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Clinton News-Record, 1967-05-04, Page 2Page 2—-Clinton News-Record—-Thursday, May 4/ 1967 Plan to Attend Clinton’s National Hospital Day Conducted Tours of Local Hospital; Auxiliary Holding Centennial Tea Hospital Day on May 12 —• the birthday of Florence Nightingale will -be ob­ serv'd again this year at Clin­ ton Public Hospital with toe public invited to' tour toe hospital premises and see toe normal functioning .pf a com­ munity hosplitial -op the pre­ vious Wednesday, May 10 from 2 to 4 pm, A Centennial Tea wiiR be hejcj by the members of the Wcimi-n’S' Auxiliary to Clinton Public Hospital from 2;30-to 5 p.m, in the Nurses’ Res-i- I II p I g g d'ence, across the street, Joseph Murphy .is president ol; the hospital board of gov­ ernors with J. W. Counter as vice-jpres1ident. Other mem­ bers are J-I. C. Lawson, Robert B, Oamipbell, Mi’s, Wiliam Norman, Arthur Aiken, Mrs. ‘Frank Fingland, Hugh Flynn, Lecn Reterst and Oiwail Engetobad. Other apipoinitees are: E. Beecher Menzies, Huron County reprosenitatlive; Duff Thompson, Clinton town council; Dr. John Goddard, Hensail, member of the, local medical association; Dr. J, A- Addison, president of the Medical assoqjgtfon; and Mrs,. Douglas Bar-toff, president the hospital'WA, 1 'Hospital administnaitpi' G. L, MBud" Hay ter who also seorbtaryntrea'sunrcr •the board of governors. Total ■ revenue last year the .frccipitial amounted of •at to $468,759. Saiariisis last’ year totalled $317,869, up $11,000 from 1965 and abouit $68;000 loss than the projected wage amount' for 1967. Present rates to patients •at. Clinton Public Hospital are: Wiard care, $23.96; semi­ private, $27.46; and private $28.96. jte K <’ Wax Bath f©r Arfl’WHc Sufferers Mrs. Leonard Caldwell, Londesboro, an arthritic out-patient of Clinton Public Hospital has just dipped. her ha id several times in the 125 degree paraf­ fin wax bath and is about to have the hand wrapped in towels by physiotherapist Mrs. Flowers. The hot wax when wrapped relieves the arthritic pain. This wax bath was purchased for the physio therapy department by. the ladies auxiliary to the hospital. Whirlpool Bath in Physio Therapy Room Mrs. Douglas Bartliff, president of the ladies auxiliary to Clinton Public Hospital, is shown here admiring the whirlpool bath which the auxiliary purchased for the physio therapy department of the hospital. Costing over $800 the bath is used by arthritic, polio and patients with sore muscles, also for fractures, and patients with respiratory troubles. All Montreal Hospitals To Help At Expo Friday marked the official opening- of Expo 67. A great many of us will be making the -trip to Montreal some­ time this summer to take a took at the- marvels awaiting us at Canada’s' first World Fair. The Globe and- Mail car­ ried an interesting' story re­ cently about the job which Montreal’s hospitals will be doing in taking care of the 40,000 casualties expected by Expo’s medical services divi­ sion. Everything seems to be very well co-ordinated. Four of the large downtown hospi­ tals, Montreal General, Roy­ al Victoria, Mansonneuve and Noire Dame will each staff and operate one 10-^cd clinic on the Expo site for seriously ill patients. Direct telephone communication .between each clinics.ahd its parent hospital will permit rapid medical con- • sulfation and admissions when necessary. All hospitals in the Mont­ real area are co-operating, so that if- any of the four par­ ent hospitals cannot admit a patient alternative accom­ modation can be promptly arranged. A helicopter wiU be standing by to transfer ex- • treme emergencies, as well as six ambulances. In addition to the hospital clinics, there will be eight first aid posts manned by St. John Ambu­ lance Brigade Volunteers from all over Canada. Treat­ ment in the clinics 'or first aid posts and transportation to hospital will be free. Hos­ pital care, however, will be the patient’s responsibility — •so don’t forget" to take your OHI certificate. Photos by News-Record Photographer New Freezer For Hospital Kitchen Mrs, Ruth Johnston, left, the dietician at the hospital’s well-equipped kitchen is showing Mrs. Jack Peck of the ladies hUkilialfy the new freezer which the auxiliary recently purchased. The aux­ iliary has also recently purchased a mixer for the kitchen. Classified Adi. •. Bring Quick