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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1979-03-29, Page 5I) ar Edit ® from page 4 desperation we had to bring in a blanket from home to try and keep him warm during his last hours alive. When I spoke to the hospital administrator 300,000 250,000 200,000 150,000 100,000 AfRcH o 50 ,000 -rienecr t r 10,000 The Goderich PerformingArts' `6Widation have • raised $50,000 to save. the. old Polley's Livery Stable from the wrecker's hammer. Now that the Foundation has secured the building, the lot and its adjoining lot, it can proceed with the research and planning required to turn the building into a cultural centre for the visual and performing arts. About $300,000 is yet to be raised to coin-. plete the project. r... concerning the matter, I was assured that the hospital had plenty of blankets and bed linen. On a recent television program the nursling administrator com- plained that the nursing standards would deteriorate with the forthcoming cut back in hospital beds. 'It looks to me as if they have already deteriorated if this is the' typical standard of care that presently exists at the hospital. Yours truly, M. C. Hills, Truro, N.S. Cancel edict Open letter, to: The Hon. Dennis Tim- brell, Minister of Health, 10th Floor, Hepburn Block, 80 Grosvenor St., Toronto, Ont., M7A IR3 Sir: Approximately 70 years ago my tonsils and adenoids were removed as I lay • on the kitchen table drawn over in front of a window. Is this what - you want to return us to'?, In those days, middle- class mothers could be at home to care for ailing members of the family, and if lower-income mothers had to go out to work, another meinber of the family or a kindly neighbour would take over.' Neighbourliness was an,active ingredient of life which has been almost lost. Also, equipment such as a portable wash -basin and a bedpan were available in many household. How many do you think you could find today? Communities spent years building and equipping their hospitals so that sick people could have adequate care, ,anti doctors could have. adequate equipment readily available; now you order - not suggest, or request, but order'- that much of this be moth- balled, and doctors and their patients make do with less: This is not better' planning for greater efficiency, but -- very short-sighted penny- pinching, and the poor are the!ones who will be hardest hit. If all this gives you•a heart attack and you try to get into a 30 -bed hospital where 20 beds are occupied and 10 are closed by your own order, I hope you are not too sick to change your mind. Maybe you might change your mind without having a heart attack? How about cancelling the, edict, arid issuing a request that those in authority exercise as much restraint as is consistent with good health care? Sincerely, (Miss) Mary B. Howell. Bad taste Dear Editor: My somewhat belated congratulations to all of yolk at the Signal -Star whose hard work and dedication contributed to the quality that brought you the most recent awards! Aryl I starting to take that quality for granted? That is all I had planned to say until I read your March 22nd edition. In a way it is still something of a com- pliment that in all these years it is the ,first time when I read your paper with profound disap- pointment, sadness and a degree of distaste.. Your headline "Euthanasia next step?" would be more suitable in a tabloid or a sensation - geared big city daily. Some paragraphs in your lengthy article cone across as a form of in- flammatory exploitation of unchecked emotions, irrational fears and imaginary ' conclusions, hardlyenhancing our chances of rational im- provement in a .most unfortunate and serious situation •where the surface issue' covers many undercurrents. If Mr. Riddell is the only MPP who gets hospital -related letters of a certain kind and only from Goderich area, somebody or some local interest groups must be deliberately frightening th:e more vulnerable and I find this a most disagreeable method of Canada is celebrating its achieving a goal in anY 90th year of working with circumstances. boys in many churches I would not expect the across Canada. Over local paper to add fuel by these years, many boys its treatment of the sad have been involved in the message in the Way it did. At the same time I have no doubt that you had our best collective interests in mind. Your paper has done a continuous, thorough and admirable public relations job for the local hospital board, . as a mearis.of supporting our .hospital, an in- stitution of _ great im- portance in our health ca r•e. I quote this observation from Dr. Brian Lynch's letter in the same issue: . and personally I prefer that knowledge and authority be shared rather than the knowledge be subject to authority." There are several levels of authority. Using the doctor's observation for the point I would like to make - again - I am herewith publicly ap- pealing to the local hospital board to open their meetings to the public, ds it is a publicly financed institution. I understand that at present even the hospital employees are riot allowed to attend the board meetings. Instead of sending us, whenever it suits ..the board's purposes, selected messages through chosen spokesmen, let us, the public, 'share the first- hand • 'knowledge of situations and- hap- penings as we share the finances. Such sharing would make hysterical and inflammatory methods and ex- clamations unnecessary. Yours, at•; ever, Elsa Haydon Help out Dear Editor, The Boys' Brigade in program conducted in their local church. Former members referred to as "Old Boys" have entered many walks of life and have moved to many parts df our country. There are also many Okt Boys now living in Canada who were members in some of the 63 other countries around the world %%ha e Boys' Brigade Com- panies are operating. In this special year, we are therefore trying to locate as many of these Old Boys (former boys and officers) as possible and enter into com- munication with them. We also would like to get many of them together if possible. We would appreciate your assistance in reaching these -Old Boys "by asking your readers to write to us at .Brigade Headquarters, 115 St. Andrew's Road, Scar- borough, Ontario, MIP 4N2: Many thanks for your co-operation and assistance. Yours sincerely C. D. (Danny) Reesor Executive Director Be safe Dear Editor, Following last year's success, the Canada (i GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 1979—PAGE 5 Safety Council is promoting a 1979 Traffic Safety Campaign in April just prior to the summer peak period for serious traffic accidents and fatalities. The theme this year will be, "Prevention is the cure". The solution, to our serious traffic accident problem is ,within our grasp. It ought to be simple. It requires the doing of everything possible to prevent them from • happening. Prevention is the key to success. Our promotion of this year's prevention theme is tied to the following four simple but important requirements and the special and personal commitment of drivers. Given that commitment, ' there can be great im- provement in the present unsatisfactory traffic accident picture throughout Canada. 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