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Lew worried about impact of nursing shortage on ERs
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to be moved somewhere," he said.
Mary Cardinal, Seaforth Com-
munity Hospital site administrator,
said she couldn't respond to Levis
concerns but added that the volume
of patients is being tracked during
the interim nighttime closure of Sea-
forth's ER.
"Since the adjusted hours have
come into effect, things seem to be
managed well," she said, adding that
since Seaforth's ER has always had
low patient volumes at night, it's un-
likely that other hospitals are seeing
a huge increase in patients.
"We are tracking the information
but it's too early to say. But, we're
not seeing` enormous numbers that
someone else will have to absorb,"
she said.
While it's been. two weeks since_
the nighttime ER closure began,
Cardinal said no one has yet been re-
cruited to fill the
stafi-ng shortage
that caused the
closure.
Cardinal said a deadline was not
placed on the situation since it's
impossible to know when a nursing
staff shortage can be resolved.
"We will resolve it as quickly as
we can but it is driven .by human re-
sources, not budgeting `. issues," she
said. "It might be the time of year
since this is generally not the time of
year when people look at relocating
their families." R" 1"j -
Cardinal said that while hospl-
tals across Ontario have been laying
off nurses, that doesn't necessarily
mean they're easily recruited. `f
"People think there are nurse
Huron East projects.
next round of federal
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before this
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didn't know
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wandering the streets when layoffs
are announced but there's a process
and a domino effect," she said.
In a layoff situation, she said, some
nurses will be offered early retire-
ment packages creating vacancies
that. will be filled by some of the laid
off, nurses and others .will find posi-
tions in their own communities.
"Our vacant positions are all post-
ed and We might speak to the human
resources department of the hos-
pitals where there are layoffs," she
said.
ready before funding would be
received.
Clerk -Administrator Jack
McLachlan. said Huron East
has several projects close to
shovel -ready including the
Brussels Library and plans
for new dressing rooms at the
arenas in Seaforth and Brus-
sels.
Deputy -Clerk Brad Knight
said Duron East didn't apply
for the first round of funding
because of timing issues
"Well, if we didn't apply, we
can't complain about getting
nothing," responded Siemon.
Tuckersmith Coun. Larry
McGrath suggested putting
someone in charge of following
federal and provincial grants
with shovel -ready projects.
"We tend to sit back when
we get the application. The
squeaky wheel does get the oil
sometimes," he said.
Deputy -Mayor Bernie' Ma-
cLellan pointed out that _ :the
municipality needs to spend
money to get projects to the
"shovel -ready" stage and in
the past, the money wasn't
flowing very fast
from the province
or federal govern-
ment. -A
"He (Lobb) - did .L
stipulate they do
have - to be shovel
ready," said Ma-
cLellan, adding
that $18.9 bil-
lion was spent
on roads, bridg-
es and sewers
during the _ first
round. `'` "•
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Water systeis
and road projects
in Goderich, Cen-
tral Huron, Mor-
ris-Purnberry,
Bluewater, North
Huron and Ash-
field, Colborne
and Wawanosh
received fund-
ing in announce-
ments made last
week.
"I don't know if
we have enough
projects in the
cooker to get in
on the second
round," said Sie-
mon.
"We have,"
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The 132 Annual Meeting of the Members
will be held in the
OFFICE BUILDING OF
cKillop Mutual
Insurance Company
1 Main Street-8outlh, SEAFORTH, Ontario
on
ednesday, March. 4, 2009 •
at 1:30 p.m.
• To receive and approve the 2008 financial statement and
auditor's report:
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