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1I �ro•n -ecce .pts full r spAonsibi ty...
c i own a bit: There should be a "If you eat beds there will be
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counted for 23,360 patient thgl•ough Study. We must' ask a natural reduction ie staff,"
da s -in I3uron haspitalsin the who were these people? Why "The hospital. The schools.
„ y were they there? The arena: They're going,"
30 days plus" category. •rt retorted Morris. Reeve Bill
Wingharri ,hospital had the Dr. Mills reminded council• •
Elston. "Mark ' my words.
highest.nupnber -150 spending that the Ministry of Health •is They're eying to kill these
7,028 patient days - while firm in its order that 62 beds little communities."'
Seaforth h the (east • 49 must be cut from. Huron's r "They'r'e trying not to kill
spending ,880patient days ,hospitals., He alSe pointed out 'the people • answered
On a •percentage basis . Warden McCuteheon.
rich • 'ad the' that Huron has :a large per-
hawever, Gode , b gcentage:of people over 65; an "What will we do with the
best rec rd - 3.6 per cent additional 30,.000. people from.
per crit of the .ppeople we mov rout of our -
spefid g- 4.6 p ,G May to October each year; a .hospitals? asked12eeveStan;
total-pvataent,days• Exeter number of high risk .Prgfit•of Goderich. He noted
logged the worst record - 7.2 agricultural workers who., that manpersons require
per' cent occupying 40.7 . per require:q acute health borne care at least,
the tote' patient da s. nearby . nursing , o
cent ofthe a p �'. care facilities; and a desire to and that Huron just hasn't
In the 15 day, plus category, provide quality of health care sufficient nursing ,home beds
the ".percentages told the services, throughout the to care for them. He also felt
e m story. Exeter again held the county. that Home Care programs
lead with a record of 18.8 per. „you can cut hospital staff and VON services cost money
cent 'spending a total of 65.2 but oe haven't cut out the
er cent of the patient days. y which had to be paid,by the
P over use of ,the hospital taxpayers. „
Clinton and Goderic were
neck and neck,. for the best beds; Dr: Mills explained: =°`Basica•lly you are using
Iw_'p erformance - Clinton with
• `1.8 per cent .accounting for ` pround s
51..2 per per cent of the patient y.g •••• •
•
'. days and Goderich with 12.9 (continued from • page 1)
per cent accounting for 47.7regularlythose receiving
per cent of the patient days. .cost of, instructors fer courses .financial' support from the
The totals showed that.14.5 .and transportation for the townhave.applied.for 1976.-•
per cent of th'e'patients in the children drove the costs up. The Santa 'Claus parade
five county hospitals spend 15' • .The rec •director said •a expenses will be $1000 less
days or more and use up 52 small• charge had been placed than last year •with. no in -
per -cent of the total'. patient on the. two . programs to help diction yet where. the guts:
• days.stay some of the costs but will •show. Mr. Dymond. geld. . .
• Dr. Milts said the average added that it is irepossible for prize money for floats maybe ^ •
'length of stay for patients in 'playgrounds to make any reduced, the number of bands
"hospitals all across Ontario is money. He• saidthat the Invited may be limited or
11i days. _He- feels too large a .programs are designed candy. for the' children at -
Percentage of Huron patients hopefully to provide a social tending. Santa' s• court may be
are staying too , long • in experience for children at the, eliminated. .
hbspitat. .,same time as they learnt The budget.now stands at a
,..._"It bears looking .at" in craftsand.,games... 12.5 percent increase over
. sisted Dr. Mills. ;`,Thereis Mr. Dymond: out last yea -re.. $9,400_,.. T.he., rec
know
erel use director said he did not
parents m
good reason for hospital that some pare y
.teat intstratie-p , ex,__it as bahysi.ttl.ng._se,ts ce and whether the committee would- •
tog ether: and say- whatcanwe that tete"" 71rarge"'-imposeddpt,aove4;Fee- eaft o•
c.ma
do. Everybody has to tighten wduld eliminate some of that ' 'more cuts to get it down to 10
and ensure that the children: percent. He said they may
Countybudgetthat were, there wanted to be consider it cut as much as is
,. there.. ' 'reasonably expected and •
. The •playground last year ' forward it to town..council for
(continued from page 1) • attracted 62' :children . in the their approval or they' ma'y.
'1976.• '. ,junior category paying ;two meet again to try to strike the
The planning department dollars each and 35 seniors other two percent. '
'expenditures will rise sharply paying three .dollars each. '., He added that ,he' did not
d from.'_ $93,690 in_. .1._9_125. to .The day camp a. one 'week think the committee mem-
-i1100 ,iti 1976:-B•ut- Hurori- --pro-gr-am, _at'tf ite'd -:3, be :krie 1.ia"t the -budget..,-
ratepayers will • pay • only children and cost six dollars_ was still aver 10 percerit-and-
$1.,360 more- in .1976 • $88,1.00 • for the first child in a family," • he was trying this week- to
instead -of $86,740. The bulk of four . for • the -second and two. - ;adyise them :of . the latest
' •th&7ncrease will corm from for any others in the family. figures. •�' �, '
,: provincially ' funded `Com The -committee also cut .
