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(continued from page 4) , give' up customary ,income In the introduction to the the.. provision of care is
element will exert corrective producing functions. For paper, Council -wonderedif inextricably tied to people.
pressures on all the others of their part, hospitalswill not , we Are entering a pTbase of The vastmajority' of im-
the system. ,likely be able to hire new, medically diminishing provements that have come
On the same page, attent'ion. better trained, non-medical returns. I consider that'a fair along' may have given us
is given to health, manpower personnel with their question becaose in ad- emo•re accurate diagnoses and ,4.
substitution. OHA supports it, shrinking supply of money. .missions per thousand, that is enhanced prospects of
and in fact has worked `sinceOn. Page 9,, the Council's the frequency we go to ' recovery, • but they have
Physicians acct Surgeons of.
1972 with,the College of ' .. paper turns to the distribution -hospital-, Ontario figures have • 'required. more people and:
'of physicians 'and, hospitals risen steadily since 1959 to moreequipment,
Ontario, and. of .Nurses, ,and' and says that': the supply • of their ".present high .:point,it !The Council has performed
with the'RNAO to -develop and ' hospital beds ..in Ontario, would not.seem unreasonable ' .a very ' useful , service by
update a list o°f:';special relative" to the size of the that' after many. years of an ' drawing attention • to. the
procedures` that once were population as a whole, .• .is .expensive• universal. plan we ' coriiplicated and interrelated•,
consideredmedical, but now
• can be performed by general
agreement :of the arties, by
amongst' ., the ' highest. should be getting some pay
anywhere. I don't accept that back`in, terms' ofbetter health,
statement .because the facts , reflected, artrong other ways,
• properly prepared nurses, or show this province. at 8.4 beds ` in reduced hospital ad-=
other technical personnel. of all types per thousand of missions.
OIIA has also -developed a the 'population, is below the There are many other good
procedure to be followed by Canadian, average of 9, which points raised by the paper
hospitals if they wish to use is . the figure for the U:S. as that I hope will come out in you that .OHA. continues to•
other than physicians. for the well. the discussion. With respect, I explore the possibilities of -
. procedures • named. It also 'must sad none to me offers assisting ' its members ,to
• proposed to the OMA's Study Comparing ' Ontario's . 8.4 the prospect of saving much •• maintain care .standards and
Committee -that nurses should with other developed count, money .slow the rate of cost increase.
• be trained to provide certainAries, we
` • ' limited types of medical care Kingdom is at 10.5; both West
in hospital emergency Germany°and Norway'are atdepartments to • assist the 10.6; France is at 13.3;
public by initiating treatment Sweden is at 15.9,; Luxemburg
while a physician is being • is at 17.5; and •Ireland isat
nature ' of.hearth care
.problems ansolutions, and
making plain there are no'
simple' solutions.: Coming::.
from a respected body out=
side the field, it is . most
=welcome. 1' want,.assure •
see the United L agree completely that In conclusion, let me say '-
Ontario is spending an awful that ,Ontario's $2 :.billion.'+
lot of -it on health-care, and deficit. may be what is 'up
that our people, are doing it as 'setting the politicians, not the
efficiently as anywhere. It is 'way health care is being
a very costly product the . provided. For -all I know, the
world over because it is money lenders may have said
dent on large they won't continue to fund
called. To that' end, a 20.5
program lto educate them was. in Council's paper, Ontario numbers of expensively
made a few months ago to the ranks among the.lowest, not prepared people. It seems the
Ministries of Health, and the highest, ` :of developed sheer size of the bill blinds''
*Colleges and Universities but countries in comparing: people to the success• of the
no action from them has been numbers of beds of all •Ontario plan. •
forthcoming yet: ` categories. . - . You may well say that if 80
` ......._Iji any substitutions the There are "two other related percent of the bill - is far•
public• purse will only benefit 'points to consider, the total people, ''and it is, that
if procedures are performed number of patient days and ' automation, as • in industry,
at less than physician tariff . the admissions to hospital perp should be used two dispense
rates. With hospital cutbacks. thousand of the population.. with some. The prospect of
hu
t"nities The show .Ontario's 'per- future savings from this.
formance is • • reassuringly ,-source are bleek, because'...
close to.Canad-a•,as.a.'whole. • experience' has shown that
fol a spp
ecia1 . Contrary to the statement
Ontario's deficits of this size,.
and more financial ° respon-
sibility must be demon-
strated.
In • a' sense, ' the , bank
manager may have.called the
province in for a little, chat.
