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HomeMy WebLinkAboutWingham Advance-Times, 1980-01-30, Page 1titet,if". , "4..4,.W. •k4 .211i • „. • ",".11;•:•. • .... • 1- • • .,,,,,,A04,4g14`04,•gdt.'34at?aakk,,e4in • 111111 WWII • IThe outlook' .10 our was lost year, but. Ontario -104Plbils face a futtheiX0044 of belt -tightening undera*Ill440 Unveiled list .weel04y- Health Minister Dennis Tinkrellr • While the inereole m hospital funding is higher than that ab- nelieced in 1979, it.is Stffl two Per. cent below the rate otinflatiOn, And of the five hospitals in Huron County, • Whigham and District Hospital wili bg affected the Mout. Figures released by the ministry show the' other four hospitals,. receiving budget creases averaging more than 8.5 per cent, while Wingham will 7.7 per • cent inciease. ' 11).breirlf , budget • promises .2409 billion for hospital.fundtngin the 0041 year 1984:41, an increase of 054 itifilion or 7.8 per cent over last year. • Budget highlights include • increases of nine per cent for all hospital nut -patient services. Where ministry active treatment bed guidelines have been met, .an additional one per cent will be • added for a total increase of 10 per cent. Hospital programs providing chronic, convalescent or reha- hilitettve care wilt. have budgets increased by 8.5 P( cent. ' • 14ecileg,lnetOtse Or 7,5 per -cent has been promised fot in- patient services -in h�spltals larger, than 50 bed*b1 bOspitalli' smaller than 50 4046 or .w11080' budget last year was older gg mann the increasewill be 8:5 per cent. - _ • Tinilrell said the bud planning this year continues the . ministry thrust toward the best use of in-patient beds while en.; couraging alternative COMP of care trend is adeentbilta in Ontario by the aging of *popu- lation and the declining birth, Other t wn reshients want sewer servjce Diagonal Road is not the only part of Wingham to lack sanitary sewer services. Residents around three sides of a block at the north end of town also lack sewer, and, at least one of them is upset about it. Wilbur Benninger, litho lives at 652 Martha Street, reported last week that he and hiti neighbors along Martha, together with the north end oflosephine Street and asection Of North Street; have no sewer services. • Ite said thelate,-Jack•Beavie had .„ pr,omia, ed, :while he was maYOr liertare the sewerS in- Stalliffr4,illatithre, tlAwk,g; bee bemtput Oftfin* 'one year tO die ,uegt. •He apple 0.5Xilaynr Wil *ten, s fol d cost And•-nl s •iiId reside* hifirA • pumping station would be required, because of the hill, to make the connection into. the • sewer which runs along George ' Street, but Mr. Reavie thought it woUld be possible to run the' sewer by a ; different route to - avoid this extra cost: Currently he depends on a septic tank which has to be • moped out twice a year, he said. "If you -live in theyight section of Wingham yeu get looked after, •-but if notiou get nothing!" • Mirka commissioner Michael Chappell agreed there are prehably, alma 20 bowies in that • area 'of town without sewer :4).7 Of:a'griati: ertini"ardt sivierillik thin= which pieks" t I i sO4r "For 450 active conifer . • through1O4'ft 611#11 almost 4O0$i4 • He said sfl cies are bifl . and tljat:whjfr MIMS WO- pated casts Of, it also refleeti eflpbnaJ betteOrntersione. day surgery or•;ii A, have an effect on the settlern-nt Of contracts com'ing, open this year. Also the rising prick. of used in making „film is • •It, • , limaking it impossible for the hos- pit' to get firm quotes on X-ray filn,. which he said represents .a , • Substantial cost. "I think the hard times are if.t.j going to be with us for a While, )1atil we get a little More realistic .