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Editorial
Consumers need
to help hospitals
tackle local
deficit challenge
As hospitals across Ontario struggle
to find a total of $600 million to meet
their budgets before 2005/06, the
Huron -Perth Healthcare Alliance faces
a huge challenge of its own looking for
$7 million to balance its $83 million
budget.
Alliance CEO Andrew Williams told
the board at its meeting in Seaforth
recently that rising to the province's
expectations of a balanced budget will
be "extremely challenging, maybe
impossible without cutting services."
One of the local challenges includes
a provincial funding formula for
hospitals that makes rural areas look
overserviced compared to the huge
and growing populations in urban
areas.
Despite the doctor shortages and
lack of specialized medical services in
rural Ontario, rural hospitals are still
penalized under the formula for their
smaller populations.
Another local challenge will involve
findingmore efficiencies within the
Alliance's four hospitals, which could
involve an already controversial plan
to move continuing care and
rehabilitation beds from Stratford to
Seaforth and St. Marys.
A series of open houses are planned
across Huron and Perth Counties in
late September to educate local
patients about the financial crunch
faced by Alliance hospitals in
Seaforth, Clinton, Stratford and St.
Marys.
While the dates for those public
meetings have not yet been
determined, it's essential that local
health care consumers become
informed and share their views with
the Alliance.
With a lot of community support and
proactive and helpful suggestions,
perhaps compromises can be made
where none were seen before.
And,. with voter support behind our
local hospitals, a stronger voice can
be given to those already fighting to
maintain the health of rural Ontario.
Susan Hundertmark
Opinion
Letters
Local health services need patients'
help to deliver up-to-date care
To the Editor,
Centennial Drive has become the main artery for health
care facilities in Seaforth.
Just like the Seaforth Fall Fair brings the country and
town communities together; the grand opening of the new
Community Care Access Centre (CCAC), Huron office,
brought people from all corners of Huron and Perth
County together. Thanks to the Huron East/Seaforth
Community Development Trust, chaired by Alf Ross,
who were instrumental in pursuing their dreams to bring
this office to our town.
The CCAC, Seaforth Medical Clinic and Seaforth
Community Hospital have adequate parking (free),
wheelchair accessibility and are within walking distance
of each other. Close proximity of professional medical
care allows quick response for emergencies at the
hospital and availability of service providers at
patient/family inter disciplinary conferences.
In our little health care hub we have community nursing
services, physiotherapy, foot care, young family
physicians, palliative care/hospice, diabetes education,
dietician, clinic lab and a hospital which offers a personal
touch along with expertise in providing medical care.
The doctor shortage has left many clients without a
family physician. Personally, I want to acknowledge, with
thanks, the extra time provided by our local physicians
with the addition of the Thursday evening clinic. All our
physicians are working hard to provide the community's
health care needs.
Health care providers are required by their professional
governing bodies, to keep up to date on the latest medical
treatments and to follow clinical practise guidelines.
On Sept. 22, the Huron Perth diabetes educators are
bringing Dr. Terri Paul to Seaforth. Dr. Paul is assistant
professor of endocrinology and metabolism, at St.
Joseph's Health Centre, in London, Ont.
She will speak to Huron Perth professional health care
providers about the new Canadian Diabetes Association
guidelines. Sbe will be sharing her expertise with
pharmacists, nurses, dieticians and physicians so they can
put these guidelines into practice.
We are working together as a team to bring the best up-
to-date care possible to our local people.
We cannot do this alone. The people with the medical
problem deliver 90 per cent of their own care.
You must be actively involved to maintain or improve
your health. Lifestyle changes can delay the onset of
diabetes by 58 per cent.
Let's start walking more and eating smaller portions.
Heap up those colourful vegetables.
Delivering quality health care is our goal.
Dianne Wood , Reg. N.
Seaforth
Group of Grey citizens loo
at de -amalgamation possibility
To the Editor,
Taxpayers in the former Grey Township may soon he
receiving a flyer dealing with the possibility of de -
amalgamation.
A group of citizens have started looking into the
steps to follow to separate from the Municipality of
Huron East.
A public meeting will be called in the near future, to
get the feelings of the taxpayers of Grey, with a
committee being formed from those interested.
There has been a lot of talk out there and this group
has finally decided to get the ball rolling.
The opposition to the amalgamation is not with the
other communities, but with the level of services and
the general feeling of being lost within a larger
municipality.
Bigger is not always better and there are many
concerns that need to be addressed.
There are many other communities that have already
started looking into this, because they are not happy
with the way their new municipalities have been
running.
