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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1996-10-09, Page 15ti Paige 14 - Lereknow Sentinel, Wednesday, October 9, 1999 Community hospital is a must Attend Lucknow to provide quality health care thankoffering groat page 8 excellent, cost effective, primary and secondary cam to the area's popula- tion if they have the appropriate tools. He said in order to provide quality health care, "we must have a community hospital. It must consist 'of a fully equipped 24-hour per day emergency department with lab and x-ray sup- port capable of handling any emergency from the nuclear, industrial, recre- ational sectors and the community as ,a whole. "We see this hospital having about 25 active beds (down froni.the pre-, sent 33), Iow risk obstet- rics, inpatient and outpa tient surgery and three to four swing pediatric. p beds." 1Jr,' Mann said the hos- 1 tal Sane y de s+� rgey 1. ment sees l6,000 patients a - year. nr With, ihao�. inclement weather in the winter, there ay be times when it. is iMposs14 ble to transfer someone. out: oftKincardine �e area:or':t treatment, "treat- ment rrea�, "t ,�� ment.whch at present we s • ha w�e the skills knrowl . edge and technology " to do. By having active,. BJN•O Sunday, Oct i Friday &.Saturday' October 11th & 12th Quilters Guild e4. Show OPEN DATES October Fridays it a8 ° Caly L 528-3429 9 .m. - 5 p.m. .. beds to admit to, these people can be looked after, often more cost effectively, in their own community.," Owen Sound doesn't want contaminated cities Dr. Mann addressed the Ontario Hydro ques- tion by reminding the committee the Kincardine hospital is the designated receiving cen- tre for radiation contami- nated casualties. "We have been one of the leaders in establish- ing common, treatment protocols, education, modules, and: equipment used across' Ontario. There is no centre which, has the facilities, train- ing, and personnel to per- form this task west of the Toronto Western Hospital in downtown Toronto." Dr . Mann said that as recently as May . 23, 1996,the . medical 'sub committee of the Bruce, c r Preparedness lea Committee, on whchhe .: sits,, was told that the oU Owen: ��"► ndhospital had i eres no interest ins:: being involved in contaminated casualties. Owen Sound hospital said if , an cambulanee: EXEC arrived at the etnergenc department with a poten- tially contaminated casu- alty, they would not allow the ambulance t. open its doors, Dr Mann said. He said Kincardine i - a teaching centre for family medicine resi- dents from the University of Toronto. This allows a final ye.r� resident in family nor , to spend a few vuouU learning about family medicine in a rural community centre. "Here they, gain valu- able exposure and experi- ence in rural medicine they can't gain in down- town Toronto. Hesaid. the'' residents learn how to work in a community hospital with fewer resources` than the big teaching hospitals and how to blend:: this. - late a cl><natcia�ff'�c prac- tice. opportunity : t "This pF t3► fits well into the health and h hospital system stem restruc- , tuning committee's .theme. of enhancingrural health° care. By training�the fau i i physiciansof `'thu, future � inc r iii K arrltn;e,: with our community' . hos- w' pital, we fulfill that aide y and goal. It would be incomplete without full services and'inpatient earn " o There was only time for 14 people to present their submissions verbal- ly before the allotted two hour .meeting time was. up, Kim .Sullivan, a Kincardine resident had hoped to present a peti- tion with over . 