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Home My WebLink AboutHuron Expositor, 2004-12-08, Page 2E 2 -THE HURON EXPOSITOR, Dec. 8, 2004 • •• • .• • • Michelle Henderson, RMT Wishing you a Healthy Holiday Season! Gift Certificates available for Massage Therapy and Hot Stone Massage ...the perfect Christmas gift for everyone! 77 M 'n Street i• • 527-1242 • LAN. ••Ali•e•4 ,' 111.6 • 1 SEAFORTH INSURANCE BROKER LTD. 527-1610 ir • Home • Commercial *Auto • Farm • Out of Province Travel Insurance 41 Main St. S. Seaforth Ken Cardno, Joanne Williamson, Christa O'Neil and Barb Watt Spa Packages 50% OFF Purchase one Spa Package at the Regular Price Receive a second Package for Half Price Pas: ENTER FOR A Chance To Win a getaway for two in Stratford at The ARDEN PARK HOTEL anda DIAMOND NECKLACE compliments of Facial and Body 4 uworwoorsc Products by OR RENAUD TOTAL IMAGE [l We create beauty in your life! 59 Main St., Seaforth 527-0780 OPEN 6 DAYS & 4 EYEN114G8 We're clearing out our entire stock! All Bedding & Appliances 1 /S PRICE NO TAXES on all Furniture & Toys Many other in-store deals with prices too low to mention! OPEN: Wed & Thurs 10-5 Fri 10-6 Sat 9-5 Sun 12-4 ClassicTNuch 90 Main St. S., Seaforth 527-0661 News Huron East council has questions for Alliance and its Seaforth reps From Page 1 turned into a satellite rather than a full partner of the Alliance. "They didn't want to hear that we're a satellite. Well, if not, put up - give us a'role. Until they do, we're not a partner," he said. Rodney suggested that if SCH can become an "escape valve" for surgery waiting lists in Stratford, it will be in a similar position to Clinton's hospital, which is "an escape valve for cataract surgery in London." "They have five or six surgeons in Stratford and everyone's got a long waiting list," he said. Tuckersmith Coun. Larry McGrath said he's worried that each service taken out of SCH is "slowly killing us." "It gives them grounds at the end of the day to close us. They're setting the tone and we have to stop that," he said. McKillop Coun. Ferg Kelly asked if Seaforth's representatives on the Alliance board are speaking up on Seaforth's behalf. "It's important to have the two Bobs (Seaforth representatives on the Alliance board, Bob Broadfoot and Bob Norris) here so we can ask them. They're probably doing their best but maybe their best isn't good enough," said Seaforth Coun. Lou Maloney. "My interpretation is the local advisory committee (to the Alliance) isn't doing its job," said Brussels Coun. David Blaney. "They're our only in to the Alliance and if they can't be moved, then neither can the Alliance. They're the ones we need to have a word with, sharply," he said. • Tony Van den Hengel, a member of the Seaforth LAC who was in the audience, responded that most of the members of the advisory committee are new and inexperienced. "You do realize that the Alliance is using you for an excuse," Blaney told him. McGrath suggested council needs a meeting with the whole Alliance board. "We don't realize how things are being pulled away little by little. The bottom line is we did not know," he said. Rodney pointed out that very few members of the Seaforth community present themselves as volunteers for the Alliance board or for the local advisory committee. "I've met people at the post office and asked if they've filled out their questionnaire and they say, 'No, but you're looking after it,"' he said. Mayor Joe Seili agreed, pointing out that the same situation is happening with other volunteer boards in Huron East. "People were complaining about the arena (in Seaforth) and we got one person volunteering to sit on the arena board," he said. Seili suggested that the Seaforth community should flood Huron -Bruce MPP Carol Mitchell's office with their concerns about cuts to SCH. "I met with Carol Mitchell and I heard that she hadn't had that many phone calls about the hospital. If they don't have a lot of calls, it falls on deaf ears with (provincial health minister) Smitherman," he said. "They're (the province is) taking over $1 million from the local economy (with the new health tax) and cutting services at the same time," said Seili. Hospital funding formula biggest threat to small hospitals, says Williams From Page 1 Williams says Seaforth is continuing to offer surgery with visits from Dr. Randy Gonser and Dr. Cheryl Hillyer and he identifies Seaforth's emergency ward as an essential service offered by SCH. "Emergency is an essential service at the top of my list. I don't believe you need a comprehensive array of services to stay viable," he says, responding to concerns in the Seaforth community that it is not offering enough services to stay open in the long run. "We have to identify what makes sense to our four sites and build on what we have now. Our goal is to have four viable sites," he says. While the province has identified MRI, cancer, cardiac, cataracts and hips and knee replacement as its top priorities to reduce waiting lists, Williams says Seaforth hospital does not have to offer one of those services to continue operating as a viable hospital. "There is so much more we do than that," he says. "We might not have the same kind of beds but they're important nonetheless. We need the right mix for the demands of the community," he says. Williams says the province's funding formula for hospitals is the biggest current threat to small hospitals. "The ministry (of health) is aware that the funding formula is not going to support small hospitals and we're working at improving the funding formula. The government is very clear that they have no intention of closing hospitals," he says. Second new doc begins in Seaforth Monday By Susan Hundertmark Expositor Editor A second part-time doctor, Dr. Sean Emami, began working at the Seaforth Medical Clinic on Monday. "This will be the primary place I'll practice and I'll be here two days a week but I'm also practising at different communities in rural Southwestern Ontario," he said Monday. "I like the area," said Emami. Dr. Bill Milne also beganworking at the Seaforth clinic a month ago. While both have not decided to take on any permanent patients yet, they are running an orphan clinic for patients without their own family doctors. GRAND gi‘ILII OPENING EXETER SEAFORTH 235-3430 527 -BEST (429 MAIN ST. S.) (BESIDE ANNA'S DRESS SHOP) CELEBRATE OUR NEW SEAFORTH STORE! COMPUTER SYSTEMS BRAND NEW - AMD 2200+, 256 MB, 17" CRT monitor, 40GB, Windows XP Home CD, Keyboard, Mouse, Complete only $749 INCLUDES THE TAX OR GET A 15.1" THIN LCD, CD Burner arid Colour Printer. For my * NO TAX nter rebate) a�5! Great Gamer System AMD 2800+, 512MB, 15" LCD Thin, 80GB, WINXPHome, 128MB Video! 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