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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1986-05-28, Page 5News Huron Health Unit suffers a fin o from page 1 province and there's a great difference between four per cent of our budget and four per cent of a much larger budget," says McBurney. And, because 85 per cent of Huron's budget is wages, the health unit is very restricted. McBurney says the 10 health units in Southwestern Ontario have united into a group which has been lobbying the provin- cial government for a year now for larger budgets. After a representative from the Ministry of Health attended the Huron board of health's last meeting, McBurney says he was not optimistic that the board would get any more money. If things don't improve, we'll definitely have to cut services but we're hoping they'll come through with the money," he ;says. "We're carrying on right now as if we're fully budgetted but lay-offs are a possibility." McBurney says the comparatively small budgets given to health units are represen- tative of a viewpoint of treating disease rather than preventing it. "If a person is saved from being sick, nobody hears about it but if a person gets a heart transplant, it's in all the newspapers," he says. Dr. Cieslar agrees adding that though it's difficult to measure the role of preven- tion, it's obvious that there are a lot off things the health unit could be doing to pro- mote the health of people in the county with more money. "Nobody ever thanks you for not having a heart attack. But, it's proven that lifestyle plays a big part in staying healthy. Fifty per cent of all cancers can be prevented. We can do something about our own exposures to chemicals, have breast examinations and pap -smears." "A lot more screening of diseases could be done with the state of knowledge we have. We hear a lot about people scrambl- ing to get into cancer beds in hospitals but we could be helping to prevent those cancers," he says. With a bigger budget, Dr. Cieslar says the health unit could also be helping to im- prove parenting skills in the county and therefore reduce the abuse of children by increasing the manpower trained to iden- tify families at risk. It could also improve its services aimed uncia. crisis at the health of county adolescents by in- creasing education about teen pregnancy, alcohol and drug abuse and teen suicide. "A high-powered community psychologist would go a tremendous way in Huron County but we don't have the budget to pay for his or her wages," he says. More supportive housing services could keep more elderly people at home out of nursing homes and hospital beds. And, greater education about diet and exercise could keep more people who require triple by-pass operations out of the hospital. As far as health care goes, we're the main actors in prevention. We try and look at people more holistically," he says. The fact that health unit employees are traditionally underpaid does nothing to help the quality of the unit's work, says Dr. Cieslar. "Everyone talks about how good public health nurses are but they're dramatically underpaid even though they've got more qualifications than many nurses in hospitals. They could be making up. to $3,000 more a year at a hospital and that's not the way it should be. In the long term, that's not good for public health," he says. Jim pearls works 40 years at A and P • from page 3/ woman in the store and asked the store manager if he'd heard any news of her. "The store manager had caught her 'stealing cigarettes and didn't allow her in the store anymore. We both laughed so, hard when I told him she must have been stealing cigarettes to send to me," he says. Searls says he learned a lot about human nature working at a grocery store. During the Second World War, when sugar and butter were rationed, the staff at the grocery store started to find all sorts of lard around the store. They soon discovered that peoplewere taking the lard out of the bax and replacing it with pounds of butter. That way, they wouldn't have to give up their butter rations! . "It's amazing how one person will start. something like that and everyone will pick it up," he says. BOOK /11 S OP dust oft the Square oo East Et: ect. beside the Post Office. Your Community Card Shop *Greeting Cords -party Wore *Office Suppll•s *nooks L Gifts *Wedding Stationery 01=42=>13C:=12.:=741 eaCIeS 'n Cram i 0 SKIN CARE STUDIO Net%5alc Si. 324-4403 Will Be CLOSING 0 JUNE 1, '86 Anyone with a gift certificate, please conta t the shop c . 524-4403 N1 ewgate St. Goderich K=4===>ttC 4 He's also experienced several occasions when people bring back the carcass of a goose or turkey after their Christmas din- ner and tell him the meat was bad. "The funny thing is there isn't a scrap of meat left on the bird," he says. But, for every bad customer, there are 10 more good ones, he says. Over the past 40 years, Searls has also seen a great difference in the way people eat. The average grocery cart 40 years ago consisted of mostly meat and vegetables. Today, people spend more money at grocery stores on non-food products and junk food, he says. He sees the reflection of families where both husband and wife work in the number of fast food products sold. And, he sees a growing awareness of healthier eating with the popularity of lifestyle products which contain no fat and less cholesterol. When reviewing your home insurance needs, consider The Co-operators. Our Home -Guard program offers some of the broadest coverages available anywhere. Call today for com- plete'details. Jim Bell , the vffOco-opetatoig Insurance Services GODERICH: 31 West Street, 524-2138 LIFE - HOME .AUTO • COMMERCIAL. FARM • TRAVEL ..r,..4�.,., in the meat section for 40 years, meat section for years, Searls has also come to enjoy cooking. He is usually the cook for his family's Sunday dinners and says he loves to tinker around in the kitchen trying new things like cut- ting pockets in pork chops and filling them with dressing. "My mother was a great cook so I guess I picked it up from her," he says. To commemmorate his 40 year anniver- sary, the staff at A & P held a surprise par- ty for Searls, took him and his wife to din- ner and bought him a pen and pencil set. "It's nice to have people working for you that appreciate you," he says. He also went to an executive meeting on Monday in Toronto and out to dinner with the people from A & P's head `office. "It's been a long time since I started in the grocery business but it doesn't seem that long," he says. TE -EM FARM OUR GREENHOUSES ARE FULL! 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