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(519) 523-4989 MEMBER OF HURON INSURANCE MANAGERS GROUP PAGE 20. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2002. Obituaries BARBARA MAE THOMAS Mrs. Mae Thomas of Wingham passed away at Wingham and District Hospital on Saturday, Oct. 26. 2002. She Was 82. The former Mae Fischer was the beloved wife of Bernard Thomas. She was the dear mother of Douglas and Jean Thomas of Mississauga, and Gerald and Erika Thomas of Calgary. She was the loving grand- mother of Brian, David and Richard Thomas and sister of Stanley Fischer of Listowel, Verla Hastings of Kitchener and Hartley and Mary Fischer of Listowel. Mrs. Thomas was predeceased by her parents Jacob and Sarah (Chapman) Fischer and her brother Eugene Fischer. Visitation was at the McBurney Funeral Home, Wingham on Monday from 2 - 4 and 7 - 9 p.m. Funeral service was at the funeral home on Tuesday al 1:30 p.m. Rev. Linda Moffatt officiated. !nterment was- in Wingham Cemetery. Memorial donations to the Heart and Stroke Foundation, Bluevale Presbyterian Church or Wingham and District Hospital Foundation would be appreciated as expressions of sympathy. MARGARET SARAH HOGG Margaret Sarah Hogg passed away at Sunset Manor, in Collingwood on Sunday, Oct. 27, 2002. She was in , her 91st year. The former Margaret Sellers was the beloved wife of the late Joseph B. Hogg. She was the dear mother of Douglas R. Hogg and his wife Angela of Rexdale and loving grand- mother to Jennifer and her husband Glen Pearson, Peter Hogg and Penny of Wasaga Beach, Joseph Hogg of Midland and Steve Hogg of Collingwood. She will be lovingly remembered by her five great-grand- children. She was predeceased by two sis- ters Ida Marie Sellers and Stella Clark and one brother Kenneth Sellers. A family memorial service will be held. at Maitland Bank Cemetery, Seaforth on Thursday, Nov. 7 at 2 p.m. Arrangements were entrusted to Chatterson-Long Funeral Home, Coll ingwood. Memorial donations to the charity of your choice would be appreciated. Hospital board hears of early start to flu season By Mark Nonkes Wingham Advance-Times Physicians are offering people a chance to beat the high fevers, head aches, severe 'muscle aches. dry coughs, chills, sore throats and other symptoms associated with the flu this year. The only way to fight the bug is to roll up your sleeve and get the flu shot. Vaccinations will be administered at the Wingham and District Hospital Terrace Room today, Oct. 30 from By Mark Nonkes Wingham Advance-Times There's been a change in care at the Wingham and District Hospital and more are planned for the future. Patients are now being matched with nurses instead of nurses being assigned rooms, the clinical leader told the hospital board Thursday. 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., tomorrow, Oct. 31 'from 7:30 a.m. to 5. p.m and Nov. I from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Dr. Marie Gear told the Wingham and District Hospital board that there has already .been an influenza out- break this season in Mitchell. Gear said it is early for the flu to start and will only be a matter of time before it hits Wingham and area. In an interview before the meeting, Dr. Beth Henning of the Huron County Health Unit said there is a lot of information going around that isn't true about the vaccine. "We've changed the way people have done their job around here," Liz Phalen said. The nurses are matched by the seriousness of a patients' needs. It is hoped the new method will improve job satisfaction among the nursing staff. However, Phalen admitted the initial steps weren't that easy. "Nurses don't like anything to One rumour that's not true is that you can get the flu' from getting the vaccine. Henning said that the is very safe and there is no live virus in the shot so no one can get the flu from it. She also said the side effects from getting the flu are much worse than getting the mild side effects from the shot. In fact, Henning said that about 6,700 Canadians die from flu-related illness every year. The virus spreads very easily as it becomes airborne after an infected person coughs or change," she said. Phalen said the change is a result of a survey done in the, hospitals last fall. The report, by the College of Nurses, made nine suggestions on where the hospital could improve. This first recommendation has been up and running since June "We're still working through lots and lots of little blips," Phalen said. sneezes. She said influenza can be particularly dangerous for small chil- dren and the older generation. Even the most healthy people in society can get the flu, Henning said. A shot is needed every fall (during flu season regularly from November to April), Henning explained, because the virus changes every year. She also said antibiotics have no affect on whether or not a person contracts the virus and often do little to help it. The shot protects people for about six months. Some people worry about an aller- gic reaction which Henning calls "very rare". She said there is no alu- minum in the flu shot and actual mercury amount is very small. "We have more people interested in getting the vaccine than not once they get the information," 'Dr. Henning said. There will also be non-mandatory flu shot clinics for all school children throughout the region. - If people have questions they can contact their family doctor. 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