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when hospitals close or
downsize. While recognizing
that the level of care consid-
ered adequate may vary from
a remote, isolated arca of
Northern Ontario to the
Greater Toronto Arca, it can-
not be disputed that "ade-
quate" care in Southwestern
Ontario in 1996 dictates that
emergency care requires the
availability of surgery and
anesthesia and that obstetrical
care requires the availability
of surgery and anesthesia.
These realities fit well with
a simple model for a restruc-
tured, integrated hospital sys-
tem proposed by Art Clark of
Maitland Engineering
Services Ltd. This model
proposed a 2 level system
stnrctured as follows:
• Stratford Hospital as an
urban, secondary hospital
with its own governing hoard
and its own budget
•a united rural hospital,
formed by combining all
seven remaining rural sites.
with a single governing hoard
and its own budget.
This united rural hospital
hoard could work very close-
ly with both Community
Care Access Centres in
Huron and Perth to integrate
our.hospital systems with our
home care and long-term care
systems so that our structures
are truly patient or customer -
focused systems.
This model also recognizes
the historical. truths that hos-
pital locations are rationally
and reasonably located based
on geography, demographics,
local needs, weather and
access requirements and local
resources.
Undoubtedly, many chal-
lenges will he faced by all
rural hospitals in lisht of
reduced government funding.
Our community hospitals
have met all past challenges
with success, however: and
there is no reason to doubt
they will not meet with suc-
cess in the future. Under this
model, costs are known and
can he tixcd. Under the.DHC
proposed options, no costs
are known and many costs
such as the increased costs of
transporting patients longer
distances by ambulances, the
increased cost of killings by
physicians (since both the
local physician and the hospi-
tal site physician will then
render the same service with
a duplicated killing) cannot
he estimated.
This sensible yet simple
model recognizes the unique,
urban realities and strengths
of Stratford while, at the
same time, it rcmovcs harri-
ers so that our country prag-
matism, rural resourceful-
ness, true community support
(financial and othcrwisc)'and
community spirit of caring
can secure our future health
care with local innovation
and logical solutions.
Sincerely,
Ralph Smith
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