•• :rappraisal by the -Ministry of what we're up against," .heasaid,.But he agreed the ministry has been "pretty fair" in the pail about providing additional money when ',there has been a, major jump in a contract settlement. • ,Mr. Hayes said he was not aWare of the figures showing other hospitals in Huron County •receiving higher increases in :their budgets than,the Wingham • hospital, but he explained this is probably due to three of them. having fewer than 50 beds and ' hence qualifying for an 8.5 rather than a.7.5 per cent increase under the ministry formula. Gild, erich • hosPital, on the other hand, with its psychiatrics servie.es, qualifies for more out-patient funding, again at a higher rate. The 7.7 per cent increase prO:••• gF mised to Wingham hospital'is close to the average, of 7.8 per cent, and virtually identical to the increase promii3ed • to Listowel Memorial Hospital. In addition to the increased ;operating funds the healthniinis- "k try ,anaounced that capital ex- penditures ki 1980-81 Willte abol , $120 million,• up substantial' • from the 885.9 million spent last. • year. 'Thin includes the money, • expected from kittery proceeda. • About 28 per cent of the total providebil spending is directed to health', Hospital budgets account for ito half. -Of t this anwang, • 44. •.• • „servieee, Mr. Vinibreir, . previously a 50 or-teWer beds from the bed gilt ministzr is also te, • Year% p1icy wh • • of 51 tOe0-ectii,T up 50 per cent of the Cost of road. or storm drain construction, makes any sewer work look very expensive, he explained. It's 100. per cent municipal dollars. "I would like to have sewers available for everyone' in town, but how much do you spend?" In addition to the bons,* along Martha, Josephine and North streets, a whole 'sectign of Diagonal Road, including Reeve Jpe Kerr's residence, 'also lacks seWers, he said. So do two houses off York Lane. 'Rezak' he vvasuit'sure whether a pumping station wou1d. be re - 'wired to service the north end ef town, although itis a Posaibility. teed the' gukt e beds, (WingliatiL` Hospital falls into categin*.). Norman . Has* dlreO•tor Of the Wingh noted that 'while, , increase is !!•09111640 than last year",..11 below the rate of ran at close 'to 16 1979. He said antici budgeting prdlilgcria that, but added** tell just what, might be. ," figures and it will tak€ to *0dt:them out," .4. "IA HowOor..Se?orndi 444.0 , • seWealn4 irttplaervice the tnixags,,:L , 4 hUt. Ahat's Sometime in the future, he tined. CHIEF SCOUT AWARD—Tim Stainton earned the highest Scout award last week, the Chief Scout Award. It was presented by Martin Cretler, troup Scouter, and Ken Foxton, assistant Seoutmaster. Tim earned the honor just before his 15th birthday and has been In Scoirts since February, 1976. The award was first started In 1973 by then Chief Scout, Roland Michener. -0,0t 1 • • • • • ' • • • Whigharti anOlatrict Hospital will be...pin•ChaSing. a videotape machine for ii:seiri• its in-service . edueitiOn Wog -rains. Purchase of — the nnit, at a coat .of $1,660, was ,..approved . .,.ireek during a meeting of the,hoSpitat board. Executive DireetOr Norman Hayes told the board other lidapitala in Hurort and Perth counties are . also buying the machines for their edtieational programs arid this has kept the price down. , • He reported that videotapes are available from. Uniyersity Hospital, London, and McMaster • University. 'Medical Centre, Hamilton, and suggested that physicians and surgeons could also find the machine useful. He assured • board members that in spite' of the " hard times, • there is enough . money in the budget to buy the machine. At the meeting thehoard also • approved a plan to • bring the psychiatric program here under the control of this hospital. Up to now the program has been run by Alexandra Marine and General Hospital; Goderich, which has the mandate for psychiatric reported.service servicesinthe county, Mr. Hayes He said the Goderich hospital has proposed that Wingham take over the program here and •has offered to transfer thenecessary funding to eover salaries, rental and other expenses. In return it has asked for assurance that the service will be maintained or improved upqn, and he said he sees no reason why it can't be improved upon' "if the dollars come over to us". He told the board this service would be added to the stroke unit as part of the overall day ser- vices offered by this hospital, and this "gives us some clout when we iligofatcotthieesm,.inistry to ask for new In other business the board members heard that use of the hospital is down this year, probably as a result of the cut U1 the number of active treatment bods. In his executive director's report -Mr. Hayes said