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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1979-01-17, Page 1e e ng b rt m� FIRST SECTION Wingham, WedneWay-,January 17, 1978 _ Massive bed cuts are being faced by hospitals i*n Ontario LAND -SEA -AIR PACKAGE TOIMS Business or pleosuro - book now ZMAVAAMI SERVKE Listowel, Ontario 2 291-2111 Coll Toll Free 1-800-265-3220 Single Copy Not Over 36c Later this week hospitals tightening or the axe will fall this ministry could just cut the budget goal is more likely to be 3.3 per declared. across Ontario will get their first year. to the point that the hospital thousand, which would cut Another way of ensuring more indication how the provincial At last week's regular meeting would have to close a ward. Wingham to just 38, active beds for this hospital would be to government intends to im- of the Wingham and District However when another board treatment beds. boost its referral population—the exile ni n new ivriin� whiu`, 1 mnmher, Dr. G- A. Williams. Actually the hospital Is well number of people using it—and W riospiiui ixixru i„ gv:zru� �, �. would cut thousa O' of active members heard the new bed- noted it looks like about a 40 per above even the previous ministry • K. D Wilkins, president of treatment beds—ant jobs.dsation formula would chop31 cent reduction in beds and asked formula of four beds per the medical staff, urged board';; Health Minister Dennis beds from this hospital and 106 06 whether that means a 40 per cent thousand, which works out to 50 members to do more public Timbrell will announce hospital from Huron County as a whole. cut in operating funds, he ad beds rather that 82, but has relation work. It was noted that funding levels for 1878 on Friday, However they decided there ismitted: "That's what we don't managed to operate so efficiently less than half the teople in and what he has to say should nothing they can do at this point know•" it has been able to keep all the Howick Township who use a%3 indicate whether hospitals face and are waiting to see how the He said the hospital could beds open in spite of cutbacks in hospital come to Wingham and n successive rounds of belt continue too ate for one more fundi the use by residents of outlying formula will be applied. Pel ng Y g Norman Hayes, hospital year on the same level of funding Although he said there is not vivages such as LUCxnow ana executive director, read a letter it received last year, but further much to quarrel with in the way Brussels is similarly low. In the , Two inured cuts in fun would mean the ministry calculates a town of Wingham itself about 70- ' from the health ministry ad- funding Y g vising that the new formula for trouble. Hospitals were granted a hospital's referral population—it 75 per cent of the referral ,. active treatment bed allocations four per cent increase in funding is figured from the number of population uses Wingham and w` n aee•�dents is 3.5 per thousand of referral last year, in effect a cutback patients actually treated at a District Hospital. iu, population for southern Ontario since this was well below the rate given hospital in a given year— FUND A MYSTERY ..> Seven motor vehicle collisions and 4 per thousand for northern of inflation. Mr. Hayes told the board one On another matter board during the past week caused an Ontario. Board member Dr, Doug figure it might take issue with is members decided they want to estimated $8,300 in property The revised bed allocation for Mowbray said he doesn't think the number of beds required per find out more about more about a f/< damage as well as injuries to two the Wingham hospital is 51 for the 3.5 beds thousand is the thousand. That number, whether Huron County fund for hospital Per persons, the Wingham OPP 1979, down from 82 last year. Ontario government's last word 3.5 or whatever, is just arbitrate construction projects before detachment reports. (Eighteen of the hospital's 100 on hospital~size. The ultimate and is "drawn from nowhere", he Continued on Page 2 y beds are set aside for chronic Joyce Overholt of Etobicoke '• ' �;;� ,�, ��, z_._,����:' ' received minor injuries Saturday care patients and these are not when the vehicle in which she affected by the formula.) FOUNDRY ACCIDENT—Twenty-five tons of molten iron escaped from -.this furnace at was a passenger, driven by The ministry had not reached a Western Foundry when a crack in the refractory liner between the furnace and the induc- George Mahler, also of final decision on how