The Citizen, 1998-12-16, Page 13Drawing for peace
Blyth Lion Bev Blair congratulated John Battye, a Grade 7
Blyth Public School student, for his first place finish in
Blyth's first Lions International Peace Poster contest. Blair
said Battye's poster was the "best themed" with a lot of
thought put into it. The poster, themed "Planting the
Seeds of Peace" will now advance to the district level.
The contest is open to all children between 11 and 13, for
them to express their thoughts about peace, but must be
sponsored by the Lions in a school or organized group.
Funding continues
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By Margaret Stapleton
Advance-Times Staff
Dr. Brian Hanlon's announce-
ment that he will be taking an
indefinite leave of absence is cause
for grave concern at Wingham and
District Hospital.
At its meeting on Thursday, the
board received Hanlon's resignation
as the hospital's medical chief of
staff. Dr. Marie Gear has been
appointed to act as chief of staff in
the interim. •
Although Hanlon's practice will
be covered by Dr. Sean Sleeth and
Dr. J. K. McGregor until March,
his imminent departure makes a
bad situation worse, admits Lloyd
Koch, interim site administrator at
the hospital.
The town has been declared
underserviced by physicians for
more than a year, but to date,
efforts to recruit at least one more
family doctor have been
unsuccessful.
The situation was discussed in a
closed session at the-December
meeting of the hospital's board of
governors.
Board members note 60 per cent
of the last two year's classes of
medical students are involved with
short-term practices while they
decide where to establish their
permanent practice.
The recruiting committee
recommends looking into this
source of physicians.
The board has approved
establishing space within the
hospital for a short-term doctor to
work on an interim basis while the
medical clinic adjacent to the
hospital is being built.
MEDICAL CLINIC
Five tenders for the proposed
clinic building were opened on
Thursday, Koch reports.
All bids were significantly higher
than anticipated and the architect
has been asked to look at areas
where cost savings could be
realized.
The board has estimated the cost
of the clinic at approximately $1
million.
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hospital staff, childcare workers
and other service representatives
have come together to plan the best
way to support young families in
Huron County.
Since Jan. 1, families in Huron
County and across the province
have been screened by hospital
nurses or their midwife to establish
their strengths and identify where
they might like some support. With
the mother's permission this
information is shared with the
Health Unit. A public health nurse
then contacts the family and helps
them identify and connect with
community services that are
available.
Being a parent isn't easy and
some families face more challenges
than others. If a family is involved
with several services, a service co-
ordinator may be identified to help
families co-ordinate the services
available to them.
A new service within the
Healthy Babies, Healthy Childre
Program is the parent resource
visitors. They are people from the
community w' (-) have received
training and are able to lend
support to families.
Between Jan. 1 and Sept. 30 of
this year, 543 babies were born to
Huron County residents. Through
Healthy Babies, Healthy Children
122 of those families have received
assessment and support beyond
what the local public health nurses
routinely offer. Parent resource
visitors have worked with 11
families.
Referrals to the Healthy Babies,
Healthy Children Program can be
made by physicians or other service
providers or by parents themselves
by calling Marilyn King, public
health nurse responsible for the
Healthy Babies, Healthy Children
program at the Huron County
Health Unit at 519-482-3416 or 1-
800-265-5184.
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