HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1980-06-25, Page 4Rage 4—t uelmOlit Sentinel, Wednesday, June 25, 1980
ital faces uncertain f
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Twelve staff were laid off at the time the •
beds were. closed. Additional ministry, fund-
ing later in the year made it possible to'
rehire the staff, but the beds ' remain closed.
However, the added funding did enable
the' hospital to recover from. a• $190,000
deeafircit aatrythe enwdi of last August onl
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Last year : the hospital finished- With a
surplus, and returned over 530,000 to the
was a'tumultupus' year-for the'docters, They
breed," he declared, noting. he never
medical advisory committees said 1979-80
ministry.B, Treleaven,
encountered a ;complaint about him from
day twoforelective stir ery - which 'is no
hospital staff, patients or other doctors. "It
have been a couple of postponements of a
'situation, he said.
He lauded the late Dr.'R. D, Wilkins for
his contributions to the medical staff, And
Dr. P. J.
cause for complaint since the city; hospitals
are in a much worse
elsewhere.
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leaving Teeswater to further his career
also paid tribute to Leahy., who is
"sUrvived'rthe bed loss and the only effects
would make the 'job of chair ,of , staff much
"Would that all doctors were 'of his
business 'the association, members
reporting for the
v
considered several proposed amendments to
the hospital bylaws and elected members to
the board: of governors, These are 'reported
in separate -stories in this issue.
to that received from strangers, and that its have been treatment, research and eduea-
very existence depends on continuing tien,", he said. "To that we toast now add
support, the promotion of the physical mental, social
Although he noted the figures are not and spiritual well-being of the individual,
exact, he reported that only about 57 per The enhancement of quality of life is every
cent of the people front this hospital's hit as Much our responsibility as the. repair
service area who-required t-cluring----- of abused:bodies," • •
the, pasta year came to. Wingham, the rest
went elsewhere,
Trhe service area extends in a radius of 15
miles from Wingham +3 and takes in about
30,000 'people.)
However Mr., Hayes did have some words
of encouragement. "The bright spot in that
otherwise dismal document," he said, is in
the outpatient statistics, where numbers
showed a healthy 17.5 per cent growth in the
past year. .
He attributed a substantial portion of the
increase to use of preventive programs, such
He added that during the coming year'the
hospital will r be looking at iniproying
facilities in the laboratory, radiology, physio-
therapy and rehabilitation 'departments, and
it is ceuntiiig'On the whole hearted support
of the community.
Following the meeting, Mr. Hayes said he
felt lie should sound .a warning," .1-le said he
hopes the addition of two new doctors, 'an
anesthetist and a::surgeon, will get people
coming here instead of going elsewhere.
• In his report, outgoing Board Chairman,
Bora Milosevic also stressed the 'need for
as diet counselling and - the stroke unit, "financial •as well as Moral support from the
intended to keep people well. public" in order to continue providing health
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BY HENRY HESS
The Wingham and District Hospital faces
an uncertain future• unless it can- persuade
mere people in • the area to use it in
preference_til_other_hOspitals. Executive
Director Norman Hayes warned at the
annual meeting of the hospital association.
Speaking to about 50 people gathered in
the Nursing Assistants' Training, centre last
Thursday, Mr. Hayes noted that the number
of discharges from the hospital dropped by
more than 15 per cent dUring the past year..
The number of discharges is used, by the
Ministry of Health to determine a hospitales
referral population, and hence funding, he
pointed out.
"Bluntly, unless we can reverse this trend
we, are in deep trouble."
He said the hospital somehow, must
convince people in the area that it is capable
of doing much of the work now going to the
Aies, can provide personal service superior
Elect r~eu~ tnembOrs
to hospocit-hOard
He reported the hospital is planning
alterations and a Small additon to accom-
modate an Ultra-sound unit and, enlarge
'some other areas, •and said the health
ministry has made it clear local communities
must assume a larger share of the cost of
hospital care.
Mr. Milosevic recapped events of the past
year, which saw the board at loggerheads
with the Ministry before eventually capitul-
ating and closing 14 beds to avoid a huge
deficit.
BY HENRY HESS
Four new members will take their seats on
the board of goVernors of Wingham and
District 'Hospital at, the .board's inaugural
meeting this Wednesday night.
In an unusual shakeup, the changes leave
the board without either of two men who
had the best shot at the chairman's poSition.
Bora Milosevic, who-chaired- the board for-
the past year and appeared likely to return to
that post, withdrew from the election fez. two
Wingham seats following a first-ballot tie.
At the same time Harold Elliott, chairman
of the management committee for the past
year and in usual, board tradition next in line
for the chair, 'was not nominated for another
term.
Dr. Al Williams, chairman of the finance
and audit committee, appeared to •be the
most likely remaining candidate for board
chairman, but he said last week he will not
stand for the post since he dOes not haVe-
sufficient time to devote to it.
This throws the . position up for grabs
--among"anumber of rerativelynew members,
.most having had only one year, on the board,
with William Newton of Howick appearing to
be the strongest candidate..
The changes occurred during last week's
annual meeting of the hospital association.
Most members were acclaimed to the board
on' the nomination of, their respective
municipalities, with, only one election taking
place,
This was for the two Winghain seats which
had been occupied by Mr. Milosevic and Dr.
Williams. Both men were renominated, with
an additional nomination from the floor for
Archie Hill. In the first ballot Mr, Hill won
the most votes and the other two were tied,
requiring a run-off. However Mr. Milosevic
announced he was Withdrawing, allowing
Dr. Williams to take the seat.
Turnberry Township, which had been
represented by Mr. Elliott; did not send in a.
'nomination this year, but township council,
Tors attended the meeting and Reeve Brian .
McBurney nominated Hans Kuyveiihoven to
.—the board_There_were no Other. nominations—
and he was acclaimed to the' seat.
Controversy erupted last year when Elliott
was nominated from the floor by two board .
members after Turnberry had nominated
Louise Marritt as its representative. Mr.
Elliott won' the election which followed.
Other new faces on the" board belong to
Lloyd Mayer of Brussels, nominated to
replace Gerald Gibson, and Mervin McIn-
tyre of. Teeswater who replaces Doug
Button.
Mary Vair, who previously was on the.
beard as, president of the hespital auxiliary,
returns to the board as the Huron County
representative, taking the place of Ken
Saxton.
Other -board returnees ilia-tide ''
Arbuckle for Blyth and East " Wawanosh,
Frank MacKenzie for Lucknow, Kinloss,
West Wawanosh and Ashfield, Isobel'
Garniss for Morris, Mr. Newton for Howick,
Allan Harrison as Wingham's appointed
representative and Raye Elmslie and Jack
Kopas finishing two-year terms as elected
representatives from Wingham.
Lorna Stuart, new president of the
hospital auxiliary, joined the board earlier in
the year. Also on as ex-officio members are
three representatives of the medical staff,
Dr. J. C. McKim, Dr. R. B. Treleaven and
Dr. D. Jolly.
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