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Future of healthcare to be discussed at :meeting
Susan Hiuii.deej,uark
The recent decision to close Sea-
forthCommunity Hospital's ER
overnight starting, Feb. 7 has
prompted one Seaforth woman
to begin planning a community
meeting to talk. about the future of
healthcare in Seaforth.
"I'm not pointing fingers at any-
one and I know how frustrating re-
cruitment is. I just think it's time
that 'everyone. makes sure we have
a oak about the future of health-
care," says Maureen Agar, the
chair of the school council at 'Sea -
Agar, who is also a member of the
Seaforth Community Development
Trust, says she hears a lot of con-
fusion in the community about the
various committees, foundations
and bodies involved in healthcare
in Seaforth and hopes to provide
a flowchart clarifying "who is who
and what is what."
She says people need clarification
about groups from the South West
LHIN (Local Health Integration
Network) which makes the finan-
cial decisions about how provincial
funding will be spent on healthcare
in much of Southwestern Ontario
forth District Hi h School before it to the LAC (Local Advisory Com -
closed in 2002. -:{ ), which allows Seaforth rep-
resentatives to make recommen-
dations to the four -hospital Huron
Perth Healthcare Alliances-'
"A lot of people have no clie who
to talk to and who to complain to.
When 50 per cent of our provincial
tax dollars go into healthcare, we
have to wake up and make sure we
have a say," she says.
Agar says that while.' municipal
council members are voted for ev-
ery four years, she's not feeling as
well represented by the hospital's
LAC since members are appointed
by the Alliance instead of the com-
mun ty.
"I've got friends on the LAC but
are they being able to stand up for
the community the way the com-
munity wants?" she asks.
Agar says that while she's not
blaming anyone for the recent de-
cision to close the ER from 8 p.m.
to 8 a.m. until a nursing shortage
can be resolved, she's hoping an in-
formed community can be helpful.
"Ignorance may be bliss but
knowledge is empowerment. If we
could have a meeting of the com-
munity every year, we could gain
ideas of what could be improved
and many minds could give, better
foresight," she says.
Agar is hoping to involve other
community members. in organizing
a community meeting for sometime,
at the beginning of April.
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