Results . Stay for Centennial Tea Ladies Auxiliary Has Furnished A Physio Therapy .Department • Qne .new diepartment has been added at Clintop Pub- lie Hospital since .last year. Although the physto-foerapy unit there has been in opera- . tion for only about 12 . months, physiQ-ftiliewapist Mrs. A, Flowers has. a busy sche­ dule to maintain. Mrs. Flow­ ers .is the wife of Dr. R. W., Flowers, High Street, In the , basement offices formerly occupied by nurses from, the Huron County Heal th Unit, the physio ther­ apy department offers help bo persons in and out of hospital who would benefit ’ from reg­ ular physio therapy treat­ ments. Mrs. Flowers displayed some of the equipment with which she works such as the new whirlpool bath purchased by tlie Women's Auxiliary to -- — .—,-----------.------ YOUR HOSPITAL Clinton Public Hqspiitak at cost pf gbout $800. Water churning in the tub gives rer lief to persons suffering from ■toe affects, of polio, strokes or some types of 'arthritis.^ Any soi;e. stiff muscles are soothed after about 15 min­ utes in the bubbling bath. The paraffin .bath is par­ ticularly pleasing to arforitics who dip ’in' oi' are painted with hot wax which coats, and heats at the same time. When wrapped in towels as pant of toe wax treatment, many pat­ ients report aching joints and muscles are much improved? The paraffin bath unit was . also purchased by the hospi­ tal W. A. Other .equipment includes a . variety of heat lamps and unite, some purchased by toe W.A., and a '"shoulder wheel" , designed for exercising pur- poses., "The doctor tells me what to do for' the. patients/’ says Mrs, Flowers. "I can, suggest but the doctor makes the final decision.'' Standing By Day and Night When. a local .businessman estabilishes a 24-hour service, he wants to spread the news ' far and wide. ’ He wants the entire community to know I (that he is standing by rs-ady to serve any hour of tire day or- night. .After a very short time, the public begins to take for’ I. granted that toe business­ man offers around-the-dl'O’Ck -service. And it is only if and wh'en they need that partic­ ular service, that they begin to appreciate it. Community hospitals have been giving, non-stop service . ever since they first opened -their doors. You’ll never see an "Out. to Lunch” or a ' "dosed for Vaaaibion" sign on foe door of your hospital. That's because 24 hours a day, ‘in good weath&r.or bad, ■holidays and weekends, your hospital' is standing by to give you and your family the & best possible health care no matt®? when you need it. Because -a hospital never closes, it -must employ enough . personnel to stand by eveiy hour of foe. day and night. Hospital occupations run from A(ccountant) to X(ray) tech­ nologist, with some -150 in •between. There are nurses, laboratory technicians, physio­ therapists, technologists, die­ titians, housekeepers, special­ ized office personnel, and many others. In fact, local hospitals are often foe largest , vance the cause of good hos- sihgle employer in the area. So they contribute not only to your personal health, but to the health of the economy a,s well. : In many ways, today^s hos­ pitals resemble small cities. They centralize in one insti­ tution many of the essentials of everyday life, and many of the services we regularly use. They provide not only room and board, but also' a . "drug stone”, a power plant, a lib­ rary , and iiin many cases a “sdhooil” for budding prbfes- , stona! personnel. These facili­ ties, of course, are all in addi­ tion to the technical and scientific services which con­ tribute to patient recovery. May 12 is National Hospi­ tal Day. but is being observ­ ed at Clinton Public Hospital . on Wednesday, May 10. It ./ is one day of the year when Canadians are asked to give .. some thought to -the' hospital service they receive during the. other 364 days. This year’s theme "Your Hospital — Standing By Night and • Day", seeks to remind us that a "community hospital” is just, that." It is owned and operated by .people in our . own community. And these are the people .who stand pre­ pared to serve us around-the- clock. In the long tradition of voluntary community effort, our hospitals not only- serve, but constantly strive- to ad- piital care. A Physio Therapy Treatment Mrs. George Wonch is shown here being treated for a neck injury in the hospital’s physio therapy department. Her head is being held in traction with ■ a 20 pound weight while a lamp plays heat on the neck. Some of this equipment was purchased for the department by the ladies auxiliary to the hospi­ tal. ... . 