The Lucknow Sentinel, 1981-02-25, Page 2A A
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the board that the Ministry of Health has
agreed to add $88000 to the hospital budget
to compensate for "increased activities" .As
a result the hospital should be close to
budget by the year end. March 31.
Treasurer Gordon Baxter agreed it will be
a tight squeeze, adding that he won't predict
a surplus this year. ,
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Asked what was meant by increased
activities. Mr.Hayes explained the increase
is mostly in the use of services, such as the
laboratory, and does not Indicate a larger
number of in -patients.
Earlier he had reported the number of
discharges is down from last year, though
total patient days are up slightly. "We're
seeing sicker people," he explained.
He also noted that out-patient work has
increased over last year, which is having
"some definite impact" on the budget,
Mr,, [topes reported the hospital sfill
enjoys a perfect record in its requests for the'
renovation and building program. "No one
has said no," he remarked.
He said that since the last meeting he has
received confirmation of a $15,000 grant
from Bruce County, $5,000 from Teeswater
and $5,000 from Ashfield. Members of the
board have met with several other councils
and received a sympathetic beefing, he
added. A meeting with the Lucknow counci
has been rescheduled for next month, •
Good Response
Mrs. Vair reported she met with the
executive k committee of Huron County
Council and representatives froM the other
hospitals in theountyto discuss it grant for
the project.
Committee Members were very encourag-
ing, she said, but noted the Clinton hospital
also is asking for mone#. There is about
$300,000 left in the county's hospital
building reserve fund, which is Just about
enough for us and Clinton," she reported.
However she- added the hospitals were
"given a bit of fore warning" that in future,
funds for building projects might not be
available from the county.
The Wingham hospital has requested a
grant of slightly more than $123,006. A
decision on the request will be made at the
council meeting this Thursday, February 26;4.
Later in the meeting the board„ chairman
raised the issue of the "doctor drain' which
' has hit Wingham, with one doctor already
es outhne agricultural pohcies
Huron County Federation of Agriculture
regional directors listened as members of
the three provincial parties attempted to
state their agricultural policies at the
• February Ontario Federation of Agriculture
Board meeting in Toronto.
Michael Cassidy, NDP leader, stated 411* t
his party would preserve class 1 2 3
farmland through a land reserve. The NDP
would create an Ontario Foodland Trust to
acquire land and lease it back to young
farmers. This system would be similar to the
Saskatchewan land Bank system which has
an option to purchase clause. ,
The NDP would also set up an "Ontario
Food Agency" to set up local food co-ops,
establish local processing „plants, find new
markets, establish foOd terminal i and
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asked why, the province's farm industry
should be Slipping so badly when we have
excellent agricultural resources and prime
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• alleviate those problems.
• Elston told the. 1,500 people who crammed
into Lucknow District Community Centre for
themeeting, heowants to be the individual to
serve the people of Huron -Bruce at Queen's
Park. . •
handle research into energy• technology for
food production.
Mr. Caiskly stressed the need for
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agricultural land in this province.,
Smith commented he can't fathom why
the Davis government hasn't moved to get
the Bruce industrial project underway, The.
Bruce has the potential to use excess heat to
create new industrial development, "which
will benefit the area economically and create
jobs, said Smith. He suggested nuclear
technology could also be used to produce
hydrogen at the Bruce.
Smith concluded by saying that a Liberal
government in Ontario would use the
province's resources and its people to make
Ontario a leader again in Caniada.
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self-sufficiency in, food for Ontario stating
"Ontario can't afford the. job deficit from
food production". Mr. Cassidy, declaring
that . the "food inquiry was a waste of
money, said his party would "perseade if
possible, and legislate if necessary, for
supermarkets to have Ontario produce
available." •
Lorne .Henderson, Minister of Agricul-
ture, speaking on behalf of the 'Progressive
ConserVative party, said his party wOuld
invest in million acres in eastern and
northern Ontario for food production. Stor-
age facilities would be updated.
, On the subjeo of foreign ownership of
farmland, Mr. Henderson stated a registra-
.
tion of sub ownership is underway. Those
foreign inVestors with farmland holdings Of
10hectares or more must register'. Mr.
Henderson intends to take these results to
government, every month:
Jim McGuigan, representing the Liberal
party. stated the Liberals would double the
provincial Ministry of Agriculture budget.
He further stated that rural hydro rates
would be reduced •and productivity value
should be used for farm property tax
purposes.
On the subject of foreign ownership, Mr.
• McGuigan felt there should be 'a restriction
of foreign ownership of farm corporations to
49%. The Liberald Party, Mr. McGuigan
said, ,would legislate and control unfair
practices in the food industry. Tile drainage
loan money would also be increased.
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having left for Texas and another soon to
follow.
Mr, Kopas told the board he has been
caught unawares by questions .from people
about the departures, and inquired of the
doctors on the board whether there are
guide lines requiring physicians to give
notice to their patients that they are closing
up practice.. . •
Upon being told there are not, he said he
plans to call a meeting of the joint
conference committee to discuss the matter
and see if it is possible to get some kind of
coinmitment from doctors who are granted
privileges at the hospital. (The joint
-conference committee forms a liaison
between the board and medical staff).
• He also inquired abgut the probleins being -
encountered in attracting new doctors to this
area, including the unwillingness of some
local doctors to form a co-operative call
system which would give them more free
evenings and weekends. •
Dr. •McKim said he doesn't think the
present systeni, -which gives most doctors
one weekend in three on call, is too had,
noting he has worked one -in -two or even
every weekend 'upon occasion.
. .
Mr. Hayes said he thinks • there is a
legitimate beef with the fragmentation of the
existing system. under which doctors pract-
• icing together form their own call systems.
instead of joining together to form a common
one for the area.
The board heard that no replacement had
been fOund yet for Dr. D. Mowbray. who will
be leaving at the end of February, although
Dr. Ping said he is continuing to look. Mr.
Hayes also reported there \ are as yet no
takers for the positions in physiotherapy,
• though he has had; three. "nibbles". •
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