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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1985-04-03, Page 7Local doctor tells meeting Info exposion straininc doctor -patient relations &y Alan Rivett The current information explosion in the medical field is placing an ever-increasing strain on the relationship between doctors ,and their patients, a Wingham doctor told a meeting of the Huron County Unit, Canadian Can er Society, at Clinton. ``. A cording to Dr. Walter Wo g, the recent advances in communications and the fast dissemination of in- formation is undermining the doctor's position because medical knowledge is being made more accessible to the patient and the public. "The doctor is placed in a position where his abilities are questioned by people who learn their medicine from Reader's Digest," the doctor said. He added that the wide- spread information has led to a great deal of mistrust and misunderstanding of the medical profession by the community. When a patient begins to dictate to the doctor, the doctor is under more pressure to make right decisions, Dr. Wong said, which ultimately makes him more likely to make a mistake. He said that proof of the "democratization" of medicine can be found in the steady increase in negli- gence suits against doc- tors. In 1982 $5 million was 'paid out of the health care system in negligence' suits, while in 1984 that amount skyrocketed to over $12 million. The increase is not a question of the inabilities of doctors, but of widespread medical in - :formation, he said. "We (doctors) are men and are entitled to just as many mistakes and rights as everyone else." Doctors down through history have been revered members of the community, involved m a "mystical" profession which •only a few could understand; Dr. Wong said. Although Increased medical knowledge by the public has lessened the mysticism, it also has created,some problems. He said he would like to see doctors get back to the business of medicine, with- out the bureaucratic hurdles connected with it. "The doctor should not be a deified figure, but rather an informed technician, responsible for taking a patient and seeing him • through his illness....The doctors should be given the opportunity to practise medicine as they were trained to do and not be hindered by the red tape of the powers that be." An .., imple of the red tape now in the health care system is the duplication of services, he said. Hospitals in Canadian centres try to be all things to all people by offering a lot of similar services. This has led to the disappearance of cross -referrals between hospitals, resulting in wasted funds within the system. . In the futfre the whole Canadian health care system will change because of the increase in medical knowledge by non-medical people, Dr. Wong said. The. doctor will become more of an advisor to patients, who may either accept or reject the advice. The role of the hospital will also change as more com- puterized medical equip- ment can be better manipulated by technicians than by medical people, he added. Enumeration starts for May 2 election Approximately 50,000 enumerators are conducting a door-to-door canvass across Ontario this week to. compile lists of eligible voters for the May 2 provincial election. Returning officers in each of the province's 125 elec- toral districts are authorized to apt Nint enumerators from lists submitted by political. parties. The enumerators work in pairs, visiting each household to secure the •names of all qualified electors residing there. Each elector who is enumerated, will receive a receipt listing the voter's name, electoral district and poll number as well as the location of the polling place. The office of the returning officer will send cards to each household notifying recipients of those eligible electors who were enumerated and confirming the polling location. From the enumeration a preliminary list of electors is compiled for each polling division within the electoral district. Persons eligible to vote in 'this election must be 18 years of age or over on election day, a Canadian citizen or British subject at the time of voting and a resident" of Ontario for at Least the 12 months prior to election day. The Wingham Advance -Times, 'Apr. 3, 1985—Page 7 THE CRAWFORD DODGERS are this year's champions in the Wingham Industrial Hockey' League and won the title in a 7-6 overtime ,„ Martin, Gord Marr; front, Larry Lane, Dale Hussey, Peter Snow, Ric win over the Stainton Spitfires. Crawford team members are: back, Jacklin, Jim Inwood, Bill Wall and Dave Shaw. Absent from the photo Ross Poll, Dave Hicks, Kevin Hickey, Gord Hill, Dave Hodgins, Dave is Jamie Wall. Legion holds euchre party A euchre party was held Monday evening at the • � i•ncrease b following won prizes: high ■8 pee cent Wingham Legion Hall. The t lady, Ethel Willis; high man, rn err ownship in Turnberry, but metnbers a man); low lady, ,Irene. ratepayers will pay 4.8 per need to determine what they Hopper and low man, Don