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lith -hour mini
By BILL HENRY
An angry Huron County Counc
last week refused an 11th4iou
provincial government request t
further study its Huronview recon
strgc(ionflans.
The-enient,plan to gradually
phasePALElitionVigiv;4while build
ing a fittlyaff6bed fiality in gin
ton and 60-Wd units 111 ,bOth --the
north and!Rtitkof thia-Ounti
wiTh-
in eight :yeari.fs It) pin
provincialWp: ii-oommlf
and stiCialservicestnfnii&y OffiCial
told council. -
Rut :that decision,expected to
cost more than $i4 million, was
reached after years of studies. The
most recent was a 10 -month project
which surveyed the county, studied
Services e1sewh•
and other care) and seniors living
il in their own homes.
r However, Ms, Girard said -the
o ,ConceEt las; seniors
4Par,tArienlminc-e complexes, sham*
services Stith as prepared 'Meals rn
- common space. As *ell, each
facility would have 24-hour nurS-
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Ctoxmcilloie saki the: PlanSoundi.:':"
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good on the surface, but arrives at
the ilth hour„ with sketchy' details,
jtist as Huron, wants to eton with
14400V.,14.**. r.O. constrnitieet.
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the -countrsale'lle-prazi fo centre
air 181 licensed extended' care beds
again in Clinton ignores the north-
ern residents.
Other councill4s 'argued that the
Ministry request, Was ignoring what
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the people of Huron County had
clearly asked for dtiringthe seniors' -
care facility cOnunittoe's, lengthy
study,
"I think the ministry ia:lietfacing
the probletn," said Exeter
Reeve Lossy Fuller, who chaired
that committee. 'We heard.the
voice of the people and the people '-
said .what they wanted . .the
(Continued* -Page 24)
re the province, The board of governors of the
and finally outlined last June the Wingham and District Hospital has
direction Huron County's seniors' approved a $1.56 million expansion
housing would take
1.4!;_t ni-OntlOs"
bidet which4
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Costa the pcijt.
Ministry representative Linda
Girard -'s request that Hinton now
r_et,h1:105 th-elft.tfthileit.de-0,e,nok
rift alteitiafflel*1WIVI'
frail - t• restsatight coun-
cil by surprise.
"I am: disappointed %Cause I
think the nunistry is leading us into
said:Warden Dave
Johnston, who vacated the chair
before thoroughly expressing his
concern and calling council to
.; stick to the original proposal and
hear "from the Iterse's mouth"
-Whether the minister of community
and social servicpsMeg:- sitgplan.
fthaThe -IT•1141111
4410101:44° a brig* betweeo
extended%if IP01.0Xli in mstitu-
riciiiiiii4iiiring eXtentiVe bedside
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t e is-$1ard,ap . t••• -•;r4'4
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ceed With the; project.
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Inaddition to updating and
expanding the hospital's intensive
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and tre01100c.thelOrard-*4-1Old.
hotat4gement committee chair-
man piiib Middleton recOmmetidecl
the proposal to the board and
eVitaine,d- itle the• culmination of
several considered by a subcOrrimit- •
tee appOinted. to pian the redevel-
-opment cit:the intentive care unit.
In addition to board Members,
the subcommittee also included
rFIP.!!!.44447Yee from a lumber of
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ospitaldepartments
4.1ersamentainvolFed-tri_ the
planntreg(tifiXe firojeit) meant
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there are some piactical ideas su
gested," Mr. Middleton said.
The project as approved reco
• mends-
g- and delivery room as two birthing
• Moms.
111- —Addition of one bed -to the-pre-
ye.rtfrag,itoy,
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sting room, recovery moire 'Men
sive c.are unit, storage areas, chan
areas, scrub areas, waiting area
• Any additiOnal space to be turn
oires to medical records and radio
ogy to house records.
• —Relocation of the central su
ply room to the' present nursery
area.
—Relocation of the nursery 1
Room 243, a four -bed ward.
—Renovation of the labor room
e'bz &st oor to a
- semi-priVater00111.
se' 7 -Conversion of the board mom,
s.• secretary's office aid the executive
ed director's office into a long term
1- care area for patient activities and
*habilitation.
p- --Renovation of the third floor --
where the operating room is now
located to include a new board
o room, adininiStrative offices, a new
libraryand educational services for
• (Continued on Page 2A)
Canada Post
in, chat with t
interested
own .council
Canada Pest is very interested in
speaking—tio Wingham Town Coun-
cil.
At least that's the message coun-
cil received at its regular April
meeting last night.
Although the outcome was not,
kn wn at press time, council rias
%
bee as
ked by Canada Post to meet
andiiscuss the Crown corpora -
ion's goals.
The request came in a letter from
om Dalby, media and community
ffairs manager for Canada Post's
Huron division.
In his letter, Mt Dalby says the
T
t
a
corporation isoliet interested in
Pealcutg,-tci-4,f4 'about postal
service-:Cenette, cu-
,
ar,liout
Thetee
a .P.ost
tovitlinire
fferft.
Carta
eet
howi
111' a te
dad
te Cana -
gal of
Ohre and
fiCii to all
,�uld like to
• to diacuss
lflt�!V
weir-64day;
skid fteinada
meant that changes
ere in ittOrefof the mail service
Artie at tesehoolt ;IA Mart13114Paso th
A 6/41. of 264 ,of.. were
se..e41",i7e,th,
and he replied that to
e oil of his knowledge, there
wIrtY than,* planned.
4`. e410*****KtitY ''fif OW*
rate/' he added.
Atled just what sort of message
the corporation woulddeliver to
council, Mr. Dalby was noncommit-
tal other than to restate generally
what has been stated in the letter. •
Community mail boxes also are
not in the immediate future for
Wingham, he claimed, although,
they have already been introduced
in the area
Mr. Dalby said the community
boxes are normally designated for
communities in which there is
already letter carrier service.
Public
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looks at WBA
lake concept
Wingham and area reildents will
have the opportunity tomorrow
(Wedneday) evening to get all the
information on the Wingham Busi-
ness Asspelationi lake concept.
At a public information meeting
in the Wingharn Armouries, WBA
representatives will be on (hand to
explaln the concept a manmade
lake just south of town that would
'result from a dain built on the Wit-
lnd RiVer probably in the vicinity
of the Zetland Bridge.
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