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-Goderich rased # is will -be dis , .The hospital-. turd --.is 'vita�i y° _ dice to•-th _tower' .through ,the The nursing staff was called
appointed 'if they expect to find concealed with emphasizing the new building." • on to tend to 1,739 patients last
the fantasy world of Dr. Kildare importance of the hospital with- Chief of Medical Staff Dr. N. year with an additional 1,349
reflected in theit4 own hospital.• in the community as a $700,000. C. Jackson expilessed no regrets out-patients thrown in for good
For round the clock, real-life expansion p r o g r a m will be on considering the fate of the measure. Average ,patient. stay
drama passes, possibly unnot- launched in two months. 100 -year-old bt�,ilding: at the hospital was slightly more
iced, and certainly untinged by The program, which includes "As fir as I am concerned it than 11 days.
the oozing sentiment ,of televis- the tearing down of the old has been there far too long," The total hospital staff of 114A,
ien drama. , wing, will make the Goderich said the doctor. works as a team to produce the
No doubt many of the staff hospital, one of the most modern "I can remember six years top results for the community.
physicians get a kick out of units in the country. ago when a woman died in a
Kildare and Casey as they push Government grants will take room in that wing which she In the kitchens the_ catering
staff produced some
pills and emotion , to sell alis care of half the Cost of the pro- had been born in 82 years be-
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meals- for patients last year and
heartening detergents.. " gram but the remainder will be fore. I feel this is quite long fromomall report the
Bu.t in following the former raised by the hospital board. enough to keep a building." "dub is
motto of the Windmill Theatre: Need Subscriptions Latest Equipment
good" in the hospital.:.
"We never close," it gives the , This will be done In two The most ' recent wing at the • Ph\rsiotherapy Unit -`
Alexandra Marine.and'_General stages. The board hopes to raise hospital is bulging -with the -lat- The physiotherapy unit h a s
Hospital staff little time to play $50,000 through local subscrip- est in medical equipment to become a source of satisfaction
the part rather than do the job. tion and the remainder in a low service the operating theatre to ttie hospital over the jhree
To- -them the screem oflice--interest- loan---tlir
po ottgh•-11te On-bv�h-ie# --s -designed-g-r�ecl-dei° -a- -25 y'ea�rs it - has be��j3- i�tr -nperal�vn. : � _
and ambulance sirens means lit- tario Hospital "Commission., • bed hospital. At present it is confined to m
tle more than another opportun- "When the building program New equipment ",includes an one snialu room but the spae ' " • �"' "`
.. ity to offer a ser 1 e • I - •'-sh.ed-.•uve--l•1--1-4a_v-e•-a4•1-tie-a-rtae-sthette---rna-eltin•e; •-an---elec-- a4-1oea-t-ia•n--wl•1•l--be-i'rrc•reased-four-- ~�•.', ti� . ��,. •, �, �---
rnunitty."- `l;equirements to meet the high- trosectius for •Suirgical cutting times -in the proposed building. • r
It is3this rejection -�.
of the, draest standards, of medical ,carica" and coagulation and a defibrula-. Physiotherapist Mrs. R. Horn,
uratic clement that has unfor- said ,Mr. Schaefer. .-• tor. to be used in the case of undeterred by her c r a in p c d
tunately lulled the average resi- ,. He went on: "All plaits will cardiac arrest. • tvorking quarters, looks after a •
dent into casual acceptance of meet up, to the accreditation Said Dr. Jackson: "We have steady flow' of 100 patients a
the hospital. • • •standards which are laid down been very lucky here in Goder- tveek..
Only fear, pain and' possible by the hospital commission." ich. In 30 years we have never "We 'have been very pleased
tragedy awakens people f r o m •Administrator Teo 'W a"1 z a -k. had what could be described as with the success of our physio
they apathetic inertia which sur- and all the hospital staff will "no an operating room tragedy." therpay department," said Mr.
rounds .their thoughts of .serv- doubt breathe a sigh of relief to. Outside the operating, theatre ‘Valza':," and this is the reason
ices they have come to expect view thX end of the dilapidated the life' of the hospital is often the have 'increased the quarters .w;' ' rt:
but not fully appreciate.' building still in use.
• routine. The• hatches and the in the new building."
"`We don't want the people "This old wing was not built despatches are carried out With In hvo months. when the dem-
just
em just to accept the hospital," as a hospital but over the years the maximum efficiency. , ',Mien of the old building :,tarts
said John Schaefer. h o s p i t a T served a purpose," s a i d Mr. In 1964, 215 babies were de- Goderich residents are going to
board chairman. "People detnot Vvalzak. "If the financing, had livered within the confines of he coiled upon to remember y t3
realize its importance until --they been available this would have the hospital and doting parents their hospital. It would be well
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He added: "Then they are in - He added: "We are ver y era 'flash bull?s through the oh- the hospital has never turned •
Dr: Jackson Adjusts Theatre Lamp put a price tag on it. ward to providing top-flight ser- arrivals. help. lw l the position when 'one cannot fortunate' that we cab look for- servation windows at the latest anyone down when they needed" pA w . /� rs. H . Steels, R.N., With New _ Arrival
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