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by -Margaret Stapkton
The chairman of the
community action" CORP,
rnitt'ee working'to save
Wingham and District
Hospital gave a report to
the January meeting of the
hospitals, board of gover-
nors.
Verna. Steffiers, action
committee chairman and a
member of the hospital
board,, reported that the
• committee. was to hold an
information session last
night,. Tuesday,. in . the
council chambers at the.
town hall to keep the Pub-
lic apprised of -the situa
tion as it is unfolding.'
Earlier on Tuesday, a
committee representing
the eight ,hospitals in
Huron and Perth counties
was to have made a pre
sentationto- the task force
on itsown restructuring
plan,.which was to have
been ratified by all 'eight
hospital .boards:. The'
Wingham board of gover-
nors was to meet Monday
night to discuss the pro-
`posal ata special meeting.
Also en the agenda. for
Tuesday's DI -IC .task 'force
meeting on hospital.
:restructuring. was Dick
L'eVan, chief executive
tile .
[soot inumikelt,.
• Make it active:
Make it last. longer
Sharing a I iia tIUer suture, 4/0
-
w* Palydemi qi t
officer. of Wescast
industries. in Winghatn,.
who was: expected to disc,
cuss the crucial role the
hospital plays in attracting
people to live and work in
town.
Steffler said ,she
believed that. L,eVan's
input can't help but bolster
the cause, of keeping, ser-
vices;at the Wingham.hos-
pital iintact. "This is to -our
benefit• as well," noted:
Steffler, adding, It seems
Dick has some sort, influ-
ence."
The local action corn -
mince has been fielding
calls from other communi-
ties, namely those in ,
Grey -Bruce, said Steffler,
which also aro facing hos-
pital restructuring: Steffler
noted that Wingha>in• is the.-
only
he.'.only community with• a
formal action: cam -dude
andrepresentatives' from
Grey -Bruce have been
invited to attend one of`its
• meetings.
In answer to .a. question\
from Dr. Brian Hanlon,:
Steffler said the Wingham
action :committee is asits
name implies, a conimit-
•
tee of the community, not-.
of .the hospital board. It
waS formed in response to:
the three options released
by .the DHC task force in
late November; all of
which would limit the role
of Wingham' and District
Hospital:
George: Underwood,
vice- cl'airman, asked
Steffler if,there are any
rural people on.tlie action
committee.
, She replied the core
committee is made-up of
herself as chairman;. Doris
.Inglis,, a former hospital
bo 1rd chairman; Wingham '
Councillors Arnold Taylor
and Bill McGrath; Dr,
Greg Antoniadis_ and
Debbie Ritchie, a'regis-
tered nurse at WDH.
People from outof-town
have attended meetings
.`and are serving an sub-
committees, she noted.,
A series of public. infor-
mation meetings
nformation:meetings in the six
communities' of ` the catch-,
meat area of Wingham
and District.Hospital had
been planned for' later this,
month, said Steffler, but
;may have to be reschedr
.ruled if the Huron -Perth..
District Health Council
task force on hospital
restructuring does . not
release a preferred option
by the ran. 21 deadline.
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Renovations to' the
intensive care unit at
Wingham and District
Hospital started. last.
Monday, 'Jan. 6, and will.
be completed by April 30.
The. hospitals` director
of nursing, Bill Woodley,
reported at the. January..
meeting of the board of
governors that'the inten-
sive are unit has been.
moved 'to -"Team A,
which had' been -closed,
until the renovations have.
been completed,
George • Underwood,
vice chairman of .the
•board, admitted he had
been 'fielding questions
from: people concerned
that the board is.' going
ahead with renovations at
a time when the very
future of the .hospital is;
uncertain due to restruc-
turing.
"We're all optimists (on'.
the board);:" , said
Underwood, "and we're
going ahead: with the. view
that this hospital will ix L..
here in: the. future."'
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