The Lucknow Sentinel, 1979-02-28, Page 4•
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added, "They never get any here anyway"
(because the constituency is Liberal).
"They will only listen to angry people who
will not lose their services," said "Mowbray.
"Now's the time to stand and fight, if we
don't nobody is to blame but ourselves," he
concluded.
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plan was not laid out that night, the motiva-
tion to do something would "fizzle" after the
meeting and nothing would be done.
-"They refused to accept board chairman,
Jack Hodgins' statement that nothing could
be done until the board .learned more.
"We have to explore every avenue to get
relief from the cutbacks,'." said Hodgins,
"but the proposal is relatively new and as we
become more sure of what is happening we
will probably hire a lawyer." The crowd said
theywould be willing to set up a fund to hire
a lawyer and collect money for legal costs.
The board decided that the hospital board
solicitor could look into an injunction to stop
the government from closing the beds.
Hayes said such an injunction would have
to be in force. before April 1 because the
. hospital faces penalties if the beds are not
closed by that date:
He said if Wingham' were to get an
injunction before April' 1 he may have.: -to
close the. 14 beds anyway. •
The government cut $160,000 from the
hospital's budget for this year because 14
Meds were to be closed. If the government
does not agree to put that money back into.
the budget until:' the .;litigation is settled,
Bayes may be forced to close the beds
anyway; because there will be no money to
operate them.,,'
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situation
Dr. R. D. Wilkins, of the Wingham and
District Hospital said the Ontario Govern-
ment's decision to, close hospital beds is a -.
"horrible rerun". of what happened ''in
England, when the British : government,
decided. to centralize health. services.
Dr. Wilkins said he ran from it in England
and came to Canada to practise medicine,
and now he finds the same thing happening
here.
"It's being run to the same scenerio
except a bit more precipitously andmore
venornotisly," he said.
In: England the government 'closed rural.
hospitals because to them biggest is. best. In
the administrative mind said Wilkins, "it is
simpler to run everything from one huge.
colossus."
In England a patient waits up' to three
years for an elective 'hysterectomy, ' up to
three years for a hernia operation and
upwards to' five years for a hemorrhoid
operation.
Just as the government has pulled from a
hat the ratio of 3.5 beds, they will. just as,
arbitrarily pullout the number 50 and say all
hospitals with under 50 beds are non-viable
and must close, Dr. Wilkins said.
He made his comments at a meeting
called by the Wingham and: District Hospital
board to answer questions and get reaction
from the ,public on the government's
decision to cut back hospital, beds. • -
Dr. Wilkins agreed with 'Dr' Douglas
Mowbray of the Wingham Hospital staff Vaud
' 'president of the Huron Medical Association+
that the government intends to dose
hospitals and centralize ;health services is
the . province for their own benefit. Both
believe the people of this area sre•naive, if
they think the government will stop with bed
cutbacks.