The Lucknow Sentinel, 1979-04-18, Page 2Page 2—Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, April 18,- 1979
_Propose wholistic
health care.....
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ministry wants it to be since 14 beds were
to cldse lit' April 1. While the board looks
into the•funding method, the ministry nuTit
also clarify whether Wingham can remain a
100 bed hospital in the meantime and
would receive funding on that basis. The
board has not closed the 14 beds,
designated surplus by the ministry on April
1 and refuses to do so while they eonsider
wholistic care.
Dr. John Bradley who attended the
meeting in Toronto told the board whOlistic
care will not aiange the practice Of medic-
ine at Wingham Hospital. It is a differente
in funding. He said if the hospital goes in
under the program, the staff at Wingham
had better make sure every service that
could have been done in Wingham is done
here. If a patient is sent to London for a
• service that they decide could have been
done in Wingham, London will take the
money to pay for it from Wingham's
budget.•
He told the board the delegation does '
not know what the ministry means by HSO
• or wholistic care.
He suggested that it is possible WinghaM ,would have to pay for services
administeredto the patients within their
program at another hospital. He cited the
example that someone who lives within the
Wingham hospital's district is in a car
accident in Sudbury and is hospitalized
there for a:Month. The fact that the patient
is unable to get to Wingham hospital for
treatment is irrelevant. The money to, pay
for the patient's treatment in the Sudbury
hospital be taxen from Wingham's;
budget, not the Sudbury hospital. .
The board fears closing 14 active
treatment beds and converting them to
chronic, beds because it would result in a
"bottle -neck situation". The ministry
proposed the board work out the figures to
support their need,for more chronic beds
• and officials would come to Wingham
within two weeks to designate -14 More
chronic beds and cicise 14 active heds.
The health minister told the Wingham-
• delegation as. long as the beds were •
, classified as chronic on paper it did. not
matter how the hospital used them. Hayes
said Timbrell is willingto accept beds will
fluctuate and when needed the hospital will
, encroach upon chronic beds for active usg,N;
"Bed counts must swing up and down,"
said Timbre' according to Hayes.
The problem with transferring the 14
beds to chronic use is that they will fill
rapidly and since the nature of a chronic
• "bo is for extended care, the beds would
not be available for active treatment usage.
The board fear's referrals would be
made to Wingham from areas where there
• is riot adequate nursing home beds and the
&hronic beds, in Wingham would remain
full. Next year when another 13 beds are to
•be closed in Wingham to adhere to
ministry guidelines, the hospital would be
50 per cent chronic and in reality would be
•a nursing honie facility. '
The board does not feel the hospital can
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• Mr. Campbell's •father said it was
gratifying to know that Bob was extremely
happy during his stay with the Ringdahl
family in Florida, Mrs. Mary Ringdahl (nee
• Campbell), Don's aunt, and her son,
Bobby, his wife, Pat and their sor., Walter.
• Their comfort during this tragic period was
of great assistance to the family..
Mr. Campbell's body was cremated at
Heath Crematory, Lakeland, Florida on
Thursday, April 12, 1974.
maintain its high level of health care
without the 14 active beds and transferring
them to chronic beds would not be a
solution.
The board decided not to follow this
proposal because when they originally
decided not to close 14 beds on April 1 they
also refused to change the 14 beds to
chronic care beds.
"We're fighting a delayed action," said
Don Kennedy. "If we transfer the beds to
chronic care now, we will have to do the
same with the 13 we are supposed to close
next September."
DEFINE CHRONIC CARE.
Dr. Doug Mowbray said the ministry
would have to clarify their interpretation of
chronic care. It could be that patients who
enter the hospital for acute treatment but
have ailments which would qualify them as
chronic, would be placed in chronic care
beds instead of active treatment beds, to
satisfy the need for more chronic heeds. A
patient in a chronic care bed now has to pay
a user's fee and is not .eligible for
semi -private benefits. Should the acute
ailment require that the patient be placed
in • intensive care, if the patient is
designated chronic, he would have to pay
for the Use of the intensive care bed. OHIP
does not pay the fee for intensive care for a
chronic patient. •
• Some board members doubted the
sinaereity of the ministry officials. John ,
Mann said a colleague of Murray Gaunt;
MPP who attended a meeting between a
delegation from Meaford and the health
miniSter;. was tOld they could be a pilot
project for a wholistic Care program. Mr.
Mann told the board he had the idea every
delegation was getting the same proposal.
• Dr. Bradley told the ',dard perhaps the
ministry is offering HSO "because they
know we have them over a legal barrel."
"Maybe they're -hoping we'll persue
• HSO and back off," added Dr, Mowbray.
Board member 'Mary Vair who attended
the Toronto meeting said Timbrell was not
• impressed 'With the delegation's concern
that VViiigham is in a special situation. She
said he was also not impressed that the
_ hospital has been under budget. She said
She, felt Timbrell wanted the board to go
home and make up the figures to justify
more chronic careobeds.....
"He wanted off the hook,'' said Ms.
Bair; "andhe Wanted us to do the
homework to get him off the hook."
Dr. Bradley pointed out Timbrell wanted
a very lowr key meeting because there was a
member of the opposition in attendance,
namely Huron Bruce Liberal, Murray
Gaunt, MPP for the Winghain c�nstitu
•ericy. •••
Executive director Hayes observed that
• on the surface the *holistic care project
• looks great but there's got to be a "minuse
in the house somewhere". Hayes Mid the
• board, that given the time, he would find
out the true nature of the funding the
ministry is proposing under wholistic care.
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elands
safe
• Brock and Mary Cleland, formerly of
Lucknow, are reported safe. on St. Vincent .
Island, where a volcano has been erupting -
•for :the past several days.
The area near the base of themountain
has been evacuated. Brock and Mari, live
on the other side of .the island and have not
been forced to leave their home. Brock has
been assisting with the evacuation.
The Clelands have been living on the
Caribbean island for the past year where
Brock is practising veterinarian medicine,
The Cleland's daughter-in-law, Margaret,
told the Sentinel Tuesday, the family heard
from. Brock and Mary by telephone on
Sundiy. The family attempted to phone Si.
Vincent yesterday, but they were unable to
get through.
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Connie Husk, Kinloss, works Intend}, "sculpting" in piasticine at
culpter the kindergarten registrationat Lucknow Central Public Schoollast
Thursday The children, were 111'0110 to feel At. hoop and play with
the toys while their mothers talked With Idndergartin teacher Nancy
MacIntyre. , •[Sentinel Staff Photo]
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