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Exeter, Ontario, Canada
Wednesday September 7, 2005
1.25 (includes GST)
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Gas prices, which sur-
passed the $1 /litre
limit in mid-August,
continued to skyrock-
et last week in light of
the devastation of
Gulf Coast petrole-
um refineries caused
by Hurricane
Katrina. Gas
approached
$ I.30/litre in
Exeter last Friday
and surpassed
that number in
other parts of
the country.
Above, Exeter
Sunoco
employee
Lorelei Rutter
serves a customer.
(photos/Scott Nixon)
Lucan benefit Sept. 16
for victim's family
LUCAN — A benefit will be held in Lucan for twin boys and their widowed mother
who were left behind after the accidental death of Adam Dow.
Dow, 23, died Aug. 14, nine days after suffering injuries after he was electrocuted
while putting up a flagpole at his Lucan home.
Dow's wife Kelly had just given birth to their twins, Brandt and Brody, nine weeks
previously.
A benefit will be held at the Lucan Legion Sept. 16, during which a silent auction
will be held from 4 - 10 p.m., followed by a dance from 8 p.m. until midnight.
Tickets are available at the Lucan Legion, Clark's Variety and Greg's Place.
A trust fund has been set up for the young family. Donations can be made to any
TD Canada Trust branch.
New Stratford CT scanner unable
to accommodate South Huron
By Scott Nixon
TIMES -ADVOCATE STAFF
EXETER — Non -emergency South
Huron patients will have to wait to access
a new CT scanner at Stratford General
Hospital.
While it was recently announced the
Stratford hospital had received the new
scanner, the only South Huron patients
able to access the new equipment are
those in emergency or urgent situations.
Other South Huron
patients are being
referred to London.
The reason is a short-
age of radiologists at
the Stratford hospital.
In a letter dated Aug.
29, Brenda Scott, pro-
gram director for the
Department of Medical
Imaging wrote, "Due to
the shortage of radiolo-
gists, we are unable to
accept referrals from
physicians from outside
the Alliance sites. This
is an exceptional time
and we hope that it is
temporary."
Hospitals in the Huron Perth
Healthcare Alliance include Stratford, St.
Marys, Clinton and Seaforth.
South Huron Hospital chief executive
officer Debra Hunt said she expects the
referrals to London will only be a short
term issue. She said the new Stratford
CT scanner was installed in August and,
with new equipment, there is a learning
curve.
"Stratford only has 1.5 radiologists,"
she explained, adding the hospital is
recruiting more radiologists.
"It's a workload issue, and if they don't
have the radiologist available to read the
CTs, then the patients aren't going to get
the service that they need. The patients
need not only access to the CT, but they
need access to a radiologist to interpret
the CT."
Hunt said
local patients in emergency
and urgent cases can
still be referred to
Stratford, while others
are being referred to
London, Kitchener and
Owen Sound. She said
she's not aware of the
situation increasing
waiting lists for local
patients.
"London has been
very good to pick up
our patients for us."
Hunt added she does-
n't think the situation
has anything do with
the fact South Huron
Hospital isn't a mem-
ber of the Alliance, but, "I believe what
Stratford is doing is trying to service their
own patients first ... and they're having
difficulty doing that right now."
The new CT scanner in Stratford is one
of 26 replacements across Ontario.
Designed to be more efficient, they are
intended to reduce waiting lists and
deliver an additional 81,268 scans across
the province in 2005/06.
"It's a workload issue, and if
they don't have the radiologist
available to read the CTs,
then the patients aren't going
to get the service that they
need.The patients need not
only access to the CT, but
they need access to a
radiologist to interpret the
CT"
DEBRA HUNT
SOUTH HURON HOSPITAL CHIEF
EXECUTIVE OFFICER
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