this will Bil'oZzard"s flurryo'f ��j is tion unit, which provides the heat, on the bottom of it allowed the metal to burn its way. Etobicoke, went off the roadway affect the budget, Mr. Hayes out. The run -out was contained in the pit under the furnace but flames leaping 50 feet into and struck the end of a guardrail. said, but it will let the hospital the air charred wiring and burned the insulation from the track of an overhead crane: The The accident took place along mow Count Road 12, south of Hi The 31 beds declared surplus heat also destroyed one of the hydraulic cylinders used to tip the furnace and damaged the County High- Last Saturday evenings blizzard created many vehicles became stuck part way off the way 86, in Morris Township. here represent. the largest single havoc all over Western Ontario. In Wingham streets or had to be left on the street until the other. Jack J. Sanders of RR , 1, number cut in the county, but a bitter wind and heavy snowfall made weather cleared on Sunday. Bel ave, received' minor in- other hospitals will, feel the• �' driving on town streets difficult, in some Most vehicle owners are quite aware that juries when he was involved in a pinch. Twenty eight active lFoundry'back Inproduction j areas almost impossible. overnight street parking is contrary to local collision with Barry Jones of treatment beds are to be cut at •he town , Y „ , , , „ crew worked valiantly bylaw during the winter months when Kincardine Jan. 10. The accident Clinton, reducing it to 26 from 54 in an effort to stay ahead of the growing drifts ' snowplows must operate. These same owners occurred on Highway 4, south of beds: Seaforth is to be trimmed but it wasn't until after. midnight, when the are equally fearful of damage to a snow- Con. now- f O "O �,•n Con . 4-5, East Wawanosh to 24 from 40; Exeter is to reduce snowfall abated for a few hours, that the covered car hvm the snowplow itself, but hot m e a I ru n �O u Township. its 36 beds by 10; and the plowmen began to win the battle. many had no dice. Alexandra Marine and General Many vehicle owners faced an impossible The no choice factor apparently failed to western Foundry is back in one of the plant's two electric The runout occurred whet► Hospital in Goderich is to reduce `task in 198 - t�;ea� - �,.:"'fllnB6d�P wi�`ix o�ieers w1lb tagged partial productionthis week furnaces Past Wednesday stitne r�.:... a ..0 r 9famtlt !ltitneial last biveways. Shovel wm in a ragit , many of the sas+rl64tnd vehicles despite the following a furnace failure that evening, engineers discovered a caused a separation in the fur - Trust Collly d particularly for older people, is owners' obvious reason for abandoning their allowed 25 tons of molten metal to short circuit in the adjoining one nace's refractory liner between year) to * under the new for- difficult, evenerous. As a long y ., can and thus breaking the letter of the bylaw. ' which prevented it being run on the furnace and .the induction opens in town m�$100,000 damage to the furnace can't quarrel with the way escape, causing an estimated full power to melt metal, unit which heats the metal. The �, ,,;_. (the ministry) arrived at the and related equipment. although it could hold molten separation allowed molten iron at The banking business in figs," Mr. Hayes told the The intense heat from the metal at a steady heat. Changing 2,800 degrees F. to eat its way out Wingham diversified this week board. "It's a logical exercise." escaped metal is suspected of the coil in the induction unit will of the furnace and run into a pit causing the second ifurnace to hopefully keep it going on at least underneath. with the opening in town of a trust But he pointed out that at the company branch office. Standard present time there are about 90 malfunction as well, effectively partial melt until the other can be Fortunately when this happens repaired, Mr. Levan said. there is a place for the metal to Trust Company opened for patients in the hospital and the halting production last week. go instead of running all over the business Monday morning in the average for the past year hasCentennial.commllo Dick LeVan, president of An old coke -fired - furnace floor, noted. building at 237 Josephine Street been about 75. Western Foundry Company previously used by the foundry is Mr. LeVan Other occupied b Da ' foundries have been burned down formerly up Y Daugherty I dont see how we can meet Limited, reported Tuesday being readied in case of by such accidents. Even with the