HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1965-11-04, Page 64erich 'Sialtax,
Thursday, Novezberi 4,
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The irnportanee of a hospital
to •a conlrunity,nd the need
for continued good relations and
understanding betWeen the pen•
ple of the coialmunity and, the
hospital -were brynfit into focus
in an address before the Gode-
rich Lions Club at its meeting
last Thursday evening.
Guest speaker was Mr. Sidney
Lambert, public relations officer
for O'Keefe Brewing Company
of Canada, who' based his re-
marks in a hospital public rela-
tions campaign at Oakville sev-
eral years ago.
Chairman for the evening',
program was Lion Ken Lambert
of G-oderich, brother of the guest
speaker.
"Give the people the facts, ex-
plain 1rpur problems, shoe them
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interest, enthuse, edueate, per-
suade, condition, people to think
in terms of the hospital's. ach-
ievenrcnts and its needs. 13e -
fore undertaking such a program
you must know your purpose,'
your methods, the means at your
disposal and the assurance of
co-operation." 6
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He then proceeded to elabor
ate on such a program, as car-
ried out at ,Oakville, and which
reflected the professional • ap-
proach to such an important
campaign.
Lion Bob Aldis introduced the,
gue t speaker and a vote of
thanks at the conclusion of the
address was voiced by Lion Bill
Clancy, who presented the guest
with a gift on behalf of the
Goderich Lions Club.
ficial
port
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o e • talked up,have developed a definite. de- it clulite something to, think of
j�ectsµth�tt should b a.. d p
talked about, and promoted as•
far as they can Q.
Fluoridation
"I think it should be made a
Lions' project to promote fluorid-
ation of our drinking water sup-
ply.
"Your dentist and your physic-
ian know about fluoridation.
They will be 'the first ones to
t':11 you how important de%tal
care is and how helpful it would
be, not for you because you are
grown up, but for your children
and for your children's children,
to have Fluoride in your drink-
ing supply.
partment of radiolo.gY: a well-
run laboratory, a dietetic- ser-
vice, and a newly formed de-
partment of physio4herapy.
Hospital Quests
"I would now like to welcome
our hospital ' guests and intro-
duce them to you. I would ask
them to stand up briefly as. I
mention their names so that you
can see who these people- are
that make our hospital function
so efficiently.
"Miss Lila Youngblut is the
director of nursing. Under her
supervision, are- all the nurses
and nurses aides. She allocates
"The second project that I beds and is the person we go
would like to emphasize most through when we want to admit
strongly ,is the blood donor a patient. In addition, she
orders all our medical ' supplies
for th, operating rooms, the
supply cupboards, and all the
drugs in our pharmacy.
"She is—responsible for pat-
ient care from admission to dis-
charge and it is through- her
endeavors, that things run as
clinic. The Kinsmen Club are
are confronted in - the running following: Sandy Bisset, ue.orge
ng. a trophy which is to
of the hospital and they will' Paiisons, Mrs. Williams and Jim
soon develop sound interest in Coulter.
the good intentions of the hos!! As chair=
pital," said the guest speaker. ; program, Lion
He st.ited that a group of gover spoke as follows:
tie �-Tc§s i'taT�`E3'ffa�-tf�'�t�
ntirs of 'p
Oakville had approached him' "It is indeed a p
and asked him to help with an, chairman of the
the' various difficulties whicn� Draw prizes,. were won by the donate
be called' `The Kin Korpuscle
Kup'—KKK. The cup will be -
presented to the service club
for the special
Lambert I that has the highest percentage
.,of eligible donors giving blood
at the next Red Cross Clinic
asure to be ori I�'ovemerT -
eeting this "Out of 95 members in our
annual hospital report to be evening. I think our commit- Lions' Club, we should be able
mailed to the public which would' tee is fitting for the occasion to do a good deal of life-saving.
enlist their understanding sup -because all of .us, one way or "We have been fortunate here
port of the hospital's aims and another, help to provide medical in Goderich ,,to be' able to get
objectives. / services to this community. blood o'n most occasions, but
Emphasizing the importance "Bob Aldis, public :health of- this may not always be the case
of public opinion to a hospital, ficer for Huron County; Larry if we do not support and' en -
Mr. Lambert stated, "There is Rieck, pharmacist; Bill Clancy, courage people to donate blood
a tendency for people todis optometritst; Floyd Lodge, am- at the Red Cross clinics.
trust or even attack institutions bulance serviceand funeral dir "Until recently, we were able
to obtain serum albumin from
the- Red Cross. Serum • albumin
is a blood fraction that in some
circumstances can be life sav-
ing. We are now unable to ob-
tain serum albumin. The rea-
son .-is • that not enough1lood
is being given.
which they feel are not working
for their best --interests. The at-
tack may take the form of a boy
cott, a vote for government con-
trol or nationalization, or simply
a lack of support.
