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News and Views
Crime Stoppers DHC Task Force makes guidelines public
of Huron bounty Three models for health service
Jewellery
stolen in
Seaforth
break-in
A Panasonic VCR and jew-
elry were taken in a break
and enter at a residence ,on
Ord Street in Seaforth on
Oct. 23, sometime between
8:30 in the morning and 4 in
the afternoon..
Crime Stoppers of Huron
County inc. reports another
break and enter in Vanastra.
on Anna Court, the following
day. Three 40 -oz bottles of
liquor were stolen from a
home, as were some loose
change and movies.
"Possible suspects were
seen parked across the road
from the residence in a late
model, Tight grey car between
11:50 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.,"
Crime Stoppers reports. The
occupants of the vehicle were
described as 5'5" to 5'8",
white, scruffy looking, slim,
blue jeans, about 20 -years -
old, and one female, long red
hair"
Two computers and print-
, ers, two answering machines,
two adding machines, a
Yamaha CD player and
Panasonic microwave and
photo copier were also stolen
from tfte Zuncif Dental Clinic
sometime after midnight on
Oct. 30.
The Christian Reform
• Church at Clinton was bro-
ken into on Oct. 15. Crime
Stoppers of Huron County
Inc. says two males were
seen standing beside the
church's safe outside the
building, which they tried to
.pry open.
One suspect is described as
5'4" and of medium build,
with brown hair in a brush
cut, wearing'a white turtle
neck/swear shirt. The other is
desclibed as 5'6", of slender
build with dark hair, wearing
a dark shirt and pants.
A pentium 75 model com-
puter and printer were stolen
in- a break and enter at the
Book Store in Blyth, some-
time between 5:39 p.m. on
Oct. 12 and 8 a.m. on Oct.
14.
"CLEAN LOOKING"
There was a robbery early
in the afternoon of Oct. 15 at
Frayne General Store ,in
Exeter. Crime Stoppers says
" at 1:25 p.m. a white male
youth. approximately 19-
, years -old entered... He asked
for a pack of cigarettes, and
when the till was opened
attempted to reach in a grab
the money. He was unsuc-
cessful and ran out of the
store."
Police describe the suspect
as a "clean looking". white
male of medium build with
blonde hair, from 5'8" to
5'10" tall. He •was wearing a
three-quarter length black or
dark blue coat " with two
one -inch horizontal stripes
across" it.
A van and about $10.000 -
worth of tools. including a
32 -foot ladder on top. were
stolen at the Grand Bend
Motorplex, also on Oct. 15.
Police say the white 1986
Dodge van (licence #6422AJ)
"contained assorted tools
including cordless drills,
electrical saws and pipe -fit-
ting equipment."
If you have information
about these or any other
crimes call CRIME STOP-
PERS OF HURON COUN-
TY at I.800 -222 -TIPS
(8467) and you could receive
a reward of up to $1,000.
Rememhcr,CRIME
DOESN'T PAY but CRIME
STOPPERS DOES!
Three potential heahh ser-
vice models were identified
and principles which will
guide their development
when the hospital task.force
of the Huron Perth District
Health Council met Nov. 12.
Specific locations for thest
service models were not
identified. The hospital and
health task force meets again
next Thursday, before details
of its options will be present-
ed, for public discussion next
month at "Open Houses" in
10 communities in the two
counties, including Seaforth.
The task force also made
public the guidelines it got
from the Ontario Ministry of
Health for arriving at a sav-
ings target.
The first of two pages of
these guidelines, forwarded
by acting assistant deputy
minister Andrew Szend,
states:
The ministry "announced a
$1;3 billion reduction in
transfer payments over a
three-year period. For the
province as a whole, this
amounts to an 18 per cent
reduction.
"Considering inflation and
other financial pressures,
hospitals may be faced with
Hospital delegation
real funding reductions in
excess of this figure."
"While the 1996/97 funding
reduction for small rural hos-
pitals was 2.5 per cent, this
was only an interim measure
pending the completion of
restructuring studies," the
government guidelines con-
tinue. "The reduction should
not he understood as a start-
ing point for establishing a
savings target for your
study."
PRINCIPLES
Secondary hospital, primary
hospital and primary care
centre with basic emergency
service are the three health
models identified hy the task
force of the local DHC.
Principles which will guide
the development of these
options include:
• an identified need for
acute secondary services to
he consolidated within the
two communities (one in
Huron and one in Perth);
• opportunities for improve-
ment in hospital use (all hos-
pitals operating at provincial
standards for appropriate
lengths of stay) and consoli-
dation of administration and
support;
• and, the system should he
able to -operate with 20 per
cent fewer "real" dollars,
reflecting the financial reality
facing hospitals over the next
three years.