The group met with councillors last week to have
some of their questions addressed. Different concerns
were discussed, but no real headway was made.
More financial records and information is needed to
pass on to the public. We need to let our local,
provincial, and federal governments know that we are
not happy and things need to change.
Concerned Grey Taxpayers
and
Dianne Diehl
Seaforth council decides to install
downtown parking meters in 1954
SEPTEMBER 12,1879
Wilson and Young have
disposed of their fine
driving horse to W.S.
Robertson of this town for
the sum of $124.
There were 138 tickets
sold at the Seaforth station
for Toronto on Monday.
We regret to learn that Mr.
McFaul, principal of the
Public School has been
confined to bed for several
weeks from a severe attack
of inflammation of the
lungs. His place in the
school is taken by Mr.
Sellars.
The weather during the
past few days has beef
delightfully cool.
Thos. Mellis, the
enterprising blacksmith has
purchased from Mr. Cooper
his shop and house.
A tent of the order of the
Macbees was organized in
Hensall last week. Mr.
Harris being appointed chief
officer.
A lad named Salem
Armstrong came in contact
with a buzz saw in Ament's
factory Brussels and his
thumb was badly lacerated.
Johnson Bros. have
disposed of the Egmondville
mill property to Messers,
Kyle and James Forsythe,
for the sum of $6,700.
SEPTEMBER 16, 1904
Work is being pushed
ahead on the construction of
the C.P.R. west of Walton
and surveyors, engineers and
constructors are daily
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visitors in the midst.
The many friends of Mrs.
Con Eckert of McKillop will
regret to learn that she is
suffering from a fractured
wrist.
The new school room in
connection with St.
Andrew's Church Kippcn
will be opened on Oct. 23.
Mr. Andrew Scott of this
town is a most successful
florist and his garden is a
perfect power of beauty.
The by-law authorizing
the issuing of debentures to
the amount of $19,300 for
the purpose of purchasing
the electric lightning plant
was voted on and was
carried by a majority of
three.
Mr. Thos. Leeming of
McKillop brought a Toad of
wheat into the mill in town
which tested 58 pounds to
the bushel.
Master Norman
Henderson of town met with
a painful accident. He
slipped on the sidewalk in
front of McFaul's store and
broke his arm.
Geo. Turnbull is having a
house removed from his
property in town the work
being done by Roland
Kennedy.
Miss Ella Chesney of
Egmondville met with a
painful accident. She
stepped on a rusty nail and it
penetrated the sole of her
shoe.
G.A. Sills and his
daughter Miss Mona left
here on Saturday on a trip to
Cleveland.
The Central Business
College at Stratford has a
good class from Cormarty.
The following are now in
attendance, Jessie Gillespie,
Jean McKellar, Harry Speare
and Leslie Johnston.
SEPTEMBER 17, 1954
Miss. S.I. McLean, only
daughter of the late M.Y.
McLean long time editor of
the Huron Expositor, died
Thursday morning. She was
in her 87th year.
In 1910 she began her
teaching career in ctiarge of
the Kindergarten department
of the Seaforth Public
School.
The official opening of the
Seaforth Fall Fair took place
on Friday afternoon when
Gordon Bennett officiated.
At a recent meeting of the
Board of Scott Memorial
Hospital, Mrs. Edith Baker
of London formerly of
Hallett was named secretary
treasurer of the hospital.
In what was probably the
longest of the year, Seaforth
Council on Monday night
decided on a recorded vote
to install parking meters in
the business section of the
town as soon as possible for
a trial period of one year.
Construction of the.
Seaforth Curling Rink is
well advance with more than
half of the walls completed.
Mr. and Mrs. James Pretty
were pleasantly surprised at
their home on Main Street
North when 74 friends and
neighbours gathered to bid
them farewell prior to their
departure for Regina, Sask.
When a two-year-old pure
bred Holstein heifer was
selected from his heard to
represent Huron Holstein
breeders at London Fair.
Wm. Boyd McKillop was
well pleased. but his
pleasure was as nothing
compared to how he felt
when he learned that the
heifer had given birth to
twin calves.
SEPTEMBER 13, 1979
Seaforth Council and the
four rural municipalities
involved in the Fire Area
Board (FAB) have agreed to
meet and discuss both
drawing up a new fire area
agreement, the route the
townships favour, and
Seaforth's pet proposal —
selling fire protection to the
rural areas.
Hibbert township has
vetoed a proposed 12 -inch
propane pipeline from
Sarnia to Montreal which
might cut through their
township.
Hensall council learned
their bid to annex a portion
of Hay Township, on the
south side of the village,
could result in an Ontario
Municipal Board meeting.
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