1 111 —■■■ " GODERICH > ONT* Mother's Day Buffet Dinner RESERVATIONS, PLEASE5-S p.m. BALLROOM AVAILABLE FOR DANCES, , PARTIES ANO MEETINGS Catering fd Weddings, Banquets, Luncheons, etc, Phatie5U-9371 or524-9264 Auxiliary Supplied Geriatric Chairs ,. The Ladies Auxiliary to Clinton Public Hospital has purchased four geri­ atric chairs for use of older patients. Using one of the chairs is Mrs. Emily ) Steep. Members of the staff standing, a ?e, from the left, Mrs. Clarence Ball, John Strichler and Mrs. Jan Broeze. / t Are hospital costs in Canada too high? This is the perennial question bandied about by toe public, politicians • and press. Yet, at the same time there is continu­ ing pressure for higher hospital salaries, more staff and more and more services. Since the advent of federal- provincial hospital insurance, there has been a steady acceler­ ation in toe community hospit­ al’s role, from primarily nursing care to a community health centre wife increasing t outpa­ tient and ancillary medical Ser­ vices. Nearly a half milliion|more patients were hospitalized in Canada last year compared with 10 years ago. Secondly, hospital construction costs have risen 300 per cent during the same period.. Tien years ago it cost 10 to 12 thousand dollars to put one hospital' bed into active service. Today the figure has jumped to $25,000 to, $30,- 000 per hospital bed. By way of further contrast, in 1930 con­ struction costs were $1,800 per bed. Compared to 1900, hospital per patient per day costs have risen 3000 per. cent. The average cost per patient per day in 1900 was $1.00; in 1945 - $5.82; 1950 - $12.05; and 1967 - $28 to $30. This only covers the day- to-day operating expenses -r- not new building and equipment costs. According' to the H-all Royal Commission on Health Services, "The emergence of modern diagnostic methods has- increas­ ed the importance of the clini­ cal aspects of hospital care so that today access to equipment and services of the modern hos­ pital is indispensable to high quality general, practice. At the same time there has been a parallel movement to making toe hospital the domain of toe specilalist." Unlike any other service or industry, the hospital must stay open, and on the job 24 hours a day, every day of the year, to preserve life.-Although cost­ ly in terms of money — modern hospital care represents a tre­ mendous saving to society in terms of life. Because they operate around the clock, hospitals employ ap­ proximately two people for every patient and in anybody’s book; that costs money. An av­ erage of seventy cents out o-f every dollar of the ’ daily pa­ tient cost- goes back to the community j&aqnomy through employee wages. With the development of moderfi medicine, even small hospitals today have equipment far in advance- of what was found in the large hospitals 30 ^and 40 years ago. Since the time of Joseph Lister, foe first man to use antiseptics in op­ erations, the control of infection has progressed beyond his dreams with the hospitals lead- ing the way. This adds to the bill, along with the new drugs and diagnostic services and equipment' maintained by the. hospital. . . ? Emergency . treatment, out­ patient oare, therapeutic reha-, bilitation, geriatric and psychi­ atric care and treatment, Which were, to a degree, unheard of a few decades ago, are common­ place in. hospitals today. In the past, the responsibility for this type of care rested with the family and the home —■ in to­ day’s developed society this role is played by the community hospital. Even the familiar fa­ mily doctor who cared for pa­ tients in the home is almost passed. Today the doctor relies (Continued on page 3) Hospital Invites the Citizens of Clinton and District to on At Which Time Tours of the Hospital Will Be Conducted M ■ dM d«r t. . »•• Ab ibVwMM ■I RAINBOW I I WEDDING MNE| I nmrATioMs Aim ■ I H ANWornccJMcwnra | CUNTON NEWS-RECORD 56 Albert Street will be served in the NURSES1 RESIDENCE By +he Ladies Auxiliary of Clinton Public Hospital from 2:30 to 5:00 p.m. This 'Event Is Being Held In Conjunction With National Hospital Day* J. H.MURPHY, President, , Board of Governors