cent more this year in can and cannot do on the rnperty t Turnberry portion ottax bill Helen Houghton (playing as Turnberry T McCormick. Jean Deans won the April Fool's prize for having a birthday closest to the date and several other draw prizes were awarded. The next euchre is April 15. Duplicate Education meeting Wage club held at WI Hall The Mitchell System was employed at last Thursday evening's session of the ., duplicate bridge club. North and South winners were: first, Jim Alcorn and Connie McMinn; second, Margaret Cruickshank and Nona Elliott and third, Bert Mathers and Belle Herbert. East and West winners were: first, Harley Crawford and Omar Haselgrove; second, Mary Lloyd and Inez McGill and third, Farrish Moffat and MaryMathers. BEST RATE 3 YEAR GIC 121AI % ABCANNUITIES 33 WEST ST. GODERICH 524-2773 (Collect) BELGRAVE — The Education meeting of the Belgrave ,Women's , Institute was held in the hall on March 19.• Following the •opening exercises, the convener, Mrs. Glenn Coultes, intro- duced a panel of speakers Who talked about their ex- perience with handicapped children. Mrs.^ Valeria Shortreed spoke about spina bifida, Mrs. Mary Hunter talked about schizophrenia and Mrs. Sally Fisher, a teacher at the Silver Circle School, described cerebral palsy, downs syndrome and the autistic child. Each speaker gave the symptoms of the-' disease, its progress and treatment. - Many questions from the audience were answered concerning, the frequency of each disease, the limitations issir 1/4. BULK FOODS & DISCOUNT. 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No. 4 Open: Mon. -Sat. 9-6 p.m. Thurs. & Fri. till 9 Cash Visa & Mastercard accepted. Aummoneiliw Oh. 357-1730 of the child's activities and research into new treat- ments and cures. A film was shown, telling the story of a young girl with spina bifida, mentioning how theEaster Seal money, helps these children with medical care and summer camps. - Mrs. Coultes thanked the speakers and presented them with a gift in ap- . preciation ;for sharing their experiences. The leaders of the Bel - grave Brownie pack, Mrs: Dianne Matisz. and Mrs. Nancy McKeon, presented the WI with °a certificate of appreciation for their --financial help and the use of the hall for meetings. It was decided to make a donation to the Belgrave, Blyth and Brussels School Fair. The meeting closed with "God Save the Queen" and the Institute Grace. 'MRS. LEWIS STONEHOUSE —=-� Belgrave 'This community extends sympathy to Howard Wilkin- son, Charlie Wilkinson and Miss Annie Baker in the loss of his son Gordon Wilkinson of Smithsville. Mr. and Mrs. -Terry Ainsley of Thessalon, visited on Sat- urday with Mr. and Mrs. Clare Van Camp. - - Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Christensen of London spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Robert Grasby. . Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Howard • (Maxine Procter) Zettler of RR 4, Walkerton, who are the proud parents of 'twin daughters, Amanda Dawn and Al'icia Ann, in St. Joseph's Hospital,on Sunday, March 31. Mrs. Elizabeth Procter of Belgrave is their grandmother. Our community extends sympathy to Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Taylor in the loss of their sister-in-law, Mrs. Wilmer Taylor of Hamilton, and brother George Taylor of Wingham. Mr. and Mrs. George Michie and Mr. and Mrs. Ross Anderson returned home last Thursday from a two-week motor trip to Florida, returning home by the East Coast of United States. Mrs. Olive Campbell; Mr. and Mrs. Lorne Campbell and Mrs. Clare Van Camp attended the Confirtnation Service at Wingham United Church, where Shawn Campbell was one of the candidates, es collected for property. township purposes. The He had contacted the increase does not include county planning office about county or school board the -zoning restrictions on the levies, which will be an- property (Lots •26 and 27, pounced later this month. Con. 11), but said he still was he unclear on the specif k- guidelines. at County planner Pat ay White, in a letter to counc ed said the area in question as zoned natural environme ent and • a . small portion agriculture. Ms. White said count n could proceed with an o " ficial, plan amendmen g changing the designation it the property from natur environment to recreation s it may be left as a no' 11 conforming use, as define t by the township's seconda s land use plan. o "The designation chang n to recreation would create 2,000 -foot buffer zone aroun e the periphery of the subjec n property," Ms. Whit warned, something whic t' could restrict the expansio of any livestock operations i the immediate area. , , Since there are severa livestock operations locate within the buffer zone council members said they are not eager to to d anything that could restric those property owners since agriculture is the major industry in Turnberry. Mr. McBurney explained to the young men that council must.abide by the directives of the county planning department. Councillor Randy