The Lucknow Sentinel, 1996-05-15, Page 6a
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The-Oxecutive director of Winahara
and istrict h ;os. ltal hasbeen autho-
rized to make an a awl ince- e offer to
new physicians wishing to locate in
town, as well as free space until a med-
ical clinic has been established bete:
The board gave the authorization at
its May meeting. In the resource report,
ob pike said that ,chile his committee
is i t r pious to Iftak S progress on the clin-
ic, he said he believes that Lloyd Koch,
executive director at Ninir :'1, should
have so ! e au 4 a>ority when it co, Tires to
atald ng Pia offer to prospective physi-
The _bl.,ard and the hospital lh;, vc
director
been attemptinge
for � some time to attract
new physioi -... s to Wingham to serve
area patients. Koch reports that .a num-
ber of physicians have e cpressed an
interest in locating here.
66There is an urgenney to this because
we have had a number of inquiries,';
sand Pike: "We need something on an
interim basis.,"
Finally it was decided •th.t Koch
may offer neer physicians an annual
income of $100,000, as well as free
space, e suggested usingthe former
nursing training centre or rooms in
emergency until a clinic has been estab-
lished.
opt ; i unions
g rrt Stiviletou
The' two, unions representing regis-
tered d nurses and registered: practical
'nurses at . 4? in,gharu and. District
Hospital have been given notice of pos-
sible lle lay-offs of full-time ce emnployees,
b :his repotA to the May meeting of
the bona r d of governors at Wingbam and
Distract ospdtal,, Executive ,w)irector
Lloyd Koch said he reported to the
board's executive committee that the
hospital will be required to readjust its
stye
fang requirement for the coming
year. Koch said the hospital ;awe' tly
has too , lany full-time sta • and has
been issuing temporary lay-off notices
when lower census does not wat the
number l.,f sty; n schedtiNRed for dc:,ty en
specific day.
The new ,;registered practic , Nurses'
collective agreement requires six
m;•.nths netice tthe union prior t:•; lay-
off, Koch noted. The registered nurses'
cllective agreement requites N., three-
month jr stice for lay- rfs.
Due tthese constraints, continued
Koch, the required lay-off notices were'
issued t the tw..- respective unions of.
up to six full-time staff in each of the
'collective agreeients.
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Meetings with union representatives
will be set up;r llater;is month. to dns
piss how lay-offs Will .be carried out
and how many Fill be affected once the
results of thm early retirement program
are known.
At. the April hospit 1 board meth,
it was agreed to offer earlly retirement
to appro Innately 20 eligible employ-
ees, e deadline for applications to the
pLr„ was April 30. Koch says there has
been a good response to the early-
retirement oi ter, which may help to off-
set possible )lay-offs.
In a related matter, Larry Hindle,
director of hum,.:,r relations at the hos-
pit,. w, has prepared a report on e, ,,ploy-
ee morale . at WDH, w ich was deliv-
ered by Vice Chairman George
Underwe, e d at the May meeting.
Sick days taken by staff gener..,.11y
are regarded as one indicatil n of
employee morale, noted Underwood. It
is interestir g tnote that sick days
taken bat Wingham hospital are signifi-
cantly lower than the average of any
other facility in the Region 5 district,
making 4TH the envy of other 1cal
hospitals, said Underwood.
takes out loan
by Pat Livingston
West . Wawanosh
Township has borrowed
$150,000 to help cover
the township's portion ..f
the Dungannon Drainage
Works 1995 'project,
Reeve Bob Hallam
.
said in a telephone inter-
view last week that the
loan. is..spread. over five
years with a floating
interest .rate. Innterest is
paid monthly.
The total cost of the
project - was,
$1,019,371.55. Of ,that,
the municipality's por-
tion totals $207,336:31.
The balance is appor-
EORTHCOMIT
MARRIAGE
tioned as follows: gov-
ernment road grants
$252,600, infrastructure
grants $66,159, Hur•,n
county $43,231.85,
Ashfield, Township
$37,570.41, agriculture
grant $21,510.30, with
ratepayers on the project
assessed at $390,963.68.
West Wawanash's
drainage superintendent
and building inspector,
Joe Hanna, has tendered
his resignation. it was
effective Apr. 2, however
Hanna agreed to remain
in an acting position until
the .vacancy is .filled.
Hallam said he was
sorry to see Hanna -go.
"He has a way with peo-
ple. It's not an easy job."
An application by
three residents for a zon'
ing amendment to allow
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TYLER - BSS
Sharon, daughter, off`
Morris & Martina Bo's/
.of 14t 2, Seaforth
and Doug, on of
Keith Tyler.
Bambara 1 is
of Lwow, are
pleased to announce
theireir.forthcoming
targe
The wedding till take
place May 25, 1996 at
Std Joseph's Catholic
Chun ib Clinton.
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a parochial school on
part of • Lot • 16,
Concession 10, has been
approved by council, fol-
lowing a public meeting
in early April.
A proposed gas fran-
chise agreement from
Northern Cross Pipelines
Limited has been for-
warded to tle township's
legal council for review.
Hallam said the agree-,
ment deals with giving
permission to the compa-
ny to go on township
property to hook up pip-
ing to the wells.
Helen Rintoul will:
continue as .the munici-
pality's Wingham and
District hospital board
member.
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