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Provincial, federal governments
give $2.6 million for H.E. water
By Susan Hundertmark
ExPositor Editor
Federal and provincial
funding for Huron East water
upgrades approved by the
municipality close to two
years ago was presented by
Huron -Bruce MP Paul
Steckle and MPP Carol
Mitchell last Wednesday.
"It's been a long, long
process that I've watched first
hand and I know this is a
priority for - your
municipality," said Mitchell
as she presented the
province's one -third share of
up to $3.9 million in upgrades
to water systems in Brussels,
Brucefield, Vanastra and well
supply systems in Seaforth
and Egmondville.
Both the province and the
federal government
contributed $1.3 million
through the Canada -Ontario
Infrastructure Program.
Both Mitchell and Steckle
remarked on the importance
of clean water following the
Walkerton water crisis.
"We're here to celebrate
what your municipality has
done to restructure your water
system, epecially when we
think of those in the world
who have no clean water.
Since Walkerton, we have
been forced to meet certain
standards and I think that's
good," said Steckle.
Mitchell added that she is
looking forward to working
with Huron East for its next
project of upgrading the
Seaforth water system.
"It's important to ensure
good, clean, safe water.
Walkerton was a wake-up call
for all of us and we have
struggled. It's been a difficult
Susan Hundertmark photo
Huron East Mayor Joe Seili accepts a cheque from Huron -Bruce MP Paul Steckle and
Huron -Bruce MPP Carol Mitchell for upgrades to Huron East's water systems.
process," she said.
Huron East Mayor Joe Seili
thanked both Steckle and
Mitchell for the funding.
"This is going to make the
financing a little easier for our
residents to swallow," he said.
The improvements i,nclude
the addition of ultraviolet
disinfection, standby power,
chlorination equipment and
the installation of control and
monitoring equipment.
The three water systems in
Vanastra, Brussels and
Brucefield were completed in
2003.
"All three are completely
up to standard," said Clerk -
Administrator Jack
McLachlan.
While the cost of upgrades
to the three water systems
was predicted at $1 million
two years ago, McLachlan
said he would be presenting
the final figures to council at
its next meeting on Jan. 18.
Since Huron East can
choose to use the two-thirds
infrastructure grant using the
totals of each project or using
the accumulated total for all
four projects in Brussels,
Brucefield, Vanastra and
Seaforth, McLachlan said
council will still have to
determine how it will benefit
most.
Huron East council is still
looking at the options
involved in upgrading
Seaforth's water system,
which could range in cost
from $3 million to upgrade
the Welsh Street well to $20
million to join South Huron's
pipeline project to Lake
Huron.
McLachlan said Huron East
may have to apply for more
infrastructure funding if a
decision is made to join the
pipeline project.
Local surgeons concerned about OR time
The question of Operating
Room (OR) time is weighing
heavily on the minds of area
surgeons as witnessed at the
Huron -Perth Healthcare
Alliance board meeting held
Thursday in Clinton.
Dr. Peter Johnston, site
chief of the St. Marys
hospital, says things are
returning to normal in terms
of the number of surgeries
conducted, but there is
Mitchell
tours
Seaforth
hospital
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Mitchell told him that the
Ministry of Health
understands there's a base
level of care that cannot be
cut further.
She added that she agrees
with hospitals who are asking
for multi-year funding so
they can plan their futures
better.
"That's why we're here
today. Multi-year funding
makes sense so that hospitals
aren't reeling from year to
year in their budgets. This is
what we're moving towards,"
she said.
nonetheless tension in the air
about the future of the
hospital's OR.
"A lot of it comes down to
having staff that is well
trained," he says, adding if
OR time is taken away, the
staff will be rendered
impotent.
In urging careful
consideration of proposed
changes to accommodate
mandatory budget cuts,
Johnston says, "I think there
is a role for expanded
services in St. Marys and
probably Seaforth as well."
Johnston also argues
Stratford does not have the
capacity necessary to handle
more surgeries and that any
move towards expanded
services is a, "decade down
the road."
"We, in St. Marys, like to
believe we have some sort of
role and we'd like to offer
it,"he says.
In a written report,
Johnston says, "A surgical
potential at every site keeps
well-trained staff working 'in
town' which can only
enhance patient safety and
boost the local economy."
Johnston also says, "Rural
systems, by nature, exhibit
feast or famine type of bed
pressures and a certain
amount of surge capacity
needs to be built into the
system."
Andrew Williams, Chief
Executive Officer, says while
there is possibility of
consolidation for surgical
The Seaforth Medical Clinic
announces
that because of the physician shortage the
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sites, direction must first be
given from the government.
Regardless, says Dr. Laurel
Moore, site chief for
Stratford's hospital, there is a
near crisis situation as it
stands.
She says the main issues
are OR harmony and
differences between
surgeons, many of whom
need more OR time.
"We're hopeful that we can
work out some compromises
and some better
relationships," she says.
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