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Ministry direction
expected this week
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Care as to whether or not those clin-
ics would be restricted to high-priority
patients only.
"We're still waiting for direction on
how to roll out the next shipment,"
Cameron said Friday. The unit expect-
ed to receive that direction this week.
She added that those clinics sched-
uled to take place in Goderich Nov. 16
to 21 may be cut short.
"They may not run the whole week,"
she said.
The Health Unit is fielding "several
hundred" calls a day from concerned
county residents. Cameron says many
of those calling enquire about clinic
dates, high-risk groups, and vaccines
for pregnant women. Though Cameron
sympathizes with callers, she said the
best advice at the moment is to keep
checking clinic updates on the Health
Unit web site, www.huroncounty.ca/
health.
"Check the web site all the time,"
she said. "We don't know yet how
much [vaccine] we're going to get,
whether it will go to risk -groups or if
the Ministry will let us open them to
the public. The information goes up
when we get it."
The Huron County Health Unit will
be working with the Ministry of Health
over the next few days to figure out
the next approach to vaccinations.
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Councillors go hands-on
for accessibility lesson
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signal -star staff
Huron County Councillors and staff met
in council chambers last week to get a lesson
in customer service.
The Huron County Accessibility Advi-
sory Committee (HCAAC) hosted a training
session November 4, giving councillors a
chance to experience some of the disabilities
commonly faced by people in their jurisdic-
tion.
Blindness, hearing loss, even loss of mo-
bility - county office workers were able to
avail themselves of stations simulating vari-
ous disabilities to deepen their understand-
ing, and ultimately, improve customer ser-
vice for disabled constituents.
As provincial legislation is rolling in to
have all municipalities completely acces-
sible by 2010, the push is on to get people
trained.
"We're legally obligated to train whoever
has interests in Huron County," said training
coordinator Sara Clemons. "
Some municipalities got a head start on
their accessibility, she told county council,
citing the Seaforth Medical Centre and God-
erich Town Hall as examples.
The need is ever-present, she said, as ac-
cording to Statistics Canada, 4.4 million Ca-
nadians live with a disability, including 1.85
million Ontarians - 15.5 per cent of the prov-
ince's population.
The Accessibility for Ontarians with Dis-
abilities Act, enacted in 2008, requires all
municipal staff to have training by Dec. 31,
2009. Failure to comply can see fines of up
to $50,000.
Photo contributed
County clerk Barbara Wilson gives
Morris-Turnberry Mayor Dorothy Kelly
some assistance operating a wheel-
chair at a recent accessibilty and
customer service meeting of Huron
County Council. Kelly is also chair of
the Huron County Accessibility
Advisory Committe.
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