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2-L.cka.w Sentinel, Wadassdsy, Jury 24, 1979
FRIENDLY CHAT Rev:"John Swan of ;St. Pau s Anglican„Church,Wingham, chats with
Margaret Hoey of Gorrie. during her"stay at Winghun and District Hospital. Rev... Swan Is
co-ordinator of the new volunteer.ehaplaincy service at the hospital. fAdyance-Timed Photo]
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Chapkiincy service
provides pastoral
care at hospital
BY HENRY HESS
A hospital can be a lonely
place. for , a person- who is
from out of town or has few
friends or relatives in the
area. And the need for
companionship, advice or
reassurance cannot, always
be met, by the busy nurses
and doctors.
.This, is one ,of the basic
reasons for the new volun-
teer chaplaincy service es-
tablished to provide pastoral .
Care to patients at Wingham
and District Hospital.
The service, a joint . ven-
ture of the hospital and area
clergy, has been in operation.
for just a month and is still.
considered 'experimental'.. It
is organized to provide a
chaplain . either, at the hos-
pital or on call 24 -hours a day
throughout. the year..
''Bach of the participating'
ministers is 'on' for four days
amonth. During thistime he
or she spends an. hour at the
hopital intheevening:. visit-
ing with patients. and is also
.on 24-hour call is a patient,
should`'request. a chaplain.
Bill. , Woodley, ,the new
director of nursing, explains';
, the :pastoral careservace`as a
reflection 'of the hospital's
desire to treat the whole
patient.
"Only in recent times has
the spiritual aspect been con-
sidered essential if full heal-
' ing is to occur."
Doctors want to treat the
spiritual side of the patient,
but lack the.minister's.exper-
tise, he said.
He noted that many hos-
pitals are starting chaplaincy
serd'ices and that provision of
.such a service has even been
tied into hospital accredita-
tion standards: Under the
'1977 revised standards a
hospital must either . have: a
pastoral. care. service or be
working on one: "
It is also part of the
wholistic approach to health
care, he added.
Rev. John Swani of Wing -
ham, the .co•ordinating.chap-
lain-for the service, describ-
ed a chaplain as a liaison
between .the, patient and the
hospitalstaff or. the family,
adding he feels that healing
and religion 'die. coming to-.
getherlagain..The two were
very close at the time of the
Crusades, but later got wide..-;,.
. ly separated, he said,1:.
Both he and Mr: Woodley
emphasized;;, the "service. •is
strictly voluntary on both.
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sides: it is not forced on
anyone and is not intended to
take the place of a patient's
own minister. It is primarily
aimed at filling the vacuum
created when a patient is
from out of town or cannot
contact his or her own pastor.
Nor is it limited to p'atieiits:
the chaplains will also prov-
ide
counselling for hospital
staff if requested..
Mr. Swan said the Wing -
ham hospital. had a chaplain-
cy service in the past but it
wasn't really organized. Un-
der, the current system an
executive committee, com-
posed of Rev: Robert -Arm-'
strong of Wingham, Rev.
Wilena Brown of 'Bluevale.
and •Rev. ,William Munshaw
of Lucknow, meets monthly.
with .the co-ordinating. chap- ,
lain to iron out details.
-Other: ministers particip-
ating in the service are Rev.
Barry Passmore, Rev. Ron
Baker, Lt..'Iain Trainor, Rev.,
Tony Sonderup and . !Pastor
Len Fex from: Wingham and
Rev. ()mance Laramie from
Fordwich.
Mr Swam said he is hoping
P g,
to interest more -area . minist-
ers in taking part so the time
Commitment can be reduced.
Lucknow District
o -op
Would. like -to express their appreciation to all those who
made their grand opening such a success
We dope that : our new facilities wit make it more
convenient for your shopping
PLEASE NdTE
• Our New Telephone..
Number is
529.7953
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Lucknow District Co -Op
New location: ', mile south of LUcknow on Hurofti County Road #1.