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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1994-05-04, Page 8Page 8 — Ltteknow Sentinel, Wednesday. May 4, 1994 BUSINESS DIFFICULTIES? MONEY PROBLEMS? ACCOUNT OVERDRAWN? BEHIND IN YOUR PAYMENTS? FOR FREE CONSULTATION Call PAUL J. PICKERING TRUSTEE IN BANKRUPTCY AND FINANCIAL CONSULTING J. Paul Aitken, Manager 3 ItATT(•:NIWRY ST. I•:., CLINTON • (519) 482-1241 or Tull Free 1-800-541-7451, Head Office 111 Waterloo Street, London 672-2494 L(.JC'KNOW DISTRICT COMM UNITY ("ENTRE OPEN DATES 1 rnl.,, p 1 i 'n "ONLY" ('AL1, 528-3532 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. 7 JHC JOHN HEHN CONSTRUCTION Walkerton, Ontario "Service is our Specialty Authorized "LITE -FORM" contractor, specializ- ing in NEW insulated ccincrcte wall forrninsys- tem, giving you.a R-20+ insulation factor. All type's of concrete constru(lioli - concrete floors, cIriveways, sidewalks and cctrhs. • . '('oncrete services include all types of concrete restoration and repairs. • ' For more information, contact:. John Hehn, . • (5 19f 881=3034 - Fax (519) 881-4015 "FREE ESTIMATES" . .John Hehn Construction • "Forming Your Future" The Royal "Tree'-ment 8%10' Royal Red Maple Potted $17.00 & $28.00 Newport Ash Potted 8'-10' $19.50 1,1 12"-15 Austrian Pine 2 gal. Reg. $18.00 Now $6.99 . r 8'-10' Emerald Green Norway Maple Bare -Root Reg $15. Now $9.99 Potted $.19.50 4' Fraser lir Reg $39:00 Now $29.00 Open Mon -Sat 8:00 to 6:00 Closed Sunday • i'imitzd 529-7247 Long-term stays up, surgery stays down by Jim Brown Wingham and District Hospital chief executive officer Lloyd Koch told the hospital's board of .gover- nors, at its regular monthly meeting on Thursday, that long-term patients continue to increase their length of stay due' primarily to several chronic care patients who require continued hospitalization. He added that the length, of stay' continues to decline in surgery, but that is more than made up for in medicine where it has increased from 6.9 to 7.6 days. Koch said the fiscal -year statistics have been available since the end of March. "While the total number of admis- ' sions and discharges is marginally lower, our • patient days are mar- ginally higher due to a very busy last quarter of the year," he said. Koch noted • that the operating room continues to replace major surgery with minor surgery, much of it for out-patients or short -stay patients. He said 54 Per cent of the hospital's procedures are now minor. Out-patient department ac- tivities are very similar to last year. He stated that the lab department has changed the way they report their statistics, and consequently the 24 per cent drop in volume would actually appear as an increase of about two per cent if the old recor- ding method .was used. Koch said this would rectify itself next year when a full two years of stats have been compiled. "Radiology activity is down 10 per cent due to less referrals from x-rays" said Koch. "This has af- fected our out-patient revenue and next year's budget has accordingly been revised downwards." He said that nutrition and food services.had about the same activity as last year, while rehabilitation services increasec,,by about two per cent. Koch stated in his report that the board's ad hoc committee met with physicians who provide on-call services and came to a tentative agreement to extend the current agreement for another three months, with some modifications. He added that the board has prepared a proposal for the Ministry of Health and the London Regional Cancer Centre (LRCC) to fund two new positions for the hospital's cancer clinic. "We have seen the need grow for counselling services for newly - diagnosed cancer patients and their families," said Koch. "Our social worker has been overwhelmed with servicing this group to the extent that other services have been neglected, He added that since the cancer clinic is a priority service for . the Ministry of Health, the hospital is hoping for 100 per cent funding for a full-time. social worker and a co- ordinator to .help patients access services, both locally and in London between .the visits by the LRCC doctor. "Two of our physicians have indicated an • interest in ad- ministering low acuity chemotherapy and being, trained at the LRCC to provide this service • locally for our patients," he stated. Koch said the proposal has received wide support from ' the community and from the hospital's medical staff. • The hospital will again sponsor tours of the local medical facility for schools during Canada Health Day on May 12. Koch noted that 12 area schools have been contacted. "These were very successful last year, and we hope they will be well attended again this year," said Koch. Did you know The Paediatric Critical Care Transport Team travels to areas outside of London - either by am- bulance, helicopter, or plane - to transport critically ill patients .to Childrens' Hospital of Western Ontario, where theyreceive specialized care. In 1994, a new intensive training and certification program will be launched to expand the role of the nurse and respiratory therapist on transport, permitting them where appropriate,' to function indepen- dently in telephone consultation with the physician in the Unit. OPP look for beach nudist OPP are investigating the appearance of a nudist on Apr. 24. At about, 4 p.m. a man with reddish -brown hair was seen walking down a beach in Blair's Grove, without any clothing. The incident in still under •investigation. A 54 -year-old RR 3, Goderich man was arrested for . impaired driving on Apr. 26. At 10 p.m, he was observed by an officer driving erratically and was pulled over. 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