7,000 names on it, asking the hospital not be closed, at Youcana moN { a ix n>rc e PE IALS NOOfBUFFET • l=reah Homemade Pies & Soups ally 1-H a u fzi i r ' N. aurziuf tI Colbornre.Towns Lt's Original Western .bio Craft Show to promote Craftsmen and iia Community tired by' Blue Water Chap - Order of the Eastern Star 9204, Goderich DATES: Friday, October 25th, 1.996 - 10:00 a. t, to 9:00 pan Saturday,' ober 266, 1996 - 10.00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Sunday, October: 27th, 1996 -12x00 noon to '5:00 p.m. PLACE: SALTFORD VALLEY HALL I/2 kin. north of Goderich East off Highway 21 Sala& Refreshments Seived • Door Prizes For further Information contact: DONNA CRAW ORO R.R. 4, Goder,ch, Ontario NIA3Y1 Phone 4519024-W38 38 ADMISS1ON: Aduits 2.o01 Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult the public meeting.. "I'm furious I didn't havethe chance to pre- x sent the petition pub- licly," Sulllivan said. She counted the names on the petitions three times After themeeting gx Sullivan did give the petitions to the members of the committee. She also gave ` .. cu res. ofth+c o ss , i i n wtlae s turesit tea theyith K`ncaridine hos p ital for theiir records and Bruce MPP Barb Fishere,Grey MPP Murdoch, 'Huron Bruce S MFPaul te. klc e • and hea-minister hs� �lh ";�rtn# Wilson will be receiving con i. s of the o t itioeras r n l� pe Birthday Club Connor •ir'wln October 6,1995.' 1: Year turd' Rebecca Atkinson October 7, 1994 2' Years Old Kara Sloetjes, • October 9, 1987 • 9 Years Oid ' aayna 'Simpson October -9,1992 4 Years' Old Wesley. Thompson' October 9•,1995 1: YearOld Nash -Aitchison' October 10,1969 • 7 Years old Greg Beyersl rrgen • Cr char. it, 194.8' 8 Years Old Preston Drennan • r 12,.1985 11 Years Oral Shauna Slake tooter 12.1994 2 Years Okt Shelby Slake � • October 12, 1994 2 Years Oki Angela Ritetile October 13,1985 11 Years Old - Patrick lellltenburg: October 14,198' 9 Years Oki David Maclnnes October 15,1988 8 Years Old Paige Gammle October 15, 1990 6 Yew Old Mr. and Mrs. Ted McClenaghan, and Mr. and Mrs. Ron Finlay of Kitchener were Sunday visitors with Mildred McClenaghan and John McKinnon. On Tuesday, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Moss of Plattsville. visited with Mildred, John and other ivicClenaghan relatives. Carl and Margaret McClenaghan hosted a birthday party on Sunday for Raymond DesRoches of Jamestown, formerly of Whitechurch., Local folks attending were Mr. and Mrs. Elroy Laidlaw, Sandy and Susan Fair of Bluevale, and Hugh and ha Coulson. , Many other family membersand friends from ,a` distance attended to, extend their best wishes Mildred "Purrdon,. Kathleen Elliott end Jean Ross Attended the fall Thankoffering held on Wednesday at the Lucknow Presbyterian Church hall a The al board s on sored euchrepartyon night�with 1 Mondayy 0. tables' in la' p y. >! H' ha '1 eis . were Mary Henderson and Cat erine Wt son, fol- lowed by Betty Armstrong and Mary Robinson. Most hands were played by Kay McCormick and Gordon Wall." Mrs. Elmer Sleight,' holm was hostess for the Oct. 2 meeting of. the Whitechurch UCW. The. -'' topic was Christian Stewardship -and Finance under the leadership • of Pauline Adams and Evelyn Gibb. Pauline's opening was taken from the Upper; Room:aa zine..Evelyn g read the scripture and, .w Pauline followed with a story - Bean in Jar. Other readings were Autumn'; Abundance and IJarvest Home. Pauline told about. a person who made e ne c k� ties''. andsold them and sentt n the:money to mis- sions. J Seven .e:;. rs answered the iallcall. . The least coinwas received . with the contri- butions to be' sent to the u�a orl 1Prch Council of Canada. oatierrs of theWhitechurch 4-11 Club .held. them achievement paragranu to' ►r,r app' up the GOd Foods Past: Club. •Receivr'ing special awards, top piactura, are' Sheila oirr,. +',24 projects, Cathy. Moir:- 5 yearleader cer tl cate:and Brenda Lugg • 24 projects, Below' asare' new 'members to the club: Cheryl Ann ;l iaaldsite SusieS teffear; 'Just n Armstrong,rim Claassen and Nicole' Elliott. (Livingston photo.. r> 1 •