HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1984-11-07, Page 7Lucke Sentinel, Wednetiorf November 7, $984—Pswe 7
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• Doctor earners:Pm rode back to. RedtreeS inly%rwrir,
early One morning after saying up with 4 11,ritMLEV2S •
patient all. night, at farmon the outskirts ' '
of Mono Mink He had • successfully - by Deutampbell '
delivered a clitid.*1:44., as he always did on
these 0,CCaSICOISI felt a sense Of relief and. "
accomplishment It had been a difficult cabins rising perpendicular intothe calm,
birth, and had • taken all his skill and crisp air, As far as the eye could see, and
patience to save the lives of both the some thirty-five miles to the south, Lake.
mother and her *baby. • • * Ontario glistened With the reflected light of
The question of remuneration for •his a -rising sun. .
work was seeondary to the Mere important Instinctively, the doctor's horse turned
task of caring for the- people in„lus 9vvn off the sixth line and along the narrow trail
*community, atict.vilttieVet'tkeati him,* . to Redtrees. 'Men going to their barns
the district, A small entrifhad been. made • waved as the doctor passed, dogs barked,
.in his notebook : "Mrs4ylacDenaltli. Sone' and thesoundef lowing cattle and bteating
Mills, First childbirth -.nothiito amisa, it sheep .Wekomed the start • of ' another
'never occurred to him, ;thereliact been no Pitineer . day. •
menden of PaYinent for his serVice..In'hs '.Caineron. was; sold,:anii,Very tired, but
saddlebag was a slice•oftreitypork)and two ,:4 there would be .flo time to sleep: Soon a
eggs, giVen to him bytiVir. MacDonald,: a little crowd of patients would make their
shy young man'. With tears of joy and ':.way to his hOuse; carryinCtkeir aches 'and
gratitude in his eyes pains to his sympatheticsmile and eternal s;
."Frae ye breakfait;.•Idoetor, :When ye get.- Understanding.
home." When the (lector arrived. home, hefound
It was a colcismorning.innd n: light :'Shoit the housekeeper stirring the kitthen• fire.. •
'had ohliterated, the tracks:: of wagons and She hid no idea what time he was due back
horses on the sixth line. At the crest of the , fromMone Mills but did not expecthim so
\highest hilt, the panorama of-• a winter 'early,- He zgave her the pork and eggs. .s
wonderland Stretched before hint. The -road "May as well cook these Mrs. Baird 1.•
appeared orily;as.a narrow;- continuous gap • ..can eat a bearty;breakfiat this morning./'
between the trees --of 'the bush, "a dense. She was tempted to blurt out the news of
crowd of boughs hibernating at the• tops Of Jane Cameron's f hasty departure, but
their dark trunks.heneath a :blanket of ttioughtit best to wait'until the -doctor had
fluffy snow. , ' ' something inhis hay before distressing
.Here and there, the natural scene was him. Cameron did not ask after his wife.
broken by a fence of roots or split rails, and She Was not usually an early riser.
in the clearings, rough buildings stood like . He had just finished his meal when the
strangers in, a foreign land the smoke from Reverend Duncan MacLeod , arrived .to .
eonsole his friend, The Minister was
surprised when he saw the doctor Avas
perfectly calin and iinagitated. Obviously,
he had not yet been told that. his wife had
left hint, MacLeod' was Sorry he had to he,
the one to. reveal the bad tidings.
appears* have not been told of the
sad events which ocurred during your
absence," the minister said softly, "You
will have to know, and regret that the
revelation must. comefrom me. Your wife
left for Toronto- yesterday. With her. cousin.
She has taken the children with her.i"
Doctor Cameron pushed his chair back
--from the tableland rose to Ids feet, There
was. an. .angry look on his face .and he
Clenched his hands to conceal' his emotion.
Without replying heivalked to the window
and loOked outside, as if formulating • a
.
"I 'thought one such escapade would
have 'been 'sufficient to' calm Jane's ' rest.4
; lessness,',., he said sadly; without. turning.
around toshow MacLeod just how thenews
had distressed him,
•.'MacLeod was ata .loss for words. It is
poor policy to intervene in the affairs which
• only,concern a man and, his wife, but he
had ;to say something.* '
"What will you do now, Charles? Will
You go to Toronto?", •
• The doctor turned arpund. His face Was
still flushed and there was a. mist of deep
• sadness rising sin .his eyes.
",Toronto? What would be the use of
going there?" He took a watch out of his
pocket in the • pretence 'of checkingthe
time: "If you will excuse me, Duncan, 1
have some patients to see!"
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To the Ed*: • • I
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Last year, Mir .Hospital Apard,. 'hired
the Toronto Consulting Firm of Goldie
Co. Ltd., to assess the ability and willing-
ness of the citizens of this Community to
support, the then proposed hospital
building program.
. The Goldie Report, cpmpyted in
June/83, at l'•(•trOeolt of), 'OPrtudinately
$7,500.00, listed . itndef» recommenda-
tions: (a) prior to mounting a campaign to
raise funds for:the new emergency and
ambulatory 1care. -building,, the .Hoipital
• must heal the rift that appears to have
developed in its relationship with parts of
the community it serves.. .
On July 5, 1983, an ad hoc Committee
was established by the Hospital Board
with three terms of reference' with PA!'
.being: - the Committee be given the
power to set inmotion the process Tor
healing the rift within the coininunity.
This Committee reported to the Board on
February 15, 1984, and:madelour recom-
mendations with Number Z being: -
ospital board for closed. meetings
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t.:ED11911,.
The , Committee' recommends that
Board meetings be operi to the. public,
thereby continuing ongoing and -Open,:
confinutificatidn, with, the public.
Asa Member of the ad hoc Committee,
was disappointed to learn that the.
HoSp!tal Board did not open the• Board
meetings te the public, and failed to make
public their reasons . for not doing so.
' At the June, 1984 Annual Meeting of'
• the Hospital . Association, I moved -
Motion, recommending the Board again
consider opening. its •meetings to observ-
ers, fro& the general. public, seconded by.
Doug Garniss, .and this motion was
passed overwhelmingly by the estimated
60 people in. attendance.
As of today, November 5,..1984, I am
aware of no public announcement by the
Board- as to their decision on this' motion.
I read: with dismay and alarm your
account of last 'week's Board 'meeting
• where even .the press was barred from 3
hours of a % hour meeting. '
' I commend you for your editorial
"What are they Hiding". Our Hospital ile-‘
an esitential part of our community
providing vital services to <us all. Our.
•Hospital is funded by public taxes and
• should be accountable to the citizens of'
our community. ••
If affairs at the Hospital are, being,well
conducted, first hand knowledge of this,
gained by public "observation, at Board
meetings would help build public confid-
ence and support.
If street reports of manipulation, intim-
idation and deception are true, and some
have been verified, it's time' for action•s.'
Yours truly,
• Ross. S. Proctor,
R. R. ,#, 5,
Brussels, Ontario.
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