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,500 offer to purchase a 537.5
squarefoot portion of -the Winghorn
p'h 'nlerty has been tabled
by WinghamTown Count to allot
concerns of ROO- .-CanadralattOoil
members to be addressed 'by the
prospecltrve- Purchasers, Elmer and
Gordon Squires of Wingham.
the offer to purchase the pro-
perty, a portion of part Lot 9, ap-
peared before council at its regular
April meeting. i p
Although it has been indicated that
most members of the Legion's
executive committee appeared to
have no objections to the proposed
land sale, in a letter to council,
Ernest S. Eaton indicated some of
{y�
the gen,
pressed con
that counca
Offer unt
allowe4 more R ,,
Possible impact Of pro a T^
Gordon Squires.*tten.
meeting, assured:0ou6c l .he and.,w
father "are not _ interested in J
pushing this through." They are'.•°
willing; he said, to sit down with Mr.
Eaton in an effort to alleviate the
concerns of the Legion membership.
The property is 50 feet deep and
has a frontage of 10.75 feet on
Diagonal Road.
Council will again consider the
raurchase offer at its May meeting.
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Gymstrada at F, E. Madill Secondary School.
Organ donor awareness
is theme of presents
In an attempt to raise public Last year in Canada 1,956 people husband two years ago.
awareness about the urgent need for received the gift of sight, _and -131
organ donations, special in- individuals were given a second one The `yusunkllquick at work
formation sessions will be held at the opportunity .day and quickly into a -
at life through heartcoma from which he never
Wingham and District Hospital next transplantation.
Tuesday, April 19: � ,fiecoyered.:.Whet added to thetrngtc.•
In '.addition, 77 adults ° and 20 loss, Ms. Leake says, is that contrary
Organized by the .hospital, the , . children received new livers to to his wishes in life, none of his•
sessions will include several replace their own dying or defective organs were retrieved Iiis f
educational presentations to
medical and nursing staff during the
day, followed by a special presen-
tation to the public that evening.
The sessions are .timed to coincide
with Organ Donor Awareness Week
across North America, Nancy
Brown of the hospital's laboratory
told The Advance -Times. ''The
special week, -April 24 to 30, marks a
time when health professionals,
related agencies, and interested
individuals such as transplant re-
cipients and donor families pool
their resources in an attempt to
raise public awareness about the
urgent need for organ donation,
organs, and man other ami y
y patients had been deprived of the opportunity
were helped by lung, heart-lung, to give lif a to others,
pancreas, skin, bone or bone His wife says: "I knew so clearly
marrow transplants. Although 733 what his wishes were and it was my
Canadians received kidney trans- responsibility to carry them out, but
plants, over 1,000 others remain on 1 let him down. I was so
transplant waiting lists, ts, beingkept p' overwhelmed by the situation I
alive by expensive, time-consuming clung to the hope that he might
dialysis treatments. recover, and finally the shock of
Transplant International Canada losing the most important person in
will •be conducting the sessions for my life, made organ donation
the Wingham - hospital and to secondary to my own outrage.
illustrate the importance of public "In retrospect, I needed someone
awareness, Anne Lake of London, else to initiate the discussion about
the organization's executive co- organ donation. Why didn't anyone
ordinator uses the story of a young ask? Someone else might have
east who lost her benefited from his death."
For some hospitals in Canada,
organ transplantation has become
almost a daily occurrence, with a
steady stream of patients returning
home post -transplant with health
restored and renewed hope for a
longer,- more productive life with
family and friends.
Although more heart and liver
transplants were performed last
year in Canada than in any previous
year, the total number of donated
kidneys was actually lower than in
1986. As safer road conditions ensure
fewer accidents, the number of
possible organ donors is also -
reduced.
Adding to the problems facing
Canadian transplant teams over the
past few months has been recent
legislation in the U.S. which
restricts the flow of organs into
Canada. Previously there had been
open sharing of organs based on the
knowledge that limited storage
,times for some organs prevented
their transportation from coast to
coast within both countries.
"It is now more vitally important
than ever that the Canadian public .
and medical profession become
more aware of the desperate need
for organ donation to save the lives
of fellow Canadians, and for them to
appreciate that every organ wasted
anotherRossibie life los,"
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