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Home My WebLink AboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1979-10-17, Page 29, 1 , 1 • Hos ital won't persue legal action Wingham and District Hospital board of governors decided Wednesday night they will not proceeds with legal action against the Ministry of Health in their dispute to keep hospital beds open The board's management committee met before the meeting and made a recommendation to the board that the legal action be dropped in view of the obvious lack of support from the municipalities using the hospital. Dr Wilkins,and Raye Elmslie opposed the mOtion. John Mann of the Citizens' Action Committee, reported to the board their efforts to raise money for legal costs had failed. Only East Wawanosh supported the appeal. Dr. Douglas Mowbray stated the management committee and the board really had no alternative due to the total lack of support from surrounding •municipalities. "They've cast the dye and will have to live with the results," he Com- mented. On a recommendation from the hospital's medical staff, the hospital will invite a joint committee of the Ontario Hospital Association and the College of Physicians to examine bed utilization at the hospital. The ministry has told the board there will be n� negotiation of the hospital's funding until such a study is done. The board's motion stipulated that S.he decision on hospital issue the ministry be requested to provide theirterms of reference and the.ir" recommendations, stating the study is their wish. The board fears the study will be • Lucknow Village Council decided to await the outcome of a Wingham and District Hospital board meeting before allocating funds in its 1980 budget to help the hospital fight a legal case against the Ontario health ministry. A letter from the Citizens' Action Committee was received by council requesting funds to cover legal costs if the hospital went to court to question the health ministry's right to close 14 beds at the hospital. • Based on in-patient records frOm April I, 1978 to March 31,1979, the village was assessed $3,765. as its share of the funds being solicited. Council received a letter from the village's lawyer, George Brophy saying Lucknow was under no legal obligation to support the committee's funding raising campaign. Reev.e George Joynt told cotincil he had heard from a reliable source that the law suit would not be going .through. Councillor Ab Murray said he would be disappointed if the hospital board did not go ahead with its fight against the ministry over the bed cuts. Reeve Joynt told council he did not think politics was involved in the ministry's ruling. Councillor Murray objected to the reeve's statement saying, "You'll Turn to page 40, 28 PAGES ' uc ow s L oldest citizen, les • Luanow's oldest resident died Tuesday, October 16 at the age of 103. Annie Cruickshanks Paterson MacKenzie died at Pinecrest Manor vt4iere she had been a resident since 1974. • Born in Huron Township, Bruce County, March 12th, 1876; she was one of nine Children in the family of Agnes and Alex Paterson. • After graduating froth • Mountainside Hospital, Montclair, New Jersey, and a most interesting nursing career, she married William MacKenzie. They took up residence in Lucknow. After the death of her husband, in 1941, Mrs. MacKenzie continued to live in Lucknow. In 'November of 1947 Mrs. MacKenzie moved to Toronto to live with her daughter, Katharine. There she took an active part in het church, hadmany interests • and made a wide circle of friends. Due to failing health in 1974 Mrs. MacKenzie became a resident of Pinecrest Manor. • She and her family were very appreciative of the loving care and personal attention she received until her death. Mrs. MacKenzie was predeceased by her husband in June, 1941, and by three sons, Alex, Tom, and Dr: Wm. P. Surviving members of the family are Katharine, ThOrnhill, Frank, Kinloss Township and Dr. 'John K., Islington. ,The funoral_....sersdcewas—liekl....at_ the MacKenzie and McCreath Funeral Home Friday, October 19, 1979, conducted by Rev. George Lowe Of Knox Presbyterian Church, Toronto. • On behalf of the family, Frank MacKenzie sang The TWenty-Third Psalm, a testimony to his mother's abiding faith. WEDNESDAY, 'OCTOBER 24,. 1979 Single Copy 30c 5 •, 4. "04 „ . ,• „ The pallbearers and flower bearers were Sandy and Bruce MacKenzie, Bob, Ken and Tom MacKenzie, Ian and Rod MacKenzie and DavidBattle. Interment was -in South Kinloss Cemetery. • • . Eight Huron -Perth high schools competed in a cross country Meet at the Falls Reserve Conservation Area last Thursday. Matt McClure, South Huron, Exeter, finished first in this heat, &flowed by Mark Underwood, Seefoith and Murray Wareing, Soith'Huron Exeter. Mdift students Anita Ref/sink, Joan Dieksoon Janet Wood, Dianne McBride Kim Karen Purdon, Tom Foulon,Arthur Versteeg, Mark cDougall* John Leeiliam, Mark Weber, Ed Davidson* Tom Whlte, Carl lforrliOn, Leo 1Kinahen'Mike Weber,Leonard McGlynn, Alfred Ste/igen, Steve Davidson., Jake de Boer, Mark Hildenby, Mie Dennis, Grant Rutherford, Dave Ha*snoot and Grant (nay, will be competing in the WOSSA championship meet at the Fells Reserve this Friday. • (Dave Sykes Photo] • 474, ,T ^$.• • completed and then the ministry will - change their terms of reference making the study an exercise in futility. The board made it clear the study is being done to continue negotiations with the ministry over bed closures and budget cuts. The hospital board is not conducting the study to determine a lapse in medical standards at the hospital. Dr, Mowbray pointed out the study will turn up the same inforrndtion and the same accreditation the hospital use "everytime we don't have.anythithe study is only being done to continue negotiations with the ministry, he added.. The medical staff indicated they want something in writing from the ministry- following the completion of, the study, said Mowbray, because "everytime we don't have .anything in writing we go up in smoke." ISEE..f. By The Sentinet Trick or treat • In this Year of the Child, you are asked to specially consider • your donation to UNICEF on HalloWe'en, Public School children from Lucknow and Kinloss Central will • again be calling with orange boxes. Last year alone. $1,303,000 was • raised by groups, students and indiv- iduals. This money has been used by UNICEF in over. 100 countries to provide long range assistance • in health, nutrition and education to children who would otherwise he unable to survive. 136,000,000 children in developing countries' have no medical care, no clean water to drink, no schools to attend and very little toI eat: Like all children they have great potential, but without your help many of them will hot live past the age of five. •• Let's make the Year of the Child a time for caring about ALL children EVERYWHERE! Standard time The clock turns back an hour at 2 a.m. Sunday morning when we re-. turn to Standard Time.Don't forget to set your clock back one hour before retiring Saturday night. Business Assoc. meets tonight The Lucknow Business Association will meet tonight,. Wednesday, octob- er 24 at the Town Hall at 8.00 p.m. for an important meeting. The Associa- tion's meetings have been poorly attended in the past and ail members as well as new business people in the village are urged to attend. The co- operation of all concerned would be. appreciated by the AisOciation's exec- utive and interested menibers. • • " ,i6.•••■• • • Y.4 eb • A