$327,833 ($306,495); plant opera
tion and maintenance $344,312
($315,254); depreciation of equip
ment $73,943 ($73,320); deprecia
tion of building $60,485 ($55,226).
On the revenue side of the
statement, the figures were as
follows: Ministry of Health
$4,188,770 ($3,913,888); in
patient services $160,590
($145,475); out-patient services
$30,970 ($34,182); interest $35,042
($31,181); recoveries dietary
$8,429 ($8,707); recoveries other
$741 ($747).
There were a mixture of increas
es and decreases in the different
areas of the activity statistics.
Overall, the total patient days were
down by 764 in 1987-88 to 12,984,
compared to 13,658 in 1986-87.
Included among these in
patientstatistics, with the 1986-87
figuresinbrackets, were: acute
care admissions 1,373 (1,419);
newborn admissions 145 (134);
long term admissions 26 (26); acute
care patient days 8,632 (9,337);
newborn patient days 597 (592);
long term care patient days 3,665
(3,729).
The average length of stay was
down in two areas as the figure for
acute care patients was 6.3 in
1987-88, and 6.5 in 1986-87, and for
overall length of stay the previous
figure was 9.2, compared to 8.7 in
1987-88. The one area to see an
increase was long term care
patients. In 1986-87 the total was
116.2, compared to 130.9 for
1987-88.
Deaths in the hospital were
down 19, from 64 in 1986-87, to 45
intherecentreport. Operations
were up by 101, from 804 to 905.
Under the heading of out
patients, 11,756 (11,381) total
patients were treated, and 2,429
(2,473) special clinic visits were
recorded.
W. Wawanosh
must raise
$138,233
in taxes
West Wawanosh Township
council has learned that it must set
a tax capable of raising $138,233 in
revenue for the coming year, the
difference between the municipali-
ty’s estimated revenues from
grants and other sources of
$461,342 and its estimated expen
ditures of $599,575.
The figures were presented at
council’s meeting of June 7, when a
motion was passed to adopt the
1988 municipal budget as present
ed by clerk-treasurer Joan Arm
strong. Mrs. Armstrong later said
that a rates by-law will be prepared
for council’s consideration at its
July 5 meeting.
Inotherbusiness, councilhas
accepted a tender from Bluewater
Truck Centre in Goderich for a
six-ton diesel truck chassis and cab
complete with two-way dump-box
spreader, hoist and snowplow at a
price of $82,620. The vehicle will
likely be delivered in December,
Mrs. Armstrong said.
A. J. Sherwood of Dungannon
attended the meeting to enquire
about having gravel laid on the
parking lot of the Dungannon
Senior Citizen’s Centre; he also
asked council about the status of
the Sherwood Forest Lodge com
plex, which has been in a state of
limbo since the plan was rejected
by the township more than a year
ago. No further action was taken on
either matter.
Building permits were issued for
the following: to A. Chisholm for a
storage shed; to I. Stutzman for a
corn crib; to E. Gingerich for a
machine shed; to C. Cranston for a
maple syrup shed; to W. Tucker for
a garage; to B. Robinson for a
maple syrup shed; and to N. Miller
for a wood shed.
In addition, tile drain loan
applications were approved as
submitted by J. Tiesma for $9,900,
and by A. Chisholm for $5,400,*
subject to the approval of the
Ministry of Agriculture and Food
and to the availability of funds.
General accounts totalling
$180,898.07 were approved for
payment.
West Wawanosh Township
Council meets again at 7:30 p.m.
on July 5.
Hydro
exports power
Ontario Hydro sold 552 million
kilowatt-hours of electricity to
United States utilities in May.
These electricity sales earned over
$2 million in net revenues.
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