The Goderich Signal-Star, 1976-10-21, Page 20Gl .i'
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IDERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21,1976
A. seminar on child abuse candected.bythe' Children's -Aid
Society of Huron County featured a panel representing.•
several 'professions. The panel included Bruce Heath,
Esther Ross, Mery Witter, Dr. Bruce Thomson, Dr.. Robert
Bates of Sick Children's Hospital, Toronto, public school
principal,John Siertsema and public health nurse Liz
McHugh. (staff photo) ,
Huron CA5 moves toward
prevention of child -abuse
The Huron County
Children's Aid .Society took a
step towards establishing a
county wide: program • for the
prevention and treatment of -
,child abuse following a
seminar last week•in_iving a
crosssection' of professional
people:
The seminar featured guest
speaker Dr. Robert Bates,
pediatrician . director and.
head of the, Child Abuse Team
at the Hospital -for Sick
Children,. Toronto and_.cen-
tered on the responsibility of
professional people in . the
prevention of child abuse. and
neglect and the establiahment.;
of . a high calibre, of i
teraction' between agenciesi
child abuse cases. •
Children's-- Aid . Director'
Bruce Heath explained that
there is a high calibre of co-
operation among the agencies
',and schools dealing with child
'abuse but there still , exist
gaps: from one system . to
another that should be closed.
He added that in -+dealing witb ..
the cases the relations 'should
and follow up of child abuse
cases.
Dr. Bruce. Thomson said
that doctors follow a code, of
ethics : and have a' contract
with each:patient-and must
respect that, contract. He
added that the seminar was
beneficial,. in bringing
professional people and
agencies `together •and he
hoped . it would foster more
rinvoivement among the
agencies • and improvoe ,the
correspondence between
them. He 'added that cpm'
munication'between. agencies
wag. a'. big factor and that
, doctors would not co-operate
with agencies . that, abused
patients. ,,Numerous bad••
experiences„with agencies led
to' • the breakdown in
o-F•respondence and :co-
operation.
The point was raised that
codes' of ethics ,between
•profess.ions• interfere in
dealing with child 'abuse
cases and hamper the fo)low
up procedures:
CAS family service co-
ordinator, Esther Ross
claimed that most people are
simply afraid to report a child
abuse case to the CAS or
other • agencies., because of
their possible future in-
volvement.
'`People hold the CAS as a
possible threat but we ate not
as terrible as everyone
thinks,” she said. "At times I
feel like a dragon with 'a big
'heart and no one knows it."
A representative • of the
public health nurses said that
be. With people and • not
groups. ,
Discussion centered on the
responsibility of. the in-
dividual • to report • possible
child abuse cases to the: CAS.
Dr: Bates said that if a doctor
neglects to ' report a child
abuse -case there. still, exists
• the responsibility among the
nursing staff to report it to the
nursing supervisor: Heath
said that the hospital in
Ruron County have no formal
procedure for the reporting
Hospital closure stili
topic: in. Clinton. area
Depending- on 'who you
listen'rto, the. Clinton Public
hospital is -either .going to,
remain open, or else it is
going to be closed. • •
D.A. Robertson, president
of the Ontario Hospital_
Associationsaid that
although the courts rebuffed
the ministry's •r ;tempts to
close hospitals • earlier this
year, he . believed the
government will again either
appeal these rulings or bring
in ., new legislation to „ ac-
complish its aim.
Mr. Robertson, a hospital
administrator from ICit-
bhener,'spoke to a health-care
conference of the Canadian •
Union of Public Employees.
The union represents about
20,.000 • members in non-
; medical jobs in hospitals:
'`We cannot delude our-
selves that the squeeze is not
on for the health-care dollar
and that it Will not continue at harbor
:Mr. Nixon; a member of a
panel:, discussing social needs
at the Liberal, Party's .South-
western Ontario regional
policy conference in London
said "it's my feeling they
don't want a ruling in the
present political situation".
Both opposition parties
pledged'' to opposesuch
legislation and this would
have ' pushedthe minority
Conservative administration
into an election,
However', , nearly five
-months after the court ruling,
the government still hasn't
made.a move to proceed with
the appeal, Mr. Nixon said.
The Clinton Public hospital
has heard noticing since they
won their appeal innMay.
Mae injured•
for we.. believe it will," Mr'.
Robertson ,said:" He spoke . on
the impact of financial
restraints in health-care
spending.' . ;
Despite the 'ministry's
orders to make reductions in
their annual: budgets, . the
hospitals still.provide a wide
range of emergency ,and;
basicserifices with• nt1 loss in •
the ,.quality df care, ' Mr,
Robertson said; ti • •
Meanwhile, forrtlei ;Liberal
Wider, Robert Dirt` --laid the
Conservatives won't proceed
With ail appeal.
