The Lucknow Sentinel, 1998-09-09, Page 3rt a
t appears
by ?gat Ha
'rhe South Elruce tey
Health Centre (SEOhiC). i
one step cleselr to getting a
CT seen at the Walkerton-
hospital.
At a meeting ikr
Hanover, the Bruce -+Grey
Huron -Perth District
Health Cot~Fncii voted
unanimously in. favour of
rus<sinnanending the
' SBC.f£G`$ CT sear propos-
tO. cite tvlintiatry of
Health,.
Maori a Donnelly of the.
South lirttce,•Grey Health'
Centre sad• the vote of.
support from, the .IBC
was welcome news.
"I was very pleasedwith
the vote," Donnelly said.
"tt`s been a lett of wont
and it appears to be paying
off•',
The. CT sena project.
started oitt as 4 way to
return • proceeds of the
1993 International'
Plowing. Match tri the:.
community; Ministry red.
tape 'and hospital restrue-
tu;ring slowed the project,
but Donnelly said the
committee has been •work
ins,, hard, since !!arch'.
when, 4b+K >!xsty off.
Health showed' interest in
4'014 run.
0 it's, appproved:; by the.
Ministry,: the equipment
will, be installed as a pilot:
project; on the use • of CT
scans in rural hospitals.
General. Electiie has,
agreeed'to donate astate 4f.
'the art, CT scan foruse
during the five-year pilot .,
project. The DHCwas
told no other studies in
• Canada or elsewhere have
monitored.and assessed,
the se of. CT scans in a
• rural •setting. ;.
14 a' preseatatton to'the
, DBC; Dr. Doug Mowbray
• said local doctorsas, well
- asrefferraz'hospi,tal's in
41 r ani
paying off
urice Donnelly
London support the CT
scat: proposal.
Dr.. Mowbray said refer-
ral
eferral hospitals are "under
stain" due to their own
waiting lists for cr., scans,
while local doctors are
eager for better access to
an important diagnostic
tool.
An estimated 3`.000 CT
scads would be done at the
Walkerton site, which
would be the only one in
midwestern Ontario north
of Stratford and South of
()wen Sound. Among the
benefits of locating a CT
scan' in Walkerton Dr.
Mowbray listed: saving.
the cost of having the
scans done at another ,hos
pita!facility; reduced cost.
of patient. transportation,; "pile Ministry .ot Health Canadian citizenship or
• utter wimitation appor- will beat the Wingtion immigration documents;.,
tunity for local doctors; and District Hospital on • currerttdocument with our
better links with' referral- Sept. 15 to register or name andaddress, and a
hoapitats; and ' no Teplace your health cards. document with your mune
increased cost to local•• Sl you are a new resi- and signature. Health
hospitals, • dent to the province, your cards • . will not be
"We think there will be ammo has- changed or if processed without the '
no lasers with this project. gnus card has been lost, appropriate three docu�
We, think the regio will damaged or. stolen, now is • =+cuts
benefit," Dr. IY owbray. the time to lookafter it. Appointments are
sold. ,
Three original dot a-, required. Gall. Pierrette
"In a: nutshell, it's to•pro-- mdijtS, 1014% requii ed; 41*.4t $19-571:-6Q48.
vide 'the serf F roti p 31
4s< close to homC ais. toss;-
bl'c and to try -to save as
much Money in the health
caro` system as. we can,".•
Donnelly, said in an inter-
view.
nteiview.,
•
The DHC attached five
conditions •to its approval;.
of the CT scan proposzal.
Chair. Bob Caesar said
some of thdrn were, recorn
rstendations front- a peer
rr view done 17y . the:
Stratford; General Hospital
• at the D}IC's • requcs•t
Caesar said` the Stratford.
hospital • was •chosen, to- do
the peer, review tecause',
as far „ south of
Waikertan as the.Grey-
Bruce Regional Health,
Centre is north..
The DKC's conditions
focus on staff.training amt
monitoring of.regional CT
scan use during the pilot
pmjr et. They tali for-ade--
ware staffing; training for
doctors; to begin befin the
equipment goes.,in service;
.uniform standards for CT
Sean$ isr Stratford,
Walkerton and Q•wen;
Sound; monitoring of
scan use at Qwerl $oturd
during the pilot project;.
•anti inclusion of the DBC
and, Ministry of Health: on
the teams monitoring and
evaluating CT scan use at
the South; Bruce-3rey
*%althr Centro. •
Caesar dbcsn't expect
the South brute*Grey
Health Centro will have
airy trouble meeting those
conditions.
"Actually they comple-
meat. the proposal," Caesar
said about the conditions:
"After • hearing • Dr.
Mowbray's presentation, 1
believe a number of the
conditions are already.
being addressed.4L
The DHC will now for-
ward it's vote of support to
the Ministry of Health,
"It's up to them from .
thea," Caesar said. '
nghaxn
soon place your
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Tracy Meurs and; Ken Irwin check, out the new.
benches on the main street while lien, atn
behalf of the,.Lucknow Lancers,, hands, Over a
cheque to 'Tracy for $2,Q00 to he used towards,
the cost of. the benohes Tracy' was the, CQC rep
who Worked fa- conjunction with 'Council °to:'.
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are invited' to. attenct our
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hi an effort ,to assist those , who , may be in need at
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worthwhile' cause and • hope to make it •a very successful
project :. .
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our collection•area to place canned foods in untied. plastic
hags. and. place, it beside.their blue -box. It is important that.,
tznly: canned goods are donated due to weather and '.animal
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