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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHuron Expositor, 2006-11-15, Page 8Page 8 November -15, 2006 • The Huron Expositor ARE YOUR BLOOD GLUCOSE METER RESULTS ACCURATE? Get in on the No Coding Challenge! NO CODING RivoRro Ascensia° CONTOUR° • Fast, accurate results in 15 seconds • Small blood sample (0.6 pL) • Large 240 test memory with date and time 0. Please join us for a: Ascensia BREEZE° • Easy to learn and easy to use • No test strip handling a convenient 10 -test disc • The only meter approved by the Arthritis Society DIABETES FOOT CARE CLINIC LOCATION: DATE: TIME: KEATINGS PHARMACY 67 Main Street South, Seaforth, ON 519-527-1990 Wednesday, November 22nd 10 AM-1PM BOOK YOUR APPOINTMENT TODAY! Get in on the No Coding Challenge! Receive a FREE Ascensia® meter with the purchase of corresponding Ascensia®test strips. MIRPM]Trade-in offer. If you trade-in your current meter*, with the above offer receive a FREE box of 100 Ascensia• MICROLET• Lancets. sa.rr win owl Pis •• Amar., MICSOUT Mem Church Services You are invited to attend these area churches St. Thomas Anglican Church A Congregation of the Parish of The Holy Spit Jarvis St. Seaforth 527-1522 Rector: The Rev'd Sue Malpus. M. Div Sunday, November 19 COFFEE TIME AT 9:00 AM WORSHIP AT 9:30 AM SUNDAY SCHOOL & NURSERY NOW AVAILABLE Sat. Nov. 18 - A.C.W. Christmas Sale - 10am - fpm Sat. Nov. 18 - Parish Council Meeting at 11am Rector's Coffee Hours - Tues. 9-11 am Bethel Bible Church An Associated Gospel Church 126 Main St. Seaforth 527-0982 Sunday School 9:45am Sunday Worship 11:OOam B&G Club Wed., 7- 8:15pm Youth Activities Wednesday 7:00 p.m. Pastor Mark Kennedy EVERYONE WELCOME NORTHSID UNITED CHURCH 54 Godertch St. W. Rev. John Gould Sunday November 19th Worship 11 am Sermon: "In Praise Of The First Coming" Nursery DuringWorship St. James Roman Catholic Church Welcomes you 14 Victoria Street, Seaforth 527-0142 Weekend Masses: Sat 5:15 pm Sun. 11:00 am Fr. Chris Gillespie Egmondville United Church Sunday, November 19 Worship 11am Sunday School 10am Sat. Nov 18 - "Sugar Plum Tea & Bazaar" - 9am -1 pm First Presbyterian Church Goderich St. W., Seaforth Rev. Henry Huberts Janneke Murray - 11:15am Service (Rev. Huberts on study leave) Lunch to follow the service Nov. 20 - Sparta Shopping 7-8:30 pm Dec. 3 - "Men of Note" concert (change of date) News Family health team in Seaforth should be running by Christmas Laviolette urges local orphans to register for care from four doctors and six professionals on team Susan H u n d e r t m a r k Seaforth's family health team (FHT) should be up and running by Christmas, says organizer Ralph Laviolette. As he prepares to begin a series of community meetings at the end of November, both to focus groups and to the public at large, Laviolette says he is still awaiting final provincial approval for both the FHT's formation of a non- profit corporation and a new physicians' association that will work with the FHT in Seaforth. "By December, things will be nicely squared away. Everybody is very supportive and keen to get it underway," says Laviolette, secretary of the ad hoc committee orga- nizing the `FHT for Seaforth. Designed to provide prima- ry healthcare for anyone within a 60 -mile radius of Seaforth and Brussels, the Huron Family Health Team in Seaforth will begin with four family" doctors and six allied health- care profes- sionals, includ- ing a nurse practitioner, social worker, nurse, psychol- ogist, pharma- cist and dieti- cian. While no provincial funding is forthcoming yet fora respira- Laviolette says an architect is lined up to begin designs on the clinic, which needs to house all of the allied health professionals and provide room to see patients all on one level and go and this is an answer. You won't be orphaned if you tie in with a FHT,' - Ralph Laviolette, secretary of FHT ad hoc committee THE SECRET! I found the 2800 year old secret of how to stay healthy, and if you're ill, , how to get well, how to lose weight without dieting, how to sleep well, HOW TO HEAL YOURSELF Stop stress, and handle the problems of life, how to stop aging with ULTRA PREVENTION The spiritual healing plan, that will make you healthy for life... Call Dr. Chris Morgan, for free brochure ALL FAITHS HEALING CENTRE 73 Hamilton St., Goderich, ON 519-524-5724 Shop Clinton for Christmas To Win! 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While two FHTs were initially announced for Huron County - Seaforth and Goderich - there have since been others created includ- ing FHTs in Wingham, Bluewater, Clinton and Grand Bend. Perth County also has two FHTs in Stratford and one in Listowel. While temporary offices will be set up on Seaforth's Main Street at the Healthkick office, Laviolette says the preferred location for the FHT is the Seaforth / Medical Centre, which needs an estimated 3,000 to 5,000 square foot expansion. An executive director and administrative assistant must also be hired to run the FHT and the board of direc- tors must choose an executive. "There is lots of room for com- munity involve- ment,." says Laviolette. While roster- ing has been hap- pening since the- ) b he- }b ginning of August, Laviolette says about 200 orphan patients have been seen by the nurse practitioner since then. "People have not been reg- istering as enthusiastically as I thought they would," he says. Laviolette says anyone who registers with the FHT will get an appointment for a gen- eral physical and will see one of the four involved doctors, along with the allied health- care professionals. "People are still saying, 'Will I see a doctor?' but this is a different way to see one," he says, adding that it's pos- sible that someone's health- care needs might not need to involve a doctor but a dieti- cian for a change in diet or a social worker for some coun- selling. "A nurse practitioner. almost is a doctor and she can prescribe 20 common medications," he adds. "Doctors come and go and this is an answer. You won't be orphaned if you tie in with a FHT," he says. Laviolette says he is wel- come to speak to local service groups or church groups about the Seaforth FHT and will soon be planning more public meetings on the FHT's development.