•
Edward A. MacDonald of
R113 Godet:eh, a grain
trimmer with the Goderich
Elevator C.ompany,. was
rushed to hospital on Monday
Morning . after' • sustaining
head injuries while unloading
grain from the Kirtgdoc at the.
waterfront,
Mr. MacDOEnald :was
completing work in the ship's.
.
hold when a rope cleat let'go
causing a rope to strike hint
knocking him to the' hold
floor. The fall resulted in a
cut above the right eye and
other cuts and bruises,
if they ' were called, toin-
vestigate• a possible . child
abuse case ,they were unable
to testify incourt and present.
potential key •evidence. In
such instances '.the public
health nurses were at fault •in
their incapability to provide,
evidence....
Heath Old -fiat because of
this and other instances in
Which people are afraid to get
involved it will be ned'essary
to ,use subpoenas. He added
that although the agency was-
aimos...forced to begin issuing
them they would be used with
discretion and •-' only' when
necessary.
CAS solicitor, Norm
P.ickell, siupported Heath's
statements saying that if the
evidence was vital to a case-
then there existed' no alter-
native- but to subpoena wit
nesses:
"Subpoenas will have to be
used in other isolated cases if
an .employer requires proof of
an employee's invol*ement,"
he said. "We :should have an
interaction and a faith bet-,
ween groups dealing with a
case because we will get into
troubled
trouble, if we rely,on..the legal
realms." •
, John Siertsema, principal
of McCurdy Public Scho 1
said that teachers were in
, difficult position since they
were pot :qualified to com-
ment. ` ori a case or—dive,
evidence . on the medical
aspect. He said the matter
was simply .out of •the
teachers' field, but if they
reported a case' to the public
health nurse, what is their
responsibility from there. •
Sergeant Mery Witter of the
Goderich Police Department
said that people` are most
reluctant to report cases to.
the police. He added that ins
"child abuse case the police's
first -priority was to contact
an agency but he reiterated
that .people in the County
were just too reluctant to call
them.
Reported cases of :child
abuse numbered 24 in 1974
and 25 :in 1975 and Heath
hopes to establish a follow up
committee with repre§en-
-tatives , of .all ,agencies and
professions to eurb the in-
stances -of child abuse.
The committee would -
maintain representatives of
all fields to compare ex-
pectations, gaps in policies
and examine the - practical
issues _
Some BNPD workers
Ontario Hydro Ilas made, no
decision yet about possible
action to be taken against
workers who did not report
for work at the Bruce Nuclear
Power Development last -
Thursday on the national day
of protest.
BNPD information officer
Don White said Tuesday that,
the matter is now being.
considered by Hydro of-.
ficials. . - -
-
About 3,000 of the 8,000
workers at . BNPD did not
report for work "'October 14
which the Canadian Labour
Congress had declared as a
day of protest against federal
wage and price controls.
The CLC asked that union
members not report for work
"that day.
Hydro issued bulletins to all
BNPD . workers October 17
warning them that persons
-cabsent from work without
authorization would "be
subject to disciplinary ac-
tion," .
Last Thursday a' ' full
complement of employees
staffed Bruce Generating
Station with the exception of
•
Ciderfest well attended
By Wilma Oke • .
Hundreds of people from
across southwestern Ontario
-, attended the Ciderfest at the
historic Van Egmond house in.
Egniondvill•e Sunday of
ternoon. •
They watched. apples
.pressed into cider by Gerald
Martene of RR 4, 'Seaforth,
and drank it up or carted it
away in gallon jugs as fast as
it was produced. I«
Jack and Gladys Van
Egmond of Clinton attracted.
a fascinated audience as they
churned cream into butter
and found eager takers .for
their product. --
Sausage making by Donald
rah am of Goderich drew ,a •
G
•
crowd who quickly -bought up
the homemade string of
sausage as they wound out of
his antique utensil. • -
Also there for the crowds to
buy were jams and jellies
made of native fruits such as
elderberry, sumac and
rowanberry; pickled
crabapples; herbs;
homemade cookies and dried
flowers and grasses.
On hand to attract crowds
wasan antique player pipe
organ and a 20 -year-old""
shingle •making machine
manned by the Leemings of
Walton and powered by a 1905
steam tractor run hay Martin
Murray and Glen McNichol of
Walton. -
show
some ' operations personnel.
At the heavy water, plant
Construction site about 1,000
ennploYees didn't report for
work.
No pickets appearedat the
site. • .
Workers. had 'made it plain
that they were not striking
against Hydro but protesting
wage and price controls,
Hydro. said in the bulletin
that it viewed October 14 as a
normal working day.
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