With the help of the
politicians, we 'have all been
livi.ng'too high off the hog, and
I suggest we thust now get by
with a little less,.
shrinking t
e oppor y
' for hospital-based _practice,
'MDs may. be less' ready to
e.
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The drafting department of GDCI
display and Bernie Van Osch and
display. [staff photo]
This year the "Ontairo- •
Ministry of Agriculture and
Food will once again be
sponsoring the J.unidr
Agriculturalist Program
during the summer of 1976.
The program is designed to
provide a practical learning
experience for young people.
from non=farm. homes who
have..'a serious ..interest in
,agriculture, and who have
had no experience working on
a farm.
?;s a Junior Agriculturalist, ,
R.G. Shrier of the Signal -Star' presents, the first annual
industrial curling trophy to winning team members Donna
Hitchcock, Craig Cass, John. Hitchcock and Carlin. Cass.
The team topped'seven entries in the new industrial league.
[staff photo]
John Hitchcock, industrial curling league .organtzgr; Hayward. and Gord Crabb. The league held its awards
presents: the B' trophy to 'Prank • Young, Jim.iBolan, Bill• _rpresentttions last Wednesday. [staff photo
a person will`be placed on a All Junior Agriculturalists
selected . se ereial farm, will be required to participate
where he -she will perform in an orientation program to
regular activities relative to 'help prepare thein for 'their
that. farm operation.:. In farm stay. This program will
addition, '` a , Junior' h
bebe eld about `mad June and.
Agriculturalist, will have an • he m'assignrsient will be
opportunity to develop an
for a nine.: week period;
appreciation of rural life-
menmo on June 21st"and'
on August'20th in
a
-'f milt' and through
par -
through living with a farm com
• terminating
1'976.
ticipating in the local 4-1:1' and A Junior 'Agriculturalist
Junior. Farmer programs and' will be assigned; wherever
-in other -;ural activities. possible; to a farrri with the
The prospective Junior type ofenterprises in which
Agriculturalists,Wiil be either : he -she ise most interested.
boys or girls 16 to 17'years of The duties involved will vary
age and must 'be in good considerably' depending on
physical and; mental con- .the individual farm
dition. in order to. withstand operation, the 'demonstrated
the 'vigorous physical effort:
P
o.r.x >ow..✓vability.. of the Junior
Selection will be based in part
• . - -ng Agriculturalist and the -kind
on their reasons ;for •bei
also put forth a large effort in the education week' interested in agriculture, and of enterprises found on' the
John Parsons; examine Some of of the �rriodels in the their plans for further farm.
The interested host farmers
education and a seer. are to, be co Aercial farms,
•'with the operator engaged in,
farthing full time. They must
interested: nterested: in ''helping
inexperienced young people
A variety of arts'and crafts were displayed by students in
Suneoast Mad as well as some artifacts that were brought
bade. from a recent trip•to Spain. Dorrine MacKenzie, Anne
McCauley, Phil Main, Cathy'McCiitiChey, Diane Wunnink
imd Donna Errington were just part of the group involved in
• the-itrts display. [staff photo]
develop the skills required on
a farm. and: are expected to. •
have the ability to work Well • .
with and supervise' young
people. Host' farmers must'
also provide suitable ac-
commodation. forw;ilie Junior •"
Agriculturalist .during 'his -her
stay on the farm. .
Ea.ch.J un ior'Agritu lturalist
will. .receive a 'training
allowance
allowance of $16.. per day,
based on a six day week; $6.
of this will be provided by the
Ontario Ministry. :'of '
Agriculture and Food in the
host farmer .will provide $5.
per day in cash,'as Well as
supplying room and ioard
worth $5. per day. • -
Persons interested in
participating in this program_._
as_ either a' host farmer- or
Junior Agriculturalist should
contact Len , MacGregor at
482-3428 or long distance
Zenith 7-2800 or w.rite to the
Ontario . Ministry - of..
'Agriculture . and Food in
Clinton. .
Backe fighier
Buhr Easter Seals
Civic Corner
Announcements- of a civiL'-i ature. arc printed' free of,•
.charge in this space in the. hope..that inerease,d public
awareness and "participation will bethe..;result."
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Monday. April 12, Council 7:30 p.m. Town Hall.
Wednesday, •April 14, Pa.i`ks Committee, •4 p.m.,Town
Hiill;:Wednesday, April 14; Airport Committee 8;30 p.m.
Town -Hall. .. .
Tui:sday, .April 20, .Colborne Township Council, 8 p.m.
Carlow.• • .
Thursday. 'April 22, Colborne Township Ratepayers, 8
p.m. Carlow... .
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