Pro Hardware. this (formula) and still dischargemorning that engineers and emergency but at the moment metal trapped in the pit the heat The branch will be managed by our responsibility to the le of maintenance personnel at the there are no plans to use it for was so intense flames reached 50 Jerry Kavanagh, who was this area. Y PceP ' ook for gra�nts plant worked around the clock regular production. feet to the top of the melt shop previously the manager of the "I think every board in the A Saturday to patch up the second He said the furnace from which and damaged an overhead crane Bank of Montreal in Teeswater. area is concerned," he added, The Wingham Centennial furnace and allow production to the runout occurred could be ' This brings to 11 the number of committee treasurer reported. committee by town council. Mr. electrical wiring and the water mg noting that Chesley, one of the Committee may seek Wintario resume Monday. ready to go in two weeks if a trust offices operated b the As examples of activities for Adams said the committee could system. Toronto-based company. Another hospitals the ministry had earlier and Young Canada Works grants which the committee might probably make do without that He said the company is trying replacement can be found for a Steel drums sunk in molding Pa Y• tried to close, is to be cut back to to help pay for:,the 1979 centennial receive grants are re-enactments much of the $1,837.81 centennial to minimize layoffs and hydraulic cylinder destroyed in sand in the bottom of the pit new branch in Paris, Ontario, 10 active beds which only celebrations and to help spruce maximize production by going to . the accident. Two massive also opened this week. In addition amounts to a "good-sized sick up the town. of historical municipal meetings. committee balance for a while. a six day week, with three crews cylinders . underneath each caught most of the runout and centennial fashion shows and Mr. Rintoul suggested that each working a 40 hour week on furnace allow them to be tipped balckOL ewiththe fountal to be llfttd the company operates two bay". The hospitals in central The committee discussed the mortgage offices in Toronto. London—Victoria, University grant programs at a brief Jan. 11 historical tours through the merchants selling centennial rotating 10 hour shifts. Details to pour off metal. foundry's Standard Trust Company has and St. Joseph's—are supposed meeting and will invite a Wingham area. souvenirs like mugs and trivets are being worked out with the The cylinders come from Iowa electromagnet. Some of the been in business for ap- to trim 461 beds under the new ministry of culture and William Rintoul, centennial should be asked to purchase them union. The plant employs about and at the moment delivery is set metal had spread over the floor, proximately 10 years and last formula• recreation official to a special committee chairman, reported from the committee rather than 240 people for Feb. 15 unless a replacement however, and had to be cut into .year announced a 42 cent he had discussed the Young act as committee agents. This After the runout of metal from can be found elsewhere. pieces before being cleared PQ1 COULD CUT BUDGET meeting to determine how the Canada Works grant program would help the committee keep a away. increase in net operating income, In response to a question from centennial committee can qualify with Mike Chappell, Wingham's healthy cash flow. Any leftover to $757,347 from $,377, and a 44 Don Kennedy, chairman of the for a Wintario grant- public works commissioner. souvenirs would be bought back per 532 r cent increase in total assets, board finance committee, on how ' "They're interested in heritage Under the program, a group of from `the merchants under - the up to $185.1 million from $128.7 the formula might be im- functions, historical functions," students which •could act as the plan. million in 1977. plemented, Mr. Hayes said the Byron Adams, centennial centennial decorating committee In other centennial news, Mr. would decorate the town and Rintoul reported the hor- paint homes and businesses for a ticultural society will be planting a - small fee which would go to the special flower beds this year, k, Howick and Turnberry Twps, centennial committee. incorporating Wigg the centennialo wl The students could work for an logo. The Wingham Legion will 18 week term and their wages sponsor the April 7 centennial would be paid entirely by the dance and town council will be fare worst �n1978 