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By The Sentine
Assistant deputy health minister Man
Dyer hasdenied the minister of health,
Dennis Timbrell, told representatives from
the Wingham Hospital the 14 beds
classified surplus by the ministry's new
guideline, would' remain open as "floating
beds". "The minister did not talk about
floating beds," said Dyer • at a meeting on
Tuesday, May 8 in Wingham between
ministry officials and the Wingham
Hospital board, the medicalstaff and the
steering committee for wholistic. care.
"Do we accept Wingham is entirely
different? (than any other hospital in the
province)?" asked Dyer.
Dyer said he was prepared to reinstate
the funds for seven beds required for
chronic care at the hospital but the other
seven would be closed and the money to
e..
rn can keep beds
operate them would be taken from the
budget.
A 60 day study . completed by the
hospital's executive director,; Norman
Hayes, showed the need for seven more
chronic beds at the Wingham Hospital.
Hayes said the study did not address the
person who isin an active treatment bed
for short period of stay seven or eight times
a year. On the government formula he
said, he can rework the figures and classify
such patients as chronic because episodic
care is a type of chronic care. This would
show all 14 beds were needed for chronic
care.
Hayes told the meeting he has been
"had" by the government officials.
"I must apologize, what I hear in mit
location is not what .I' hear in another,"
Hayes told the hospital board at their April.
meeting, the ministery had assured him
the funding for the 14 surplus beds would
be returned. to the • hospital budget,
Wingham Hospital would, hear no more
"nonsense" about bedclosures and the
hospital would be provided _ with capital
funding to update services at .the hospital
to proceed with a Health Service: Or-
ganization .scheme,
Dyer ,told themeeting the ministry had
promised it would return the funding while.
the hospital looked' into an HSO and would
not close any more beds asthey lookedinto
the feasibility of the scheme in Wingham,
Hayes said he was told if the hospital
borrowed money to construct an addition to.
the hospital to persue an. HSO and savings
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WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 1979.
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emember when....
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The . Wingham Towne Players . will
present a tribute :tothe..Wingham
centenhial, Renteniber When..:, writ-
ten by Blyth playwright,. Keith Roul
Ston, in the Wingham Town Hall May
23 .- "'26.
Byzantine and
Romanesque art
The Lecture series, .,The History of
Civilization through Art by Prof. A. D
Logan at' the Lucknow Presbyterian
Church continues tonightwith a look,
at early Christian and Byzantine art;
Medieval art„Romanescjue and Gothic
arts.
Anne!
F. E. Madill Secondary's production
of "Anne of Green Gables” last week
was h smash. A tribute to the
International Year of the Child, it was
a delight for children who saw it and a
heart-warming return to the world of a
child for adults. Pictures are on page
15.
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BOB McKINLEY
Bob ' McKinley, • PC candidate and
incumbent in the Huron -Bruce ..riding
believes the major issue: in this election is
the question of leadership: .
"`Trudeau has got to go," says McKin-
ley.
"I can say with conviction that even
though Joe Clark is young, he is a ;better
gamble than Trudeau was in 1968. when
you consider his experience."
McKinley says Trudeau has lost cred-
ibility with the Canadian people.
"Theyhave not forgiven him for turning
on his stand on, wage andprice controls
after the last election," McKinley says.
Trudeau andihis group have manipulated
the Liberal party to their satisfaction, he
says.,
. "Look at' the number of his colleagues
who have\ left the cabinet andthe
government because they .could not take
arty more."
McKinley blames the prime minister for
the rift in national unity. "Trudeau has
purposely turned Quebec against Canada
and Canada against Quebec to his owvn
personal advantage." °
Trudeau wants to shoal he is sticking up
for the country says McKinley. He has
refused to work along with the premiers of
the provinces because :`he wouldn't have
had an election 'issue" if the federal
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GRAEME CRAIG. '
The economy is the number. one concern
to the people of the Huron -Bruce riding
says the Liberal candidate, Graeme
Craig. The area is very productive with low
unemployment. levels and there .ha\+e been
no industry layoffs to effect the whole area.
The countyyrry's economy on a national
scale. is. on the way back, he says.. The
government has cut cash requirements and
the dollar is still floating. But the
government must be careful with programs
to stimulate the economy, because "we
don't want to let inflation run away".
Craig says the economy is . in "tough
times" now and will be for a few years. He
1 says one of the reasons is the baby boom
hitting the job. market. The Liberals are
aiming. for 51/2 per cent growth rate by the
early 1980's. .
Canada has the highest job creation rate
of any of the , Western industrialized
countries says Craig, "so we're on the
right curve." He says Canadians should
consider they live in a country where 92 per
cent work, instead of looking at the 8 per
cent who are .unemployed.
NATIONAL UNITY
National unity is third in a poll of election
issues says Craig. A government will have
to be "tough" with Quebec over the next
four ' years because if Quebec succeeds,
other regions may wish to pull away as
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MOIRA •COUPER.
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Moira Couper, the NDP candidate for
the riding of Huron -Bruce, . sees the
economic state of the' country as the most
serious issue in this , election..
"The NDP has a long term industrial
strategy to create jobs and Canadian
products," she says, "It is of primary
importance to get our economic priorities
in order."
A part of the industrial strategy is to deal
with the unemployment problem. Couper
says it would be; better to spend $4 billion.
on public projects to create work than to
spend that amount on unemployment
insurancu for people to. do nothing. .
"It is essential that strategies are
developed to get the Canadian people back
to work," she declares.
Foreign control of the Canadian economy
is also a grave concern according to
,Couper. Our natural re ources are being
depleted by private companies and profits
are being returned to the country of origin
of the parent company. ,Grants given to
such corporations by the present govern
ment from the pockets of the Canadian
taxpayers are being used for employment
in other countries as well as increasing the
wealth,' of shareholders says, Couper.
Meanwhile the resources .aresteadily
being depleted and the Canadian taxpayer
loses his money as well as losing more and
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