Scott asked if they had looked at any other' ;properties, Council approved t budget, prepared by Cler Treasurer Dorothy Kelly, a meeting last . Tuesd evening. Members seem pleased the increase w held below the five per ce in spite' of a $48,949 deficit incurred in 1984. councillor Don Morriso called the increase "in line and Deputy Reeve Dou Fortune labelled "realistic". Still with the budget, it wa announced the township wi receive almost nine per cen more in road subsidy thi year from the Qntari Ministry of Transportatio and Communications. Turnberry is to receiv $144,900 in road subsidy i 1985, up from $130,100 in 1984 However the township mus spend a total of $236,100 on roads in order to get the subsidy and, of that amount $154,900 is to go into main 'tenance and ` $81,200 to construction. Where and how the con- struction dollars will be spent was discussed at length at the meeting. Originally Road Superin- tendent Ross Nicholson had proposed spending $60,000 on construction on the town- ship's 'fourth concession. However council cut that figure in half, channeling more money Into several smaller projects. All members agreed that upgrading the nursing home road should be a priority ince it is heavily traveled. Reeve Brian McBurney also, pointed out there are more and. more businesses ocating along that stretch 11 the time. It even was suggested the oad possibly could be paved next year, even though there was some concern among ouncil members about urning it into a "racing strip". Other roads projects uggested for this year were utting back Hooftman's and °well's hills, as well as eplacing a worn drainage ulvert on the dump ideroad. The preliminary roads udget also had proposed urchasing a new pick-up ruck this year, but council nstructed Mr. Nicholson to ook into having a '660 1015 one on the township's five - ear -old pick-up. SURVIVAL GAMES A delegation of three oung men, Shawn Mc - ague, Kevin Gibson and ussell Foxton, attended st week's meeting to dis- uss the possibility of estab- shing a National Survival ames (war games) opera - on in Turnberry. Mr. McKague said his roup is considering the pur- ase of -a- piece -of property perhaps even -something already zoned recreation. Mr. Foxton replied the group had been looking particularly at the Turn - berry property because it fits within its budget. Council took no further action the matter. is REC. ASSOCIATION Nancy Corrigan attended ty . the meeting on behalf of the 11, Bluevale Recreation is Association and asked why nt the group was presented is with an audit bill this year for $250 when it never had it been in the past. f- Mr. • McBurney said the t, audit costs were broken: of down this year and council ral merely was billing the asso- or ciation for its share of the n- audit. d Mrs. Corrigan asked why. ry the association's books must be audited with the town- e ship's, suggesting /the a association could get'the d audit done elsewhere t cheaper. e The recreation association h is a local board of the n municipality, said Mrs. n Kelly, and therefore must be audited along with the 1 township under the provi- d sions of the Municipal Act. The reeve pointed out the township does pay the 0 liability and fire insurance t costs for the association and the Bluevale Hall Board. Council received two in- voices of its- own at the meeting, ,both from neigh- boring Culross Township and. both for drain repairs. The bill for Turnberry's share of repairs to the Press Ballagh Drain is $441.81 and $49.52 for repairs to the Ruth Louttit Drain. s l a r c s c P r c s b p d y y K R la c li G ti g ch Since they had not been notified of the drainage repairs before they received the bill, as is specified in the Drainage Act, council members decided to return the bill to Culross. Topic of meeting is farm economics The debt set-aside proposal of the Christian Farmers' Federation of Ontario and the agri-bond concept of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture will be explained this week at a meeting of the Huron. County Federation of Agriculture. The -federation is spon- soring a meeting Thursday night, April 4, at 8:30 at the Holmesville Public School. Bill Jongejan, vice president of the CFFO, will talk about debt set-aside and Jack Wilkinson, OFA vice president, will discuss agri- bonds. The CFFO has drafted a detailed 'proposal which if adopted would allow farmers to apply to a special tribunal for debt set-aside for up to three years, giving a farmer more time to adjust to changing economics. The agri-bond proposal developed by the OFA 'would make 'credit available to farmers at lower than market rates by allowing a lender tax concessions on the interest he would receive. SPECIAL EASTER HOURS Open Thurs. till 8:00 p.m. CLOSED GOOD FRIDAY (This week only) Sat. 10 a.m. - 4 p.m Home Smoked Tasty Black Forest Ham 3.19 • Tender and Lean Ontario Stewing Beef 1.49 Ib. Bavarian Deli Packers • No Filler - No Artificial Smoke or Flavour Wieners 1.49 Ib. 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