HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1981-01-21, Page 24for the medical staff, said
the recommendation arose
frrn" * 'prokm which has
cropped up on'oceauio
when "Mr..So and o and
Mrs. So-and-so, whose
names were not quite the,
same" were involved in an
accident and then blamed,
when the inform -
bit the prem.
nformsbitthepreas.
He argued it isnot the job
of the hospital to issue this
information to the press;
should cone from the police.
Dr. - D. ' Joey, another
member of theboard,
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Ported
, eying
that the" tad is doll
g the
protecting nil iy
potentially mag situ -
ti. such as a Iawsvit: for
breach of cot ident ality.
Dr. McKim noted this is a
standard polies_ followed by
most hospitals. However be
added it doesn't change nge. the
hospital's obligation to
report accidpnts to the
rather. than just the, part of .vf a
wrhich they have been employed- This wound
provide a cushioii which could be applied to
the deficit.
While that would ,.,solve this year's
problems, he noted, the hospital will have to.,
take a close loots at, its budgetfor staffing
nett year. '(The' hospital's fiscal year ,runs
until, the end of March)
The hospital found itself running into the
red last fall as a result; of overspending in
several areas, notably the nursing depart-
ment. Since' then some adjustments to the
nursing schedule have allowed the hospital
to hold its own and gradually "reduce the
deficit, which bad reached $47,000 by the
end of last August:
four in Wingham, and the possible depar-
ture of, Dr. Doug Mowbray would take away
one more; he noted.
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