Ir@s Young Canada Works grant. responsible for planning and In other business the com- obtaining a centennial plaque to mittee decided it will pay back be unveiled the first week of Howick and Turnberry townships had the There were 14 calls answered in Wingham. $1,000 of the loan provided to the August. N Ll ResusciAnne helps save lives 'rho winoham Kinsmen Club most fire damage in blazes the Wingham Fire Five house and five refuse fires led the list mailable on only a very limited Department was called to, in 1978, Fire Chief :and one shed, one commercial, one hydro line nreiignters andambulancecre Dave Crothers reported last week. and a vehicle, fire rounded out the 'Wingham this is what makes her so ex - An estimated total of $102,300 in damage calls. purchase a life-size doll known as resulted in the eight fires the department was A barn fire and one house blaze accounted fectiveness of resuscitation called to in Howick, while in Turnberry the for most of the high damage figure in Howick resuscitation (CPR): damage amounted to about :62,800. Township last year as there were eight fires will be inducted into the local Wingham tires caused a total of $2,100 in total. Department requesting the doll damage and $3,300 worth of property was Three dwelling fires and blazes in a forage department for use in their destroyeu ;-- !:! a in East Wawanosh wagon and a hayfield were the only calls an - ResusciAnnes currently living in Township. Two Morris Township fires awe,a: 2. �'--ti, by the IncAl fire available for use by such resulted in a total of $150 damage in the past department. year., Wingham firemen were at a storage shed in. ,firae attendpril by thp, and a fiald rira in Mm -ria lt,of, s �a�,_ly n. 1•• - Wingham department in ir.8 was $170;1150, two blazes they handled there and also battled - down considerably from the 1977 total of a blaze in a Kinloss barn. $227,550. WHAT WAS SAVED The biggest change in the figures was in Fire reports usually look only at how much East Wawanosh, where the 1978 total was property was damaged or destroyed by fires, 4 $3,300, down from $106,100 in 1977. Howick fire but Mr. Crothers said he likes to emphasize destruction was up in the last year to $102,300 the value of the property the fire department from the 1977 level of $11,000. saved while fighting fires. The $150 in Morris Township in the last year He estimates the 1978 figure at $395,300. y was a welcome change from the $360,000 in That is the value of buildings and adjacent destruction in 1977. property which was saved through the efforts Wingham .firemen answered 20 alarms for of the Wingham Fire Department and he blazes in Turnberry in 1979, including eight calculates the figure to be conservative, dwelling fires, two vehicles, three barn Firemen answered nine false alarms blazes, four hay or refuse fires and fires in a during the year and investigated 10 fires t combine, a tool shed and an industry. though no alarm was sounded. N Ll ResusciAnne helps save lives 'rho winoham Kinsmen Club College Kitchener, and is has decided to spend $1,800 in an mailable on only a very limited attempt to teach loc1 nreiignters andambulancecre ResusciAnne is no dummy and members some of the facts of this is what makes her so ex - life. The money will be used to pensive. Measuring and recor- ding devices inside the doll purchase a life-size doll known as provide feedback on the ef- ResusciAnne, used to teach fectiveness of resuscitation techniques of cardio pulmonary techniques being practised. resuscitation (CPR): When she arrives ResusciAnne The Kinsmen recently received will be inducted into the local a letter from the Wingham Fire Kinette club and then turned over Department requesting the doll to the ambulance staff and fire and, upon checking into the department for use in their situation, discovered there are no training programs. If she has any ResusciAnnes currently living in spare time she might also be Huron County. The one oc- available for use by such casionally used for in-service training at Wingham and District organizations throughout the Hospital comes from Conestoga surrounding area. RUN-OUT—A break in the lining between a furnace and the Induction unit (shown here) on the bottom of it allowed 25 tons of molten metal to run out at Western Foundry. There were no injuries and the spill was contained in a pit but damage to the induction unit, yvhich heats the metal, tand massive hydraulic cylinders underneath the furnace is estimated at $100,000 4 .0, ,* •yS r