HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1997-07-02, Page 7CEOs review 0ii.sal datiQn models
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Four areas have been ear-
marked for study with
:reports anticipated in the
next few weeks. The four
areas include nutrition and
food services, Material
management; ` business.'
office -finance, and senior
'management.
An, administrative
.working group, comprised
Of •the existing hospital
CEOs, has been reviewing
consolidation: models. The
preferred model for Huron
and Perth remains one
chief executive officer
with a minimal senior
management. team, said.
Gnay.
Art Clark said he was"
glad to have been provided
with an update about the
progress made on hospital
restructuring. 'Progress is'
being made and you're not
standing around wringing
• your hands. • •
Accomplishments
-While the past year has
provided ;tense rtioments,.
Gnay said, it also has been
a. time of accomplishment
at Winghain arid. District''
Hospital.
She pointed ..to:, the -
newly -renovated intensive
care unit and operating
room as highlights of her'
term . as chairman: '•Gnay'.
also proudlynoted the•hos=
pitals: historic: affiliation
agreement .with the
London Regional Cancer
Centre •to provide dancer;
rtreatment . locally as • .
•'crewning.ach'ieverneet •
• Ie :the . report of the
• resource (corni'nittee,
Chairman Bob Pike said
the $675,000 expenditure
to renovate the ICU and
operating room are part of
the hospitals strategic plan.
The project was internally
money has accumulated
over the .past 2 t years
• through budget surpluses,
donations and interest on
the investment. Some
money will be used • to fin-,
dev
a.
Mon Mon.ea
went
�.
ated
ears
financed thanks to the
commitment of . the corne
munity and good financial
management,
"This is a better hospital
than it •was a year ago • and
better focussed,;`. remarked.
Pike, who:thanked the hos-
pital foundation fol' . pro-
viding funding for, the ICU
monitoring equtpfnent.
-Major investments for the
coming• year, he said,
include; new' ultrasound.
equipment and a biochein-
• istry .analyzer, for the labo-
ratory.'',
In : answer to .a question
from Andy • McBride, Pike
said a $166,000 expendi-
ture , to . 1996-97 ° was for
severance packages,' which
provided , :early, .retireinent.
•, to sorne'.employees. .
•
' ' We have restructured
within." the ' hospital and,
there have been significant,
changes in staffing," Pike'-
, ccmrriented. • 1; , 1
Clayton Baird asked
'1 Q 1 the hpspitals: $2, mil-.
lion capital development'.
Ned had accumulated and
how it will: be spent.;
Pike replied that the
ish the renovation project
and some to purchase the
capital equipment.
"The next project will
be coming back to discus-
sion of a medical clinic.,'
•said Pike. Last year, the
board decided to go ahead
with the construction . of
newmedical clinic- to
aG omrnodate eight to 16
physicians. However, the.
project has been on hold
due tie uncertainly over
restructt ring. •
Physician Recruiting
Art Clark asked' what
progress has been made in
the area of doctor recruit-.
ment. He aske&if it would
be lielpful,to harness "the
`motivation 'of ; Wingham
and area" ' to assist in
recruiting • lectors, the.
same, motivation which
proved so.effectjve last fall
' in consolidating support
for: the hospital
Gnay said the recruiting
committee met two weeks"
ago, but no doctors have.
.been recruited since : lash
year' when • Dr, Greg.
'Antoniadisscameeb towii. `.
1
"We're-. being ••told that
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young doctors want a clin-
ic," remarked Gnay. "But
we would appreciate any
help at all from the com-
nntinity," she added.
,The hospital' has made.
application to be designat-
ed "under -serviced" by the
province. If that applica-
tion is accepted, said .Gnay,
the hospital will be permit-
ted to go on a recruiting
tour for physicians.
Something which may
encourage doctors to
• locateto rural practices, in
the years to come is.a new
p'rograni being introduced
to the curriculum of the
• .medical school at . ,the
University • of • Western
Ontario, •
• Dr. Marie Gear reported
' on the new program, intro-
duced thanks. to the work
of Dr. Jim Rourke of
• Goderich, a long-time pro-
ponent of the' concept.,
Gear said'the idea of mak-.
ing rural medicine a spe-
cialty May be part of the
solution to the problem
'Most rural areas . have in
recruiting physicians. .
Starting next 'year, first-
year medical students will
visit Win ham and Disti ict
Hospital. They will ; be
exposed to, all aspects of •
rural health care ..7 `from
working in a hospital -set;;
deg ,to seeing patients dur
ing` office hours.
The program may not
pay dividends for a num-
ber of years, noted Gear,
but added it could'be a'fac-
•tor: five„ r',10, years, down
1, the read.
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The Bruce Coanty .BesinesS Directory will be revised:
this su> trier to include; new businesses: The•new .t i -
tion will list fo mation art more than 2;000 btisinesees
in: the county
Last; year's. edition was a "sold -out s ieceas', attrib-
uted to ;its efreetr-veneee as, a' m erketrng• and research
tool, and as art adverttserrtent of local businesseai Over
half of the directories Were Sold to businesses outside
Bruce Count •
Forbes Symon, of the ltuoe• County Planning and
Paconomio Development Department, sags the: 1997/98
,,update:"writ be trate popularr/than the "first, .b car se it
• will belt de: a wider- seope;' of comtnercral industrial,
iin:stittuti:ertair.; gov rnn1ent;e rtij ne>. and , arin baaes l thwr
p
Ne / ,businesses v+r ll be contacted as will those that
have moved; hired more employees or changed .owner-'
ship since May 1996:
Although the county has most recent tnfor'mation',
availabter some could be missed. :If .one of these' situ
tons •applied to your business, 'and you haven't been
'contacted by Tulye 6, please. call the office at 881418T:
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