active days are down some 20 per cent, while chronic or long term hospital days are 'up it) per Cent. Lions give -donations • The Wingham Lions Club approved several donations ,during its meeting Jan. 22. One hundred and fifty dollars was donated to the Lake Joseph -Camp for the blind and $100 was donated to the Wingham Mr Cadets. The club also offered to purchase a target rifle for the cadets. The Air Cadets is an organi- zation for boys between the ages of 13 and 19 who are interested in flying. This squadron is now being formed in Wingham. Formerly the Wingham boys had to go to Listowei, but now have enough members to form their own unit. It was reported that the Whipper Watson Snowarama which had been scheduled for Jan. 27 has been put off until Feb. 24. The Lions are still looking for sponsors. -All proceeds from the event go to help crippled children. Andy, Ritskes reported the talent show entries are coming in well, with the first show set for Feb. 28. Archie Hill gave out draw tickets for the Lions' Tin Lizzie, on display at the Toronto - Dominion. Bank. The draw will take place at the final talent show May 15. Doug 'Bishdp reported there are four more radio bingos to be held this year. Guest speaker for the evening was John Moreland of Wingham, who was a member of a toast- masters' club in Toronto for several years. He explained how such a club works and whit berfefits a member can derive. 'Several Lions expressed the opinion that there is a need for this type of club in the -area, so that meetings can be • run properly with a proper agenda. • .. ,.. , - „• .„ - KINSMEN. CLUB' OONATIONS,,,KInstilowthiPIVEIMMWpress Verna Hodgins, tecretary-fOrtheWingharn andpistel#:Association tat-ded, . last. week. ThedOnationIVIR.ItelphAnd.the*Sitsclation'S x1000,_.• new .adolt workshop 'it Plaps;te,-*11.4..,.ii ::.' . .C.....•.::..-,.,„:43.1..,,' ' . ,..!.••• . •z., ...,...''.. ''. ..„ . -.•.• „••:, .., • • • .. • .,:.. .-• • - • • .,, .,;-..-,...:,.f..--.. -,•••?:,- •''.'..".•.--,.),,,i..,,•••N,••• c.:•: -k.`44.4. ••.- z:,.,..,:!..I. ••. ..,14;•;',!:i.,,,t,-.14-.*-4,,,e64:-- illpurchasei 1.1004,0 in its education pro r The number ;of operations is down again, as are emergency cats, but the number of out-' patient eases, is up more than 30 Percent Mr.. Hayes said he thinks the decrease reflects the cut in beds and an accompanying reduction innon-essential admissions. Beds are not being used for "rest" by people who don't really need hos- pital care, he explained. However he reassured the board that no one requiring admission to the hospital has ever been turned away. Reporting for the finance and audit committee, Board Treasurer Gordon Baxter said ? • RNim d 100 c rof -the deficit for the year, but things are Board Member nay Elmslie days and evenings and.' io oar going hi the right direction and said things are getting better cent of the nights when the Ward the deficit has been cut quite a bit with regard to staffing of the is occupied, she reported. since last month. "I'm not an ward too. While an earlier survey Mr. Hayes agreed it WOO be ticipating any surplusat the year showed - a registered nurse on nice to have an RN On hilkinie, end,". Mr. Hayes commented. • duty there 95 per cent of the days, but noted it Would he Early in the meeting there was but only 68 per- cent of the pensive and that when the duties some more discassion of the evenings and 57 per cent of the are mainly imbysittine• a change in location of the nights, a recent update showed pining assistant can do the job equally well. A registered urse would be kept on duty if ere were a sick child in the ward, he said. I • Much of the board meeting was held in closed session to receive and discuss the report of the medical staff. the hospital is still .running a decorate the new ward. uty per en . pediatric ward. • Mr. Hayes reported the in: stallation of &tors and other renovations have begun, and said there is a ward meeting up- coming for those working there to make suggestions on how things should be run. He added that volunteers have come forward to Local youths •injured in weekend accidents Two local youths 'were taken to following a single car accident sWuinhgdahyaand District