Zurich Citizens News, 1980-11-27, Page 15May perform surgery at South Huron
Citizens News, November 27, 1980
Page 15
Show off many hospital changes today
By MARY ALDERSON
The staff at South Huron
Hospital are proudly opening
their doors today
(Thursday) and inviting the
public in. They have very
good reason to be proud. A
bright, new addition and
extensive renovations have
made the hospital a very
attractive building.
Renovations, repairs and
cleaning projects have been
going on since March to
make the older parts of the
hospital equal to its new
addition. Many of the
changes are very obivious to
a visitor, while others might
need pointing out, and still
others can't be seen at all,
but are very important.
Visitors will immediately
notice that the walls have
been painted bright, cheery
colours. Rooms are sunny
yellow or warm peach
shades. The floors are waxed
and shiny.
There's a clean, pleasant
smell throughout the
corridors – not the stale,
musty - odour typical of a
hospital.
A new nurse's station sits
at the end of one hallway.
There's ample room for
telephones, charts and
supplies. Everything ap-
pears to be well organized.
Recently, the_ women's .
auxiliary donated funds to
the hospital for the purchase
of new beds, over -bed tables
and bedside cabinets.
Other improvements in the
hospital weren't as obvious
but were still very im-
portant. Ceilings have been
replaced with non-
combustible tiles. Wooden
door frames were changed to
flame -proof metal.
Work is still going on in one
room which will be used as a
sitting room. Patients will be
able to go to this room to
watch television or talk with
visitors.
A new numbering system.
has gone into effect. Rooms
in the obstetrics area are in
the 100 range, while ' the
semi -private rooms are in
the 200 range. Rooms in the
wing will be in the 300 range.
New signs and a directory
will help visitors get around
the hospital. The funds for
the directory and signs were
donated by the Rebekah
Lodge. ;
Earlier in the fall, the Leos
club donated money for the
hospital to purchase a new
system of binders in which to
keep patients' records.
Many of the changes in the
hospital are not visible to
visitors, but would certainly
be noticed by patients.
Each room is now
equipped with oxygen and
suction. Television cable has
been put in, and telephones
were installed in each room.
At the same time, ducts were
installed for a. r conditioning,
but as yet finds are not
available to complete the
work.
The hospital has a new
public address system, end a
convenient way for patients
to call nurses. They are also
equipped with a special
cardiac arrest signal to tell
staff if an emergency is
taking place.
Patients are also pleased
to find new tubs and showers
in the washrooms. A special
chair lift has been installed
to help patients get in and out
of the bath tub. The lift Was
purchased with a donation
from the Luella Walper
estate.
The Ausable River
Escape serious injur
as automobile flips
Nomads Campers Club
donated hairdressing
equipment to help new
mothers in the obstetrics
ward look their best.
Oxygen and suction were
also installed in the
operating room. It is hoped
that . some surgery will be
done in the hospital in the
future.
Feather pillows on many
of the beds have been
replaced with non -allergenic
pillows, which patients find
more comfortable.
A lounge area for doctors
has been added, with a
bedroom where doctors can
spend the ' night in case of
emergency. Another "quiet"
room has been added, where
a doctor can consult with the
family of a patient, or a
family can be consoled, in
case of a death.
Many other changes have
been planned for the lower
floor of the • hospital. The
auxiliary will be meeting in a
new room.
A library has been plan-
ned, as well as additional
area for housekeeping
supplies. The hospital also
has the latest in audio-visual
equipment.
During renovations, the
hospital also made room for
a morgue - a rather un-
pleasant necessity.
Administrator Roger
Sheeler says that he hopes
many people will visit the
hospital during Thursday's
open house and see the
changes which have been
made. Sheeler added that
many of the ' renovations
were thanks to donations
from the community, and he
wants the community to feel
that they are welcome in the
hospital, and that they are
part of the hospital.
Sheeler said that
questionnaires have been
compiled asking how people
found the service and
treatment at the hospital, or
how it could be improved. He
hopes to get a response from
the public on the question-
naires.
STOPPING A BREAKAWAY — While the Zurich Pee wees may have lost to Elma-Logan 4-0 Wednesday Mary Merner came
up with some fine saves for the home team. On this play Merner stopped an Elma-Logan player who had a breakaway.
Three area men escaped
serious injury early Sunday
morning after the car In
which they were riding
became airborne and rolled
over onto its roof in a plowed
field.
Injured in the collision
were Stephen O'Neill, John
Insley and Dennis Johnston,
all of Huron Park.
O'Neill was the driver of
the vehicle which became
airborne after being in colli-
sion with a vehicle driven by
Scott Rundle, R.R. 3, Ex-
eter.
The mishap occurred on
Stephen sideroad 15-16 west
of concession 2-3.
The Exeter and Area Fire
Department was called to
the scene to assist in ex-
tricatingone of the men
from the wreckage.
Damage in the accident
was listed at $1,200 by
Constable Jim Rogers.
It was one of six accidents
investigated by the Exeter
OPP this week, two of them
occurring on Tuesday. •
The first involved vehicles
driven by Russell
Finkbeiner, Exeter, and
Clarence Fahner, Crediton,
who collided on concession 6-
7 of Stephen at a private
driveway. Damage was
A yawn may be bad
manners, but sometimes it is
an honest expression of
opinion.
It takes a classreunion to
convince a man that most
people his own age are a lot
older than he is.
listed at $700 by Constable
Ed Wilcox.
The other involved
vehicles driven by C -Leah
Preece. Centralia, and
Edythe. Kubelik, London.
They collided on Highway 4
at the junction of the
Crediton Road and, damage
was listed at $2,000 by
Constable Wilcox.
The Centralia driver
sustained minor injuries in
the collision.
A horse was involved in
one of two accidents in-
vestigated on Thursday. The
animal, owned by .Ross Cot-
tle. was struck after wander-
ing onto the road. Driver of
the vehicle involved was
Robert Bibby, R.R. 1,
Kirkton.
The mishap occurred on
Highway 83 west of Huron
Road 11 and damage was es-
timated at $500 by Constable
Wilcox. The animal survived
the collision.
The other Thursday colli-
sion was on Highway 81 just
west of Middlesex Road 5
when a vehicle driven by
William Wilson, Grand Cove
Estates, Grand Bend, skidd-
ed into a ditch and struck a
fence.
Constable Jack Straughan
investigated and set damage
at $700.
The other accident was
reported on Friday on Mill
St. in Hensall. Drivers in-
volved were Carl King, Lon-
don, and Michael Ducharme,
Zurich.
Damage was estimated at
$1.200 by Constable
Straughan.
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