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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron Expositor, 1965-11-25, Page 19et .r ,t. • IN CHARGE OF NURSING at the new Seaforth Community Hospital is Mrs. Leone Rowatt, Reg.N. (above Ief t) . At the right is Miss Barbara Jordan, heg.N., in charge of central supply, which provides .the operating suites with the hundreds of items which may be required while operations are in progress, as well as sterile supplies to the remainder of the hospital. A Symbol of Growth And Progress. for The Seaforth District - - - The New Modern Seaforth Community Hospital W. MacDonald Electric Co. Limited is honored to have been associated with this project as the electrical contractorand to have .played a part in helping to complete the new Seaforth Communty Hospital . , a building, of which the people it will serve may well be proud. W. MacDONALD ELECTRIC CO. LTD. Home Electrical Service Automatic Heating Equipment Power and Lighting Installations 524-7851 • • GODERICH Explain Hospital Proposal ( Continued from Page 15) The new hospital will be lo- cated well back from the high- way and on the highest land in the area. The location will be about the same distance from the highway as the existing how pital. -" 9. The new site seems a long way from town. How can we walk to it? Studies carried out reveal very few visitors walk to the present hospital. The distance of the new site is about the same distance from the centre of town as is the present hos- pital. • 10. How many additional beds will the new hospital provide? The present Hospital has 33 authorized beds, and in addi- tion six other beds are set up in corridors or crowded into rooms designed for one bed. The new hospital will have 48 beds, including one bed in the delivery suite and two post-sur- gery recovery beds. In addition there will be six or sev„eit nurs- ery .,bassinettes. This is the maximum for which the OHSC will give approval and for wllich capital grants may be obtained. 11. Why is the cost per bed so high? Hospital construction costs reflect the high standards nec- essary today inn..pperating rooms, delivery room", emergency ar; eas and X-ray facilities if pa- tients are to receive the care to which they are entitled. There must be provision for many services commonplace to- day in every modern hospital, but which`25 years ago were unheard of, and for which there is no room in the present hos- pital. The estimated per bed cost for the new hospital is in keeping with the per bed costs in other recently' erected andl comparable hospitals. 12. The rooms in the old hos- pital are crowded. How many beds will be ip each room in the new hospital? Patient rooms will include pri- vate, semi -private and four -bed. No room will have more than four beds. Plans provide for complete facilities in each room. 13. The Hospital serves a wide area. Just where do the patients originate? In 1961, 1,103 patients were admitted. Of this number, 16% or 181 came from Tuckersmith; 13% or 145 from McKillop; 136 or 13% from Dublin and Hibbert; 5% or 53 were from Logan; 2% came from each of Hullett, Mitchell and Morris, ,and _3% from Grey. Seaforth contributed 32%, or 353, and the remainder, or 12%, came from Mitchell, Clinton, Stanley and other centres. " 14. I pay hospital insurance. Why should I also pay to help build a new. hospital? The Ontario Hospital Insur- ance Commission pays only the costs of operating a hospital from the insurance premiums it' receives from you. Your premium payment does not cover construction or capital improvements. 15. Are, grants available? Yes, Government' does make grants toward construction, but those grants are an aid only and are made when the bal- ance of required funds has been pledged by other sources. This means that much of the bala ce ust be found at the com unit level: 1' 16. Why am I asked to pledge over several years? Because this permits each of us to carry more easily the gift we agree to .give and makes it possible for us to give larger gifts. There too can be a tax advantage in spreading pay- ments over several years, By. pledging or by indicating your intention to make a gift in suc- ceeding years, you make avail- able the means whereby the cost of construction can be fi- nanced. You have indicated your intention to help up to an agreed amount, payable at your convenience. 17. Are pledges binding? Pledges are an indication of intention, but are not legally binding. However, it should be assumed that persons signing pledges or otherwise agreeing to future payments, are doing so in' a conscientious desire to help provide funds for the new hospital, and that financing of construction is dependent on every effort being made to ful- fill pledges. 18. Why- could we not pay for the hospital construction through taxes? By each of us providing gifts as we are able over perhaps three to five years, large sums in interest are avoided. If the campaign objective of $195,000 was to be raised by debenture over say 25 years, interest pay- ments could total at least an- other $195,000. We save this amount by giving now. 19. 1 notice a suggestion the name of the hospital may be changed. Why? The name 'Scott Memorial' will be maintained in the new hospital in memory of the Scott -brothers who, by their bequest nearly 40 years ago, contribut- ed to making possible the pres- ent hospital building. The new hospital will include,y tin addi- tion to facilities in the present building, other services requir- ed to meet today's standards,. and will reflect, the require- ments of the Seaforth commun- ity. 20. A number of plaques com- memorating particular persons and organizations are in the present hiospital. What will happen to them? Each will be re -erected and rededicated in the- new Hospi- tal. 21, I wish to perpetuate the memory of a relative or perhaps my club or lodge wishes to pro- vide a room. Is this possible? Yes. There are a number of suggestions as to ways in which persons may be memorialized, or the name of a club or or- ganization perpetuated. ,In each case a suitable plaque will be erected. Coin Exhibit At Clinton More than 30 -exhibitors from across Western Ontario and Michigan displayed valuable col- lections of coins, tokens, medals and paper money at the fourth annual coin exhibition in Clin- ton Sunday. The event is spon- sored yearly by the Huron County Numismatic Society. Mayor Donald. Symons officially opened the show to a record number of people, as approxi- mately 600 attended. Peter Elgie, Thamesford, re- ceived the top award of the show, while other winners in- cluded Mrs. Eleanor C. O'Brien, Grand Blanc, Mich.; C. 11. Mit- chener, St. Thomas; Lou Dan- deno, London; Alan Macnab, In- gersoll, and Edward A. Prang, Zurich. Huron County's geographic history was chosen by the club this' fall as the design for the club's commemorative medal. The medal, issued in three dif- ferent metals—bronze, nickel - silver, and silver—bears the map of Huron County with the towns of Clinton, Goderich, Sea - forth, Wingham and Exeter clearly marked. The club or- ganized in 1961, hopes to issue a similar medal each year, and immediate plans are tb high- light some istorical event of the county on face of each ensuing issue. As an encouragement to the young collector, the show spon- sored a junior auction when 25 lots of coins were sold to col- lectors 17 years old and un- der. An miction saw a 1948 sil- ver dollar sell for $185. President of the society is a Seaforth man, Bill Bro en - era' chairman of the exh ition was Jack C. Dietrick, C nton,. while Murray Craig, alsof Clinton, was chairman of the many displays. ilk TIT ,Iui g Hearties t Co,gratuI To Seaforth and Area on planning such a - fine new Hospital. Alr Agnew, Peckham and Associates Ltd. Consultants in Hospital Planning and organization TORONTO UNION ()COMPANY bF C',ezvenA.LIMITEv extends best wishes to the Seaforth - 4 community on the occasion of the official opening of their new hospital. We are - pleased to have been selected to supply natural gas for important service applications. They include heating, water heating, cooking, dishwashing, laboratory equipment; and in cases where electrical - supply fails, a natural gas driven generator is always ready to supply dependable energy. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL who in their combined effort `are responsible for this fine building From Your Supplier of THE FINEST IN BUILDERS' HARDWARE William Knell & Company Ltd. 199 Victoria St. S. : KITCHENER, ONT: