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PAGE 16. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1996
Wingham Hosp. Bd. chooses site for medical clinic
By Margaret Stapleton
By this time next year, residents
of Wingham and area will be
served by a new, fully-equipped
medical clinic located immediately
to the rear of Wingham and District
Hospital.
In a unanimous decision at last
week's October meeting of the
hospital board of governors,
members accepted a Catherine St.
location as the preferred site. The
existing hospital clinic building and
former nursing assistants' training
centre both will be demolished to
make way for the clinic, which will
be connected to the hospital.
In an interview after last week's
meeting, Lloyd Koch, hospital
executive director, said the medical
clinic committee will meet this
week with the architect to define
what elements will go into the
building. In June, the hospital
board gave its approval in principle
to the concept of building a 10,000-
square-foot medical clinic which
would house eight to 10 doctors at
a cost of not more than $1.5
million.
Bob Pike, in the report of the
medical clinic committee at least
Thursday's hospital board meeting,
gave the complete background of
the process which has led to the
clinic.
About two years ago, a strategic
plan process for the hospital was
started, said Pike. A committee was
struck, the community surveyed
and groups provided input. A
facilitator helped to compile data
collected with a specific eye toward
priorities for the hospital. The
completed plan was presented to
the public, said Pike, including the
concept of a medical clinic to meet
the present and future needs of
Wingham and area residents.
The process of planning for a
clinic started last summer, he
continued, when an architect was
engaged and potential sites
examined.
"The hospital is not in the
business of building clinics, said
Pike. But efforts to enlist a private
developer for the clinic failed. The
local doctors, some of whom will
be retiring in the next few years,
were unable to complete a
satisfactory arrangement with the
developers. -
However, in the past 10 years the
community has lost several doctors,
Pike continued. There was the same
number of patients, he said, but
Hunter
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making a decision about
representation on the hospital
board.
Mary Lou Cameron said she felt
the board could benefit from
Hunter's input and encouraged his
appointment. A native of Lucknow,
Cameron noted that Hunter has
spent most of his life in the area.
Farmers Experience Many
Health Problems
Farmers are more likely to die of
cancers such as leukemia, non-
Hodgkins lymphoma, and multiple
myeloma than any other occupation
group.
Farmers have higher mortality rates
for lip, prostrate, and stomach
cancer.
Half of all farmers over the age of
50 have greater than 50% hearing
loss.
they were seeing fewer doctors and
some were going outside the area
for medical treatment, resulting in
declining activity at the local
hospital. "We (the hospital) have a
vested interest in trying to attract
more doctors to our hospital to use
our facilities and e.xpertise," said
Pike.
So the hospital took the lead in
the process. The clinic committee
got serious in evaluating different
sites and visited other clinics. The
announcement this spring that Dr.
Peter Long was leaving the
community brought home the
urgency of the situation to the
remaining doctors and they offered
their support, said Pike.
The local economic development
committee met with the clinic
committee to make suggestions. A
site in downtown Wingham was
By Margaret Stapleton
Wingham and District Hospital
in sponsoring a community health
forum later this month at the
Heritage Theatre in Wingham's
town hall to inform local residents
on what is happening in health
care.
As part of the report of the public
relations committee to last week's
October hospital board meeting.
Verna Steffler said the health
forum is not to be confused with
district health council meetings
currently underway in Grey and
Bruce Counties and slated for later
this fall in Huron and Perth.
Steffler said the Heritage theatre
was chosen because it will hold
approximately 400 people, is easily
accessible thanks to an elevator lift
and is centrally located.
The health forum is slated for
deemed unsuitable by the architect
because it would not provide
sufficient parking. As well, it was
felt the clinic should be built as
close to the hospital as possible to
make full use of its services.
The choice of sites eventually
was narrowed to two from four.
The site immediately to the south
of the hospital (the Wingham
Medical Arts) building was deemed
unsuitable because it was too small
as the committee wanted to have as
much space as possible on the
ground floor.
FUNDING
As it was not possible to come to
an agreement with a private
developer, "The resources being
committed are those of this
hospital," said Pike.
The money has been
accumulated over the years and
Wednesday, Oct. 30, running from
7 to 9:30 p.m. Steffler has compiled
an impressive panel to discuss what
is happening in health care.
Featured speakers include: Mary
Lin Heatherington, regional repre-
sentative of the Ontario Nurses'
Association on integrated delivery
systems; Linda Knight on changes
in community health care; Huron
MPP Helen Johns, parliamentary
assistant to the minister of health
on future directions in health care.
As well, the chairman of the
Wingham and District Hospital
Board, Noreen Gnay, will speak on
the town's doctor shortage and the
need for a medical clinic. Finally,
Fraser Bell, executive director of
the Huron-Perth District Health
Council, will talk about the
"Hospitals and Related Health
Services Study".
now will be used for the purpose
for which it was raised. "We have
the financial resources sitting in the
bank doing nothing," he added.
"Fundraising is not a critical
component in whether or not we
proceed with the clinic," he
continued. "It is a way to express
support of the process."
George Underwood, vice
chairman of the hospital board,
added his thoughts. "It has been a
pleasure to have been involved in
this (the clinic)," with all board
members focused and thinking
alike. He said his goal is to build
the clinic as soon as possible.
Verna Steffler asked what will
happen under restructuring,
especially in light of district health
council studies on the future of
health care currently underway.
"This is taxpayers' money," noted
Steffler.
"We just don't know what will
happen, replied Board Chairman
Noreen Gnay.
The subsequent motion to choose
the Catherine St. site passed
unanimously, as did a motion to
demolish the former hospital clinic
building and training centre.
Wingham Hospital hosts
health forum on Oct. 28