The Lucknow Sentinel, 1994-11-30, Page 3Wingham and District Hospital board news
Search continues for physician
by Jing Brown
1 he se,rch continues for another
physician for the Wingham and
District Hospital.
Hospital chief executive oaltcer
(CEO) Lloyd Koch told the hospital
• board at its monthly meeting last
Thursday that the one physician that
had written the hospital enquiring
,about an oplx>rtunity to practice in
a rural area has withdrawn his
'application and advised the hospital
that he has selected Collingwood as
his choice to practice medicine.
"We are disappointed, however,
we understand that he sent about 15
other hospitals the same letter that
he sent us and has now made his
choice," said Koch. "We will con-
tinue to pursue the other leads drat
have surfaced."
He noted that a recruitment com-
mittee meeting has.been scheduled
for Dec. 12.
Union
Koch reported that the Ontario
Labor Relations Board was at the
hospital on Nov. 16 and held a
supervised vote ,of the hospital's
employees to determine whether
they wished to be represented by
the Service Employees International
Union, Local 210,
He stated that at the end of the
vote, the union filed a complaint
about the way in which the vote
was conducted and asked for the
ballot box to be sealed pending a
hearing on the matter. The Labor
Relations Board representative
complied with the request.
"We have not yet Seen a written
complain from the union," said
Koch. "'They have until Nov. 25 to
make their concerns known to the
board with a copy to us."
The CEO said that until this mat-
ter is resolved, the employees will
not know whether a union has hcen
certified to act on their h 'half.
13usy month
Koch told the board that Novem-
ber has been a. busy month for
himself and other members of the
staff. Besides the three days spent
at the Ontario Hospital Association
(OHA) convention, he also attended
an information session on the new
Consent to Treatment Act; and an
OHA consultation meeting about
the terms of reference for human
resources committee. He noted that
he presented a paper at the Ontario
Health Care Evaluation Network
Conference in Toronto.
"1 was pleased to sue many of the
hoard and f members attend the
int ormation session 1 presented
about the Southwestern Ontario
Critical Care Research tSOCCRt
network," he said. "You will be
interested' to know that Nancy
Brov.n chaired on of the laboratory
session."
Koch said that the, quality and
selection of speakers this year was
excellent and the Wingham and
District llospital was well
represented •both in terms of atten-
dance and participation in the ses-
sions.
The CEO reported that the
hospital was busier in October this
year that it was in 1993. There
were 1,428 patient days last month
compared to 1,377 for October
1993..• .
"The out-patient department and
laboratory as well as radiology also
showed higher activity," said Koch.
He reported that work on the long
terra care rehabilitation renovation
project should be completed this
week.
Koch said the official opening for
patients, s alT and board members
will 'be on Dec. 9 at 2 p.m., with
public invited to an open house on
Dec. I
Wanted to settle before Nov. 30
•from page 1
Il is the first time in many years
that the board has taken the step of
ratifying a tentative agreement
before the employee group
concerned has had a chance to vote.
The looming end -of -term deadline
was cited as the reason for the
'unusual 'step. Trustees wanted to
settle the contract issue before their
term ends November 30, and would
not have been able to do that if
they had waited while teachers went
through the process of presenting,
and . voting . on the deal. The
agreement remains tentative until
both sides have given it. approval.
The province is urging boards of
education to reduce members to cut
costs, but the Bruce board is headed
in the opposite direction.
In . a close ballot . at the 'last
meeting of their team, November
22, trustees voted 7-6 in favour of
adding a representative from the
Nawash First Nations band north of
W iarton to the board.
Port Elgin trustee Ray Fenton said
a year. of work drawing up a
detailed tuition• agreement for
secondary students from the reserve
is complete. The only stumbling
block is that the. Band wants "direct
input on decision making" before it
signs the agreement._ •
The Nawash board of education
operates its own elementary school
on the reserve, but sends 48 high
school students to Bruce county
secondary schools in Wiarton and
Lions Head. Fenton said the Bruce
board is "forming a very
professional relationship" with the
Nawash board, and predicted having
a trustee from the Band would be
"an addition, not a subtraction from
the board". The Department of
Indian Affairs will cover the cost of
the new trustee.
Wiarton trustee Lillian Thompson
agreed that having a trustee on the
Bruce board will help the Nawash
board keep "up to date" with the
direction of the Bruce board.
"Otherwise there is no connection
with Bruce County education for
their grade nine students,"
Thompson said.
Vice -chair Don Stobo was among
those opposing the move.
"There are a lot of minority
groups in Bruce County," he said,
predicting that the door will now be
open to lobby efforts to have those
minorities represent at the board
table. "Where would you draw the
line?" he asked.
Southampton and Saugeen
township trustee Frank Eagleson
said the Education Act requires 100
native students be"enrolled with the
board before a native trustee is
allowed. He said the• Saugeen band
had to meet that requirement when
it was. awarded a trustee' several
years ago, and argued that the
Nawash band should have to meet
the same criteria.
Eagleson was supported in his
argument by Saugeen band
representative Lester •Anoquot.
Anoquot said he appreciates the
work of the Native Advisory
committee and will "work ,co-
,peratively" with the board's
decision, but would vote against the
motion.
Fenton said there have been
"extensive changes" since the
Saugeen band member was
admitted to the board. He also said
the two Bands are distinct
communities with different needs.
"I think we need to bring it all on
side. They're all Bruce county
students," said trustee Don Tedford,
who voted for the motion.
Eaglesonrequested a recorded
vote on the motion., Voting in favor
of, having a trustee from the
Nawash band were Fenton, Cord
Thompson, Patty McLay, David
Inglis, Lillian Thompson, Don
Tedford and Jennifer Yenssen.
Against the new trustee were Allan
MacKay, Lester Anoquot, Faye
•see Stobo, page 5
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