"It is, therefore, the responsi-
bility° of hospital trustees to in-
terpret the hospital to the com-
munity, so that the community
may make an intelligent ap-
praisal of hte situation.,
"Every ---hospital- should have
a planned'`'program, designed to
ector; Jack Leitch, general prac-
titioner.
"I think that as; a service club,
we should perhaps think a little
bit about the promotion of com
munity health:
"This club is • fortunate to
have money that it can spend
on sundry projects, but I think
it is just- as important to give
backing, if in no other way than
through the spoken word, to cer-
-tain`�,,co u unity projects.-
"I
roj eets. -
"I can think of two such pro-
Holmesville UCW
To Name Officers
The.. Iolmesville U.C.W. , met•
Tuesday afternoon in the Sun-
day school rooms. Mrs. Reg.
Miller and Mrs. C. Tebbutt and
their groups were in charge.
Mrs. Tebbutt gave the call to
worship and the prayer Hollow-
ing_ the hymn. . The Scripture
was read by Mrs. S.' Farquhar
and Mrs, R. Miller reviewed the
chapter of "God and His Pur-
pose" and Mrs. Barrie Walter
..gave a reading.
A piano solo was rendered by
Mrs. Jim Lobb. Mrs. C. Park
gave some thoughts on steward-
ship. -
The president, Mrs. L. Bond
took charge of the business.
Three Christmas stockings are
being filled for the Ontario
fospital. Mrs. len Harris 're-
ported for the social committee
on the corning banquet and baz-
aar. The nominating committee
composed of Mrs. E, Grigg, Mrs
D. Gliddon and ,-Mrs. Les Jervis
will bring in the new slate of
officers to the December meet-
ing. Hostesses for the day were,
Mrs. Harold Yeo and Mrs. Fran-
cis Cantclon.
Personals
Mr. and Mrs. ,Orville Blake
spent a fey days 1a -:t week with
relatives in Napanee.
Mrs. Edward Cri-Sg and Miss
Dawn Grigg spent the weekend
with Mr. and Mrs. Harold Holtz
hauer sof Niagara Falls
Mr and Mrs. Kenneth Tre-
wartha and family, London, visit-
ed over the weekend with fri-
ends and relatives in the vicin-
ity.
Mrs. - Jim Cruickshanks is a
patient in Clinton hospital.
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KINGSBRIDGE.—Jim Sinnett
is home on leave -from his boat
for this week.
Mrs. Nora Sinnett and Shan-
non, Detroit, spentrthe weekend
with Mr, and Mrs. Jim Sinned
and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Ed-;
wards and family, London, spent
Sunday with Mrs. Kinahan.
Several of the young peopled
of the parish attended a Hal-
lowe'en party in- Seaforth on!
Sunday. evening. They were
invited, by the Seaforth C.Y.O.
Mr. and Mrs. Eugi'ne, Frayne
spent Sunday in London visiting
their daughter, Elizabeth, who is
!a patient in St. Joseph's Hos-
I pital.
Co :bra tulations to Mr. and 'I
Mrs. Antone Van Osch on the
arrival of a son in Winghan'i
hospital. •
"In a town of this size, we
should be able to donate be-
tween 500 and 1000 units of
blood _at each Red Cross clinic.
"Recently, the--danafioris- have
dwindled to about 150 units of
blood.
"This is not goocz enough and
I would ask you to really pro-
mote the next clinic.
"I would now like to tell a
little bit about our hospital and
the people who make the hos-
pital work.
"I think this is appropriate
at this time because, within the
sznJazt#t.s,_ hey d°
Ed. Giesbrecht is our X-ray
technician. He came here in
1959 and, under • the guidance
of Dr. Harold Taylor, who is the
head of the radiology depart-
ment, Eddie- has developed a
streamlined andefficient de-
partment. There are' very few
nights when Eddie does not re-
turn to the hospital to file X-
rays, type reports, take emerg-
ency X-rays. To the end, of
September, this year, Eddie
had
taken 427 chest X=rays, plus
1181 other examinations, many
of which are complicated and
time-conusming. In addition to
his X-ray work, Eddie has also
taken over 200 electrocardio
grams so far this year. -
serving ten specially ordered,
often . calorie. ,counted mealsto
every' citizen in Qbderich dux-
ing the cQi.irse ,of the year.