murky study grants worth back projected expenses.for D • f. ■� ant
' $42,500.in1976... m
• 'attendance of their me- �! ■�
The biggest increase ' in - • bership • at conventions and- -Lee._ costs is for an additional•staff seminars. • The • move cut. ele.cIion
enem:b r-plu salary hikes-£er, • abont_..$600 -from the budget -
present • staff. Printing, costs-. and along with a reduction of. •
ruce
(for plans. etc':)' will rise from �11 B$500;spent on hired help at the . .. •.�•
84,500.to $17,100. •arena eliminated about $1,100 ---...An informal survey of the
• Land - division' costs are 'from 1976 costs. • Huron -Bruce riding indicates
" ` down - from $46,250 in 1975.0e • 'A'bo.ut $1,200 was. cut from that about. 6Q percent of .the
$41,000 this- year. the operation of recreation, constituents don't . want . • a
• • ..Library • costs have i,,9,., programs.m--eaning that inprovincial' election in May,
• creased from $261,800 to 1976 the programs will be self Huron -Bruce MPP Murray
• $30'1 250 The County of Huron supporting or will be Gaunt told this newspaper
will provide' 8188,278' and the eliminated. The rec director last week.. .
province will pay $107,172. said that, unless registration . The 36 -member • Liberal
• Salaries are up as are ern- for programs' show that in- . caucus was directed by party
-ployee benefits, • books,, ` structor and equipment costs leader Stuart ..Smith ,to • poll
supplies, telephone and rents ' will be• met the program• will .their ridings,fast week to see.
for libraries :across ' th ••-•be dropped. how the public feels about an
county. Mr. Dymond said most -of early election. ;,.
. Salarie,s account for the the classes involved in this The Liberals could force a
lion's share of the increase in •cutback will be those • provincial election in May if
'museum expenses, up from operated for adults. Some of they support •an NDP- am' -
'$62,350 in -1975 to $66,000 in the 'children's classes willbe mendinent . to the Throne
1976. Salaries also seem to be maintained- by the corn- SpeeckApri1•5;and topple the
the reason for the increase in • mittee '• ` ,. m,inority Progressive' Con -
the reforestation budget, up a • Grants' awarded` antivally servativegovernment. • .
nominal $100 to. $7,000, to organizations in town will Mr. Gaunt said his survey
• •Salaries also have caused the be reduced by 81,000 in 1978. •
,of this riding was by no'
. rise in the 'development Groups affected by the .'means scientific•but he heard
budget," -up. to $42,700 from restraint. have . not been viewpoints from "every part
'$40,300lastyear.. - selected yet. since none of of the riding". He talked to
people 'during • a five-day
.period and some 'telephoned
him specifically to give their
views.on the election issue.: •
people from areas where'
hospitals have been closed•
feel most • strongly that the
goverf(emen.t • Should• be
defeated soon, he said, - •
"They seem to feel that if
the Conservatives are
defeated in an election their,
hospitals will be reopened,"
• he said.
Mr. Gaunt said he could
understand ' the feelings of
these people although they
were in the minority of about
40 percent wl`io favored the
' May election. •
An. _interesting..point, he
said, came about at the
Huron -Bruce Liberal riding
' association meeting March 25'
in. Wingham when.. a• vote
among those attending was 20"
to five inn favor of forcing- an
elegtion.- - '
He added, •how.ever, that he.
does not 'feel this represents
the opinion of the. riding as a
whole..
-A pgll of 15 Liberal MPP
conducted by the Globe and
Mail last week revealed that
11 believe an election is out of
' the question at this time.
The .Globe quoted Mr,
Gaunt as saying that•parts of
• the Huron -Bruce riding are'
"1'00 percent opposed" to an
election. "They . feel "ther.
minority government should--
be able to work far a little
"len . er than six months. 1
• 'think °people feel' that es en
though they/scan , .• •,th
`'.' what the govern""„ . i• ,i1;
there is a certain st;'bilit to
having a .govert'lrrirrr leep-
ped" these ' are, 'tie ;tlllc.
• tlfnes,"
•
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the same principles as the
Ministry is using," argued
Reeve Profit, ".Yoe are
shifting the cost from one
place to the other. You are not
attacking the .problem at all.
You are still talking about
cutting services to people."
Former warden Anson
McKinley '.of. Stanley' •Town-
ship asked about• alternative
facilities eneh.as Huronview.
He- referred to. ` the. long
waiting list atHuronview and
pointed out there is no. in
dication from the- province,
that there will be funds
available in the future to
build additional Ac-
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Reeve McKinley further
noted that lieronview was
designed pritngrily at the
start' as a' home for the aged:
He said that in recent months,
it is fast becoming a chronic
bed care facility.
Chester Archibald, ad-
ininistrater of Huronview
was preserft ""for-° seirite•. of.
council's deliberations on'
Friday. :He reported there
were 295 persons at Huron,-
' eiew
uron•'view in 1975,` He admitted
there was a long waiting list
applietions considered
diccordingtto their' dater He
explained;'• 'however, that
when a normal care' bed is
upert and someone req'uiring
special care is the next ap-
plication on the list, the
person requiring normal care
who may be down on the listls
'admitted,. before the special
care applicant. Or, of course,
the, situation • could, be
reversed.
"That's- really 411 we can:
do," Archibald told council.
-Dr. Mills urged councilto
consider the "b'e(ii'at home".
He said that many times with
the help of Horne Care.nnur-
-sin.g, physiotherapy . and
homemakers as .well as VON
services, people,can get along
in their own hordes'.
The MOH ' did stress the
move was mit on tit `"turn sick
•
people out of the' hospitals"
but merely to take a long hard
look at the alternatives
already, provided by
government • which are not
being utilized by doctors or
their: