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Page 16 -The Wingbarn Ads q cit Times, April 4, 1979 until Feb. 31, when residents than keeping thein open without Nicoll installed two new mem- Mewhfnney lbeef). The next
y' packed into the nurses' trauung ministry support. bers to the Lions Club of meeting will be held Wednesday.
centre. A small group of con- Lion Fred McGee noted that Wingham, John McInnes and April 11, at the home of Ker.
cerned citizens was formed from when such` cutbacks are made Lloyd Benninger, and urged both Alton.
HOS10. bed eut battle heand bv Lions � meeting aur met March 12 to they gally affect jiisthe new and old members to consider
find a focus for its efforts. lower wage workers, leavingthe from time to time the Lio�is code
A big public meeting followed administration intact. of ethics and object of Lionism.
the next night with a question and "Governments (and) boards of
The bed cut situation at conditions don't allow patients to potential hazard was pointed out allows some room for answer period and a letter all kinds tend to think they're
rllirmiiam and District Hospital be transferred to other hospitals by citizens, committee member emergencies, Miss 8aUgh writing campaign at Wingham running little kingdoms," in
utsaa explained to the Lions Club if the local one is filled or can't Bert Morin, who said nuclear pointed out, though at some times Public School. About 300 con- which the people at the top are to CAN dubs formed
of Wiogham last week by a provide the services needed. warfare between the United of the year the hospital is already cerned area residents turned out be protected from the hardships •
g y crowded. Dr. Mowbray's m Ucknow area
member �f\ a citizens' action �s Ballagh read the list of States and another country would Y's brief and about 170 wrote letters to the facing people lower in the pay
eommitte� j�o ed to fight the cut towns, villages, townships and almost certainl • see Detroit as a also points out that the 3.b beds health minister and others.
�' � y o scale, like layoffs, he said. The first meeting of the
of beds at the hospital. hamlets served by the local target, injuring people in the Per thousand of referral The board of directors voted Other club members Luekmw 4-H Calf Club was beld
After hearing the arguments hospital and noted that a survey southernmost part of Ontario. population was arbitrarily unanimously the following night questioned ministry of health Thursday, March 22, at 8 p.m. at
for maintaining the present by the Rural Development These people would be taken determined by the health to back the efforts of the citizens' priorities which would cut beds in Brookside Public School. Leo
number of active treatment beds Outreach Project showed a much north to this area of the province ministry and that there aren't committee and fight the closure Wingham and allow expansion in MacGregor talked to the
at 82, a number of Lions spoke up higher than average proportion for mediamedical treatment. good reasons for cutting the of even a single bed at the local some other hospitals, members about 4-H clubs and
in favor of the fight for keeping of senior citizens in the north Miss Ballagh reviewed a brief number of beds to that level, hospital, though the ministry of LIONS CAMPAIGNING some of the activities in which
the beds open. Huron area. Because seniors by Dr. Doug Mowbray, which The brief states that the health threatened there would be The Lions club got a taste of members will be participating
Lavonne Ballagh of the generally require more than indicated that the cost of health Wingham hospital was built by fines of $12,000 a bed a year for politics at its rggeting as ding the 4-H year.
citizens' committee reviewed lfverage health care and other care in the local hospital is quite the people of the area and they each bed ordered cut which now
representatives of the objections to the bed facilities like nursing homes are reasonable by provincial stan- have come to expect the level of wasn't cut April 1. re strict [tons political •tor zone and The clubs formed the Luchwith
cuts which have been voiced to filled to capacity,the hos ital dards at $95.75 r tient da health care it ovides and Miss Balla said man local district �� m candidates and Dungannon Clubs with
P� Pe Pa Y Pr �, Y solicited volae. Palmerston Lions election of .officers resulting in
date and will be included in a must serve these people. Many hospitals cost more than shouldn't be deprived of that. citizens were ncerned March urged the local Lions to vote for Sharon Alton being named
brief to Dennis Timbrell, the Wingham area has a high $200 per patient day to operate Miss Ballagh noted that the 16 when they read in the London Patty Rundle for district president. Steve Alton is vice
minister of health. potential for disaster because of and some cost over $300 a day. hospital board of directors and Free Press that Mr. Hayes, the governmor next month, while president, Kay Morrison
The nearest hospital other than the proximity of the Bruce Though the occupancy rate in Executive Director Norman hospital administrator, was Keith Richmond of the Blyth club secretary and Carol ' Rintoul
Wingham and District Hospital is Nuclear Power Development and 1978 was 78 per cent at the Hayes learned of the bed c4**n quoted as saying that he asked the men to support him in press reporter.
about 25 miles from the town and the volume of summer tourist hospital, that average figure Jan. 19, but didn't call a public preferred closing the beds as his bid to become none chairman. The club leaders are Barry
many times winter driving traffic, she said. Another should be maintained because it meeting to explain the situation requested by the ministry rather Retiring zone chairman `Spike' Elliott (dairy) and Ken
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Head Lettuce Esc
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