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County considers ambulance bay near Brussels, Walton
By Mark Noakes
Goderich Signal -Star Staff
A three-part plan to
decrease response times in
northern Huron County
includes a recommendation
to create new ambulance
stations.
The Agriculture, Public
Works and Seniors
Committee suggested a two -
bay station be installed in
Wingham, a one -bay base in
the Brussels/Walton area and
another one -bay base in
Lucknow-Dungannon area.
Conceptual drawings are
being considered and
estimated costs have beep
prepared for the stations.
A quote from Marklevitz
Architect for a single bay
ambulance was estimated at
$170 per square foot for a
total of $366,000 per base.
However, the Lucknow-
Dungannon base hangs on
getting Bruce County to
agree to share services.
At a recent meeting, where
representatives from the two
counties informally met,
County Warden Doug Layton
said "it wasn't overly
accepted."
The issue is scheduled to
appear in county council's
agenda in the months to
come.
More Ambulances
approved in county
Huron County gave itself a
little protection when they
agreed to keep a minimum
number of ambulances inside
the county limits.
County council approved a
recommendation presented
by Ambulance Manager
David Lew to keep six
ambulances in the county
during the day at all times
and five ambulances on at
night.
Lew explained that many
times ambulances are called
out of the county at night to
make non -emergency
transfers where patients are
taken from a Huron County
hospital to a larger centre
such as London or Kitchener.
"If something major went
down we wouldn't have
enough to cover it," Lew
said.
Lew said that inter -facility
patient transfers have become
a contentious issue among
Ontario medical communities
and a study is being
conducted about how to deal
with the issue.
Those transfers are pushing
costs of ambulance services
up, Lew said.
"The problem of increasing
demand for non -emergency
transfers continue, however,
there has been no increase in
funding nor the development
of new revenue streams that
have been suggested," Lew
wrote in a report.
In larger centres, special
organizations are hired to
transfer non -emergency
patients.
Lew said the county has
spoken with a few companies
about the possibility of
moving non -life threatening
transfer patients but has not
gotten to the point of contract
agreements.
However, South Huron
Coun. Rob Morley said if the
county adopted this policy,
more patients might be
classified as emergencies.
Morley said he wasn't
willing to go against a
doctors' orders and say no to
transferring a patient if a
doctor ordered it.
Goderich Coun. Deb
Shewfelt said that in some
cases the transfers are made
at night to secure a spot in a
hospital that might have a
shortage of beds.
The current change was
not expected to affect the
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county budget. Lew added
that partnering with other
health care sectors to provide
the transfer service would not
be a cost to the county.
County council
unanimously approved the
motion to keep a minimum
number of ambulances in
Huron County at all times.
Service agreement
A meeting to discuss cross-
border billing issues was held
with Huron, Bruce and
Middlesex Counties recently
to work out a possible
agreement.
"The more this issue is
discussed, the more we all
realize how large a problem
this is and that it is not
localized to just our region,"
said Lew, in a report.
Warden Doug Layton also
sent Lambton County a letter
to open negotiations for
establishing a potential
service agreement.
911 signs
Another ambulance issue
brought forward at county
council was that of 911 signs.
In three recommendations,
council agreed to ensure that
signs were placed in a
uniform manner, that
boundaries between
municipalities be identified
and roads with the same
names be identified and
presented to the 911
Technical Committee for
review.
Teenager charged
after vehicle goes
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A 17 -year-old male youth
was charged with careless
driving after a single -vehicle
crash on Aug. 30 which sent
the driver and his two
passengers to hospital for
• minor injuries.
The crash occurred on
Division Line, just north of
Bridge Road in Huron East
when the driver lost control
on the gravel road, entered a
ditch and came to stop next to
a creek.
Huron OPP say the vehicle
was going too fast for road
conditions.
The two passengers were a
16 -year-old and 14 -year-old
from Mitchell and Dublin.
The three were treated for
minor injuries and released
from Seaforth Community
Hospital.
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backyard and found that
someone had attempted to
break into his shed.
The attempted break-in
occurred at a Richmond Street
residence between 5 and 6:30
a.m. when someone tried to
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