The Lucknow Sentinel, 1988-05-04, Page 3Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, May 4, 1988 --Page 3
Wingham and District Hospital
Hospital board now accountable
There will be no more spending of health
care dollars without hospital boards being
fully accountable, the Wingham and
District Hospital's board of governors
heard at 4sregularApril meeting.
Board member •Janet Clark made the
statement during presentation of her
report of the recent conference in Waterloo
of the Ontario hospital Association's
Region 2.
Mrs. Clark said the warning was issued
by conference keynote speaker Dr. Martin
Barkin, deputy minister of health, who
also repeated the provincial government's
declaration that deficit budgets in health
care will no longer be tolerated by the On-
tario Ministry of Health.
In her report, Mrs. Clark said the
ministry is currently revising the format
for financial reporting from hospitals, and
guidelines are also being developed to in-
crease and improve the overall effec-
tiveness of boards. In addition, staffing
guidelines are being developed for small
hospitals.
Essential for good financial manage-
ment, she said, is a hospital board kept
well informed by the chief executive of-
ficer. Mrs. Clark also told the board that
OHA senior member Willis Rudy reported
to the conference on grant money
available to all hospitals in Ontario.
Available in two instalments, the first
half will be distributed.shortly and is to be
used to replace equipment or - for com-
puterization. The second installment will
be available later and is to be used for fur-
ther computerization or, capital
expenditure.
In her report on the conference, board
member Doris Inglis said a skit performed
by some of the delegates placed emphasis
on the need to educate board members
about the role they must fill. The skit was
presented by members of the Wingham
and Clinton delegations.
Following the meeting, Board Chaiman
Mary Lou Thompson said Dr. Barkin s
message is clear. "Boards are going to
have to bite the bullet. If they won't do it,
the ministry will." Since the provincial
government put an end to extra billing,
OHIP billing has gone up approximately 17
per cent, Mrs. Thompson said.
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NINE year old brick bungalow on a
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to deck. Water softener. Storage
shed. Asking price now reduced to
'58,000. Location: Lucknow.
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BELGRAVE - 2 bedroom brick
bungalow. living room, dining room,
kitchen with new cupboards. Full
basement (could have rec. room),
walkout to paved drive. Garage.
Large lot.
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10 ACRES - Ranch style home not
completed. Situated 3 miles from
Wingham. Rooms are spacious, '2
baths, 3 bedrooms, partially finish-
ed rec. room and much more. 2 car
garage.
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47 ACRES on highway. 41'2 acres
open land, balance bush. 2 bedroom
house, barn, workshop. Near
Wingham.
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LUCKNOW area farms include 2
hog farms and one 100 acre dairy
farm with brick house. 40 x 60 older
barn - 32 x 84 newer barn - 16 x 50
silo. Very low asking price.
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Mel Mothers, Wingham
357-3208
LLOYD W. HEi 1,ON
Real Estate Ltd. Broker,
Kincardine
Board Accepts Resignation
of Head Dietitian
The resignation of the Wingham and
District Hospital's head dietitian Paula
Blagrave was reported to April meeting of
the hospital's board of governors.
News of Mrs. Blagrave's resignation
was presented by Executive Director
Norm Hayes in his regular monthly report
to the board.
"We are really sorry to lose her because
she's been a real brick," Mr. Hayes said in
announcing the resignation which will
become effective at the end of May.
The position will be advertised, Mr.
Hayes said, although he has already
received two inquiries about the job, one
from an individual and the other from a
company wanting to provide the service
for a fee.
The hospital's preference is to hire an in-
dividual who will be at the hospital to
manage the department rather than pay a
fee to an outside agency tojust provide a
service.
Board Chairman Mary Lou Thompson
pointed out that in Mrs. Blagrave's letter
of resignation, she speaks of having "the
greatest respect for the quality of health
care and all of the hospital staff."
Board Awards Contract
For Window Project
The contract to replace a number of win-
dows at the Wingham and District Hospital
has been awarded to Ableson Windows at
the contract price of $149,981.
Approval of a property committee
recommendation to award the contract to
the company was given by the hospital's
board of governors at the regular April
meeting.
The successful tender was one of four
submitted, according to Bob Middleton,
property committee chairman. The
tenders ranged from a low of $148,000 to
$320,000 he told board members.
The project architect has estimated that
tenders would come in at about $260,000
and the lower bids, therefore, came as a
pleasant surprise to the property
committee.
As a result, what was originally thought
to be a $120,000 expenditure for the hospital
- under the terms of two-thirds provincial
government and one-third.hospital funding
- has now dropped to $50,000, Mr. Mid-
dleton said.
The contract, which includes installation
of new awnings over the windows, is still
subject to Ontario Ministry of Health
approval.
„ Freeze On Project Means
Waste Trucked to Quebec
Bureaucratic red tape which has stalled.
the incinerator project at Wingham and
District Hospital has also made it
necessary for the hospital to bag all of its
pathological waste and truck it to Quebec
to be burned. The April meeting of the
hospital's board of governors was inform-
ed of this arrangement by Executive
Director Norm Hayes. He was responding
to board member Jack KopaS who asked
what it is costing the hospital to transport
the pathological waste to Quebec.
The provincial government pays the full
cost of transporting the waste weekly to
the Quebec site, which Board Chairman
Mary Lou Thompson said, is the closest in-
cinerator equipped for this type of
disposal.
The Wingham hospital, like a few others
in the province, has had its incinerator
project stalled for some time by a snarl of
red tape as the Ontario Ministry of En-
vironment decides on whether or not it will
approve specified equipment.
The project had been approved by the
Ontario Ministry of Health which is also
providing 100 per cent of the cost of
building the incinerator. Mr. Kopas
Lamented the far-reaching scope of MOE
regulations which can even dictate that the
town apply for permission to bring in fill to
build up a street which has already existed
for many years.
"Some of the regulations (for the in-
cinerator project) have become quite
mind-boggling," Mr. Hayes said. "So
much so, that people have forgotten what
the rationale was originally,"
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acre. 2 mites from Lucknow.
2 BEDROOM HOME - with detached store
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WHITECHURCH - 50' x 26' insulated steel
shed on 1/4 acre lot. Zoned commercial &
residential. Ideal for wood working shop.
$25,000.00.
KINLOSS TWP. - 100 acres, frame home with
addition, bank barn, shed, 80 workable,
'55,000.00.
5 BEDROOM, well insulated quality home on
1 acre lot close to Lucknow. Very well main-
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LUCKNOW - renovated, maintenance free,
three bedroom home, 200 amp. service, drill-
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30 x 40 with water and hydro.
LUCKNOW an exceptional site to build a
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'30,000 - I '/, storey, four bedroom, vinyl sid-
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'52,500.00.
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WEST WAWANOSH - 130 sow farrow to
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KINLOSS- 2400 sq. ft. bungalow on 100 acres,
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