HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1997-02-26, Page 9*from p .1
asked,. referring to: the
Steering committee' wenn.'
imendation to close ser-
vices in Walkerton and
relocate thelia in Owen
Sound and Hanover:
"'The mandate of the
(steering) conarnittee was
to improvehospital •care in
Grey and Bruce counties.
Why must they pit munici-
panties .against each
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The group followed the
„program. , which _ was•
designedand sponsored:
by the Eastern Ontario
Area for the Centennial
Committee.
President Alice Ritchie
opened :with an approprit'•
ate thought ,for :the
Institute as we start anew :
century with a challenge.
A rung of a ladder was not:
meant to rest on, but to"
hold 'ones: foot while the
other moves'fitrt'her.
Elsie Houston,' ane' of
our:Life Members, lit the
1'OOth anniversary .candle
as, we shared this cereno
ny with all members,
throughout Ontario.
Donna McB•ride,'.gave. •
an: ,excellent ' Motto'
"Celebrate' the" Past,
'Challenge -the
Future °'
• Rollca. ll .was.. What have
1' ;accom.°pl'ished with
• V omen's'' institute'life;
skill.
We sang the Centennial
Song, With :,1•aiie' Gilchrist'
as Oni leader:
Matthews•, secretary read,'
the • minutes of the; Stoney; -
Creek meeting. qn Feb,
19th, 1897, . :
Sortie of the 'Institute
: aetotnptishments:; word
recognition, and phonetic
programs for :Grades 1' to
•_ '4; traffic lights. at dangeP
bus crossings; best before•
• dates:.' on prepackaged,
''•fresh foods;, flashing lights
- onschool buses„ music in
elernetttary schools
,brighter lines on ltxgh
',ways; Living Will; . bread.
wrapped•,i i plastic bags
Fifteen rpenibers of the
Institute read;,the parts of
-the institute .program "Do
you know 'that?"
We 'sang two: songs..
which former Institute
crernbers had composed..
Margaret ; 'M-owbray,
• gave humorous ' reading
',The Womeif Institute:".
• Alice Ritchie played a-
.
. tape typical of an Institute
mother as she prepares a
':cake to take • to .the
Institute meeting
Nancy Macintyre;gave
the Courtesies, cin bebalf'of
our visitors.
The meeting close with
• "0 cariada." •
A social .?time was
%en`o .ed asS we Were served.
,a lunch typical of 100;..
years, ago
0
impa
other?" Parkercontinued,.
asking council to support
the Alliance plan for a
south Bruce Grey Rural:
.HealshOrga izatton,, "A
blow 4 gainst one commit-
nity is 'a blow against the
Whole community."
Earlier in the meeting,
councillors heard an exec-
utive committee report
that, raised -.:marry of the
same issues Parker noted.
"The current system
' must change but it is clear
that we cannot support the
model- '.proposed," said•
committee member Stuart
' Reavie in presenting the
report. "We would,encour
age the District Health
Council to carefully con-
sider other alternatives
Lueltuove ntinciy Wednesday, I ebruary ;°191.- Pale 9
s against eae er asks ° .P ke
that are presented such as
the one proposed by the'
five hospitals .in southern
Grey -Bruce. '
The executive .comrnit-
tee report questions the,
steering committee's rec-
ommendation to cut Bruce
county hospital beds from
210 ,to. 72, while the num-
ber of beds • in Grey will •
expand,
"From a health, social
and . economic perspective
the Corporation of the
County ofBruce must be
concerned with the obvi-
ous devastating, effect'. this:
wi it have on our residents
and:on.'.ou, r county, the
report states; opting that
the bed allocation does not
balance „ "documented
needs", for emergency
care. '
The committee raised
questionsabout the impact
of restructuring on chronic
and long term care prtwi
cions in Bruce.:
It also noted that rein-
vestment in health cars. is
Proposed by the steering
committee will mean a..
$4.45 million annual'
increase in‘costs for'caun-
ty taxpayers, Tht, province:
has handed municipalities •
the job of.providing and
prying for home care,
ambinlanee,. 'Public health
'and: long term care ser-
vices. Ail of those, services
are listed'as: "reinvest-
ment"' factors necessary:
for ,the , successful imple
mentation of hospital
restructuring under the
steering comMittee pro-
posal.
Lack of 'support. from.'
Bruce County doctors was
-another issue brought to
• council's attention. '• •
"We are concernedthat,
the important medical sup-
port ,.for die proposed new:.
system is not present,
Reavis .Said, quoting
points • cited by the Bruce.
County Medical Society:
Those concerns, include
"warehousing" of chronic
care patients in Owen
Sound and.,Hanover, lack
of reasonable access for •
obstetrics, closure. of
emergency departments, .
the $27 million capital.
cost to centralije care
while closing facilities
and inadequate considera-
tion
onsideration of rural communities
and their doctors; The
Medical Society also 'says
the pian to replace rural
'hospitals with Primary
Health Centres is
"Wrong"
Council voted ovdr-
whelmingly to endorse the
executive committee stand -
•on the UHC. report.
"It hits on many points
we're all concerned
about, said Kincardine
reeve Norm Annetts.,.
The DHC votes March
4 on the steering commit
tee recommendations for..
hospital restructuring. .
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