THREE MODELS
The three models art
described by the DHC tasi
force as follows:
• Secondary hospital tt
include a concentration o
delivery services (interna
medicine, anaesthesia
surgery at a minimum) a'
well as in-patient acute beds
and a full 24-hour emergency
service supported by physi-
cian and specialist "on call"
systems. Clinics and allied
health services (for example,
physiotherapy) could he
offered.
• Primary hospital could
take three forms hut would
have a Kase of physician ser-
vices. primary care clinics
and therapies, and 24-hour
emergency services support-
ed hy on-site nurses) and
physicians on call. All forms
of primary hospital to he con-
sidered - acute and chronic
keds, chronic keds only. no
inpatient heds - would he'
supported by urgent or "stat"
laboratory and diagnostic
capahi lities.
Don't want to be victim of efficiency
CONTINUED from page 1
Administrator lim Crocker.
EMPTY BEDS
Coun. Michael Hak said he
wouldn't wish to see SCH
become a victim of its own
community health efficien-
cies.
That could be a perception
!among decision makers with
the local hospital, at times,
being down to only seven
beds is.use, he said. "But we
can't get it through to
Torhnto."
Seaforth hospital showed
"common sense before it was
popular" commented Dr.
Woldnik, who has practised
here for seven years.
"We knew •that this day was
coming," he said. "But there
will be no exodus from here."
The delegation said SCH is
a 41 -bed facility. comprising
30 acute care and 11 chronic
care beds, with an annual '
operating budget of about 55 -
million. About 90 per cent of
these funds come from
Ontario's health ministry.
Considered strictly as an
"industry" the Seaforth hos-
pital has about a $3.5 -million
payroll, Ross cautioned coun-
sil.
"We are truly a community-
based organization working
collaboratively for the better-
ment of residents," the dele-
gation's brief states.
Whereas other areas of the
province have difficulty
attracting doctors, SCH has
recruited six new physicians
over the past three years and
four in the past 15 months.
The delegation's hrief high-
lighted many other recent
SCH accomplishments.'
among them the introduction
of midwifery services to its
growing obstetrics program.
making it the only hospital in
Huron offering this service.
MANY MORE BABIES
The Seaforth hospital had
72 births in 1995-96 repre-
senting a 67 per cent increase
over the previous year:
SCH opened with 48 beds
on its present site on Sept. I.
1965. with subsequent addi-
tions,' including the next door
health centre and heliport.
"As a primary acute care
community hospital we offer
a wide range of medical, sur-
gical and diagnostic services
which include: medicine,
surgery/day surgery. emer-
gency, obstetrics, palliative
care. radiology (x-ray). ultra
sound, laboratory/ECG.
physiotherapy and occupa-
tional therapy," the delega-
tion noted. "In addition we
offer is number of out-patient
medical clinics which
include internal medicine.
orthopaedics. obstetrics/
gynecology. paediatrics, pae-
diatric ears, nose and throat:
and surgery.
McKillop contributes to study
At its regular meeting Nov.
5, McKillop Council passed a
motion to contribute its share
to a restructuring study with
Seaforth. Clinton and the
Townships of Goderich,
Hulleh and Colborne.
General accounts of.
$206.451.62. and the roads
superintendents voucher of
58,808.80 were approved.
Engineers were appointed
for the Woods and Ritchie
Municipal Drains.
Council decided it will not
participate in any more meet-
ings of the Central Huron
Economic Development
Committee because of lack of Community Centres.
interest and time constraints
due to restructuring issues.
McKillop also passed a
motion supporting an appeal
to the Huron -Perth District
Health Council to maintain
an "active hospital presence
in Seaforth to meet the health
care needs of our residents
and surrounding communi-
ties."
Brenda Dalton has replaced
Ray Maloney. who resigned.
as McKillop Township's rep-
resentative on the manage-
ment committee of the
Seaforth and District
More problems with one parent
The children of single
mothers have more behaviour
problems and fail school
more often than other young-
sters, according to a study by
Statistics Canada and federal
Department of Human
Resources Development.
A child raised by a single
mother was 1.5 to two times
more likely to face emotional
or other problems, compared
with children being raised by
two parents. regardless of
whether the families were
poor.
"There are 40 physicians
with medical staff privileges
at our hospital... and it
employs approximately 100
full and part-time staff to
cover the broad range of ser-
vices offered to otir
patients...in addition more
than 50 volunteers are active-
ly involved."
SCH delegation added it
•owns an additional 70 acres,
available for future develop-
ment as needed: -
"it is our clear belief that
our site. when combining our
modern facility with avail-
able land for, redevelopment,
is superior to. the other Huron
Perth sites."
Milk calendars being mailed
Dairy Farmers of Ontario
runs to distribute its annual
milk calender to more than
2.5 million households later
this month through local and
daily newspapers. This year
the calender is to he delivered
into over 200,000 more
homes than in previous years.
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