The Lucknow Sentinel, 1979-03-07, Page 5Lettere to the editor
CONTINUED FROM P. 4
used in the classroom. Yes,
the "Battle of the Books is
Not Oyer Yet". It is only just
beginning.
Sincerely,
Teresa Courtney."
Let'skeep our
" hospitals
Dear Editor,
The people of Wingham
and District are very legitim-
ately , proud of our local
hospital. It has proven to be
an indispensible asset to our
community. It is efficient,
well equipped and well staf-
fed.
How many of, our people
realize that we are .going to
lose our hospital? . We are.
The first step has ::already
been taken. •
The government realized
during its abortive attempts
to close Durham and other
small hospitals that the pub-
lic will not stand by and
meekly allow . such flagrant
violation of human rights. So
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now a new insidious method
has been chosen to achieve
the same ends.
This year we lose 14 beds.
By next year we will have lost
28 beds. The reason for this
is that the Ministry of
Health, for no valid reason,
has chosen the random fig-
ure
g-
ure of 3;5 beds per 1000
population.
This 'figure is "not nego-
tiable" according , to the
Ministry of Health as quoted
by hospital administrator
Norman Hayes. This is re-
gardless of a study done in
Grey County which proved
that areas comparable to our
own here in. Huron County
require 5.4 beds per 1000.
Where did this arbitrary
government figure come
from?' Good question. There
appears to be no answer. So
this year we lose 14 beds.
Then who will.. stop the
government from calmly
lowering: their figure from
3.5 to 3.0 .then to 2.5?
Once our hospital„gets so
small that it cannot support
all the ancillary services
which it boasts now, such as
etrtensive lab work, outside
specialist, surgeons, consul- t
tants, etc., then it will no
longer be'a viable institution.
At that point the government
will coldly command it to be
closed.
We should .learn from the
mistakes ' made in Britain
where the same pattern
evolved. All small hospitals
were gradually forced to get
smaller and less proficient
and eventually were forced to
close. Now only unwieldy
colossal institutions remain
and it is the people who
suffer. People are on waiting
lists extendingover years for
simple surgical procedures
that now we take for granted.
We have to stir ourselves
from this.apathy in which we
are mired. This hospital is
going to have to close. We
have to do something about it
and we have to do it now. We
cannot wait until it is dwindl-
ed so small that it is not
economically efficient.
Now is the time to act.
Now, while we still have
something to save. We all
have a personal interest in
this matter so it is up to all of
us, not just `•' somebody else”
to write to the Ministry of
Health, to our local M.P.P.,
A'a
and to get out and attend
• open meetings such as the
one held on February 21.
We must question. We
must listen. We must dig for
the truth and we must haunt •
the government with our
loud cries of "No"!
Only by continuing to
question their supreme right
to rule our lives do we have a
chance to prevent this calam-
ity from taking place.
It is our hospital. Let's
keep it.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Raye Elmslie.
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