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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron Expositor, 1995-04-05, Page 6II—THE HURON EXPOSITOR, April b, 1E95 News and Views New hospital foundation formed BY TIM CUMMING Expositor Editor A new foundation to support Seaforth Community Hospital held its inaugural meeting on Wednes- day, March 15. The meeting was held with its current Board of Directors: Marlen Vincent, President; Alf Ross, Vice - President and Bill Thibert, Secre- tary -Treasurer. Chief Executive Officer Bill Thibert told the hospital's Board of Directors on March 28 that the Foundation will offer some protec- tion from government interference as the Foundation's funds will be separate from the hospital. The Foundation will act as a fundraising arm of Seaforth Com- munity Hospital. The new organiz- ation will be able to concentrate on fundraising for the hospital, said Thibert. "It's not a subcommittee of the board," he explained. "The hospital board appoints the members of the foundation, it has a direct connec- tion to the board." The Foundation will make grants or gifts to the Seaforth Community Hospital in accordance with Rev- enue Canada requirements for chari- table foundations. "At the present time the hospital benefits significantly from the financial support offered by local residents, community groups and service clubs and from the dedi- cated and generous efforts of the Seaforth Community Hospital Aux- iliary," announced a press release issued at the March 28 Board of Directors meeting. "It is the Foundation's intent to build upon these relationships in a complemen- tary manner." The new Foundation will empha- size the purchase of new patient care equipment. Ministry of Health funds are primarily expended on operating costs, according to the Board's statement. The Seaforth Community Hospital Foundation will be a registered Canadian charity and will issue donor receipts for income tax pur- poses. The Foundation is applying for a charitable number. Both the hospital and the Founda- tion will retain charitable numbers. Donations can be made to either institution. * * * A new report on funding for emergency on-call service in rural hospitals received some praise at the Seafodh Community Hospital Board of Directors. "Graham Scott did a comprehen- sive review, he listened attentively to the physicians," said Bill Thibert, Chief Executive Officer. "He con- firmed a rural physician's practice is different from urban practice." Physician Mark Woldnik said there is nothing new about the topics in Scott's report but he was glad they were now written down. "What was nice to see is they didn't white -wash the issue." The Scott Report urges the Minis- try of Health, the Ontario Hospital Association and the Ontario Medi- cal Association to work on resolv- ing the issue of providing emerg- ency on-call service in rural areas. The report recommends a $70 hourly rate be paid to some phys- icians who are on-call for weekend and overnight shifts and receiving the fee-for-service. According to an executive sum- mary of the report, there is an emphasis on resolving problems in northern Ontario. Scou also says the medical educa- tion system is not emphasizing rural medicine enough. The report says hospitals with less than five physicians should not require the operation of a 24-hour emergency room. There are six doctors currently at the Seaforth facility so this recommendation shouldn't affect Seaforth, said Thibert. The report says consolidation should be considered in some areas. It mentions Seaforth, Goderich and Clinton as one of several areas where there is a 'cluster' of hospi- tals. The Chief Executive Officer of Seaforth Community Hospital, however, says they are only examples and may place undue emphasis on this region. The emergency deparuttent is one of the most important connections a hospital has with the community, said Thibert. "Seaforth has 24-hour emergency service and intends to remain (with it)." The District Health Council may discuss emergency department services in its planning initiative with the eight Huron -Perth hospitals this year. Seaforth Community Hospital is currently talking with a prospective new doctor. The hospital expects to hear in the next four to six weeks if the doctor has chosen Seaforth. Feds announce Canada Day youth award Initiated on a national level in 1991, the Canada Day Youth Award is once again a key com- ponent of this year's Canada Day program, announced M.P. for Huron -Bruce, Paul Steckle. Anyone may wish to nominate a young person for this award who exemplifies the qualities of citizenship that strengthen our social fabric and enrich our national life, Steckle stated. Potential recipients must be 18 years of age or younger and TIM CUMMING PHOTO CHuMS BUS PUSHED CLOSER TO GOAL - Michael Knight, Seaforth CIBC branch manager, presents $500 to Mike Regier, Chair of the Board of the Central Huron Mobility Service (CHuMS) last week. This latest donation pushes CHuMS to $42,350, closer to the final goal of $55,000. 4-H clubs benefit all rural youth, not just farmers continued from page two In between, he has never missed a year, his various 4-H involvements might take a telephone book to list. Some examples include 4-H life skills clubs, grain clubs, money management clubs, the list is lengthy. The biggest swine club he was involved with in the mid-1960s when pork producers were very active and involved and the club had 78 members. He lives on a mixed farming operation at RR 1 Seaforth, on Concession 7 of McKillop, as a fourth generation on property his great grandfather bought and cut out of the bush. Although time consuming, "4-H Club (head, heart, hands and health) is a tremendous program for young people," Dodds says. He says the local 4-H swine club had 11 members last year, and will have an organizational meeting for 1995 early this month. Achievement day at the fair is the crowning point of the club's season. Don likes to stay positive so doesn't want to dwell on the drift away from involvement in rural Ontario he senses. He notes that former 4-H club members didn't all grow up to be farmers. "Rural youth and everyone can benefit," he says, "School teachers, accountants and lawyers have also gone through 4-H." One-third of the people in this province are involved with agriculture at some level. Dodds says. It is the backbone of Ontario. "So many people in the province have no idea what agriculture is all about," he says. `The day that we forget agriculture is the day we can't feed ourselves." have made a contribution in any of a number of areas. 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