"Mrs, Wilcox, . the - housekeep-
erhas not only to keep the hos-
pital spotlessly glean, but it is
her .job to insure that an` 'adp
quate supply of. linen, towels;
wash cloths, and all the accoutre•
menu of a hotel. Without her
guidance and the dedicated help
of the people who - work under
her; the hospital could not func-
tion.
"Mrs. Williams is the head
laundress, Up until the end
of September, this year; the
laundry has processed 173,367
pounds of laundry. That is very
nearly 87 tons of ,laundry. Be-
lieve me, Lions, our wives never
had it so good,
"Mr. Cliff Hoy is the main-
tenance foreman. He is the
man who makes sure the hos-
pital is heated, that the sewers
function, that the taps work,
and that physically, the hospital
T''lte pt = i1r�"VO'orking—ordge.-.:41-
and his able assistants keep the
mechanical side of the hospital
functioning,
"Mr. Gerry Bracken is our
laboratory technician. Six years
ago there was no l'ab., and the
lab. work that had to be done
was sent to Stratford or Lon-
don. This work includes blood
counts, • bio -chemical studies,
blood banking and bacteriology.
Now, most of this work is done
here.
"Mr. Bracken -has-turned `all-
over 20,000 units of lab work so
far this year. This is half again
as much work as most lab tech-
nicians de. In addition, he does.
all the clerical work and record
keeping that is required in a
laboratory department.
'Mr. Harold Williams, who un-
fortunately is not here tonight,
is ,the business With-
out -Mr.
With-
out -r. i�Villiariis, rio ane ,would'
get paid. He is in charge of
the office and office staff, and it
is his job to make, sure the pat
"Three years ago, we had no
Physio -Therapy Department, and
thanks to Mrs. Betsy Horn, we
now have an active rehabilitation
centre.- Mrs: re-rn.-leas, "thrcu
kindness and patience and skill.
made it possible for patients
with strokes to walk 'again. She
has assisted us in rehabilitating
injured hands legs and backs:
She has brought into the hos-
pital techniques that are used
in major rehabilitation centres
and she has gradually increased
the facilities of the department
to the extent that the hospital.
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next few weeks, we will be em- commission has seen fit to
barking on a hospital reconstruc- allocate space for a modern and
tion program that will give us
probably the best community
hospital in this county.
"Now, facilities and modern
equipment are fine, but without
-the persUriife1--' adinihis'fal'
and run a hospital, all the facil-
ities in the world would amount
to nothing.,
"During the past decade, we
up-to-date physio -Therapy de-
partment in ;our new wing. The
tragedy of , it all is that Mrs.
Horn will be leaving us in the
spring and I am afraid we will
her Ion very- great.
"Mrs. Ross, our dietition, ser-
ves approximately 5000 meals
per month. Many of these meals
are prescription diets. I think
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lents pay. them bills, and 'fe4I
happy about doing it. He has
to nialce sure the insurance com-
Rallies pay their full; ° share of •
patient care, and that the On-
tario Hospital, ,Commission does
n'bt get gipped. He also does the
income tax deductions for em-
ployees and sees to it that they
are as light as possible.
- "Dr. Norman, Jackson" is the
chief of medical ' staff. This
means, in effect, that the doc-
tors on the medieal , staff have
elected hi mto represent them on
the hospital board. In addition,
it means that we -have given him
a mandate to supervise our med-
ical treatment of • patients and
to make sure that it is of higt•
quality.
"After thirty-five years of ser-
vice - to this community, rdon't
think there could be a better
qualified person to be our chief
of staff.
"Finally, there is ,one person
whose job it is to keep every
one .--, doctors, nurses, h�l��x.
technicians, and heads of all the
departments. This roan is not
only. responsible fOi the running
of the hospital, 'he is also re-
sponsible to the. Hospital I1oard
for its, efhcipnt w king• It is
he 'who cats the btdget for the
year. It is he who holds all the
loose ends together and makes
the hgspital function as a Briit.
This man is Leo Waizalc, the
hospital administrator,
"These, then, are the people
who make our hospital function.
They are, in effect, your serv-
ants when you need them most
—when you are sick and in the
hospital. I think that they de-
serve our support and consider-
ation and -recognition," he con-
cluded.
The members of the Lions
Club showed their appreciation
by all rising and gRing the
honored guests the Lions' -roar.
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