Hospital .m The driver of the vehicle, Grant Gnay of RR 1, Belgrave, was released following treatment for minor injuries, however a Wingham, was admitted for passenger, Reuben Jacklin of The accident occurred when the vehicle apparently went out • ofwignht:rm. oland struck a pole along Highway 86 two miles east of Wingham Two other accidents on Satur- day resulted in three other per sons being taken to the Wingham hospital for treatment. Gordon D. Kaster of Wroxeter and Frederick R. Litt of Clifford were involved jt a collision along RHiivghetwaTryiaj,utawryestBorfithdfleM, Haoitiwisnedk Townsip. Both were released froth hospital following treat ment. K. James Vander Woude of Wingham was admitted to hospital as a result of a single car aedidenton Conc. B, east of High - Way 4, Turnberry Township. An accident last Tuesday bauind Minor injuries to a Milltiitsatiga couple. Mr. and Ws: William Sproul were in- ••• volved in a single car accident along County Road 22, south of Highway 86, East Wawanosh Township. Provincial police report a total of 14 motor vehicle collisions in this area during the past week, which caused an estimated $23,970 in property damage and injured seven persons. Cancer society sets 1980 goal The Ontario division of the Canadian Cancer Society has set a 1980 campaign goal of $9,700000. These funds, to be raised by society volunteers during the April campaign, will be used to support cancer research in Canada and to finance programs in public edu- cation and_serxice to cancer patients. About '900 delegates from cancer society districts, units and branches across Ontario attended the campaign con- ference at Torontos Sheraton Centre Jan. 19-20 to organize the annual fund raising drive. At- tending from this area were Murray Hunter and Doh Ken- nedy, representing the Huron Unit, Wingham branch. 44 All quiet on the fire front Things remained quiet on the fire scene in Wingham and area last week, Fire Chief Dave Crathers reported. The only alarm was for a chimney fire on John Street last Wednesday afternoon, however when firefighters arrived it had binned itself gut and there was no damage. He said a fireplace chimney at • Norma Coutts' residence, 161 John 'Street East, apparently became plugged and sent smoke back into the house, but the blockage then burned through. All -candidates' night planned . Wingham couple marks 55 years of marriage Friends and neighbors extend best wishes and congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. George T. Currie on their 55th wedding an- niversary. They live in Wingham now after retiring from a farm on the 12th concession of East Wawanosh. • • Their marriage was blessed with six children, Alvin of Barrie, Robert, London, and Charles, • California, Catherine, Isobel and by Federation Jean, all of London. They have 25 • grandchildren and 17 great The Huron Copnty Federation grandchildren. of Agriculture has scheduled an •George is 85 years old and his all -candidates meeting for 8:30 hobby is reading. When he Was pm next Thursday, Feb. 7, at active he had a wonderful garden the Flullet Central School east of and grew lovely gladioli. Sarah is 80 and still able to do knitting and' embroidering. Their friends join in wishing them more years of good health and happiness. Londesboro. The three candidates running for election in this riding, Tony McQuail, New Democratic Party, Graeme Craig, Liberal, and Murray Cardiff, Progressive Conservative, will all be present. Winners in The format will be similar to past meetings. Each candidate travel lottery will have seven minutes to speak and then they will -answer Jeanette Bale of RR 1, Ripley, questiow from the audienceis the January winner Of a $1,500 While questions may be directed trip in the Wingham and District to a specific candidate, all will be Association for the Mentally given the opportunity to respond Retarded Travel Lottery. She has to each questiona choice between trips to the Merle Gunby president of the Dominican Republic, St. Lucia Huron County Federation of and Mexico. Agriulture, will introduce the Consolation winner of a week - candidates and act as moderator end In a Southwestern Ontario for th, mi•pting city is 'Bud' Cruickshank.