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Times Advocate, 1998-06-03, Page 25our Views 11111111111.1.11 Letters to tt Raisingfundsfor diabetes research "Our children...look forward to a cure, to freedom from blood tests and needles..." Dear Editor: On behalf of the children with juvenile diabetes, we, the parents, would like to sincerely -thank our Exeter.branch Shoppers Drug Mart, Leo Krahn, Cal Seer and a special thanks to Jessica Zawalsky, for your support and assistance in our preparation for the Walk for Diabetes. Our children, Allison and Donald, look forward to a cure, to freedom from blood tests and needles, and to long and healthy lives because of people who care, like our friends at Shoppers, Thank you also to the staff of Shoppers - we saw many of you on Saturday. and to our com- munity who supported our cause. Many of you expressed interest and affiliation with diabetes. We will proudly represent Exeter next Sunday at the annual Walkfor a cure. • Ric and Susan Graham, Paul and Barb Storey Nursing duties "..,nurses should be given more responsibility..." Dear Editor: • I find myself agreeing with the sentiments in "Name- withheld's" letter 'A lack of care'. As I sec it, the world has been changing over the last 40 years or so, but the laws haven't been changed in any great degree to reflect this. For example the Young Criminals Act has only recently changed slightly. - but doesn't go far enough. In this instance, nurses are not allowed to treat patients (not even a more potent painkiller) unless there is a doctor present, but some are trained .to a much higher degree than nurses of say 20 years ago. I believe they are called Registered Practitioner Nurses. I don't know, but I would expect that they are fully capable of taking on,a lot more-responsibili- ty,'even to the extent of replacing doctors in some emergency situations. Our nurses at South Huron Hospital could probably stabilize life threatened patients for shipment to London.. If I suffered from a heart attack, I would be prepared to put my chances in their hands if all the doctors were taking a holiday from tending patients. In other words, nurses should be given more responsibility (with suitable compen- sation) and emergency departments should never he closed for want of a doctor. What would have hap- pened if there had been a motoring catastrophe in the area say. I wonder what the hypocritic oath says about the doctor's behaviour: To answer the question of how many people could afford to refuse $560 etc.. I would say any practising MD (or lawyer!). It has been said that we have to attract more doc- tors to the area. To do this, a compensation package might he needed. One item in this package could be any doctor living and practising ib Huron County he cxemptfrom property taxes. Yours sincerely. John Sanderson. Exeter Open letter to residents of Exeter and area Make no mistake, we all appre- • ciate the gravity'of this situation... Dear Editor: • The purpose of this 'letter is to attempt to inform the General Public as to what is happening at your South Huron Hospital with regard to recent inter- _ ruptions in medical services. Firstly, this is not a po- litical nor money issue. Simply put. we.do not have enough doctors to staff the Emergency Room 24 hours a day. 7days a week. We, despite our -hest ef- forts over the last several years, have been unable to attract a single new full-time physician to our arca. We have had some luck with pan -time doctors do- ing part-time work in the Emergency, however This is becoming spotty as well, as you have already no- ticed. - There are many reasons for this. The number of the new graduates are making lifestyle a priority and refusing to practise in small centres where there is a greater demand on them. Many of 'these gradu- ates as well wish to avoid hospital work entirely and this certainly does not help us. Furthermore, recent changes, in :Government legislation have discou- raged many new physicians from starting in. full- time practise anywhere and for the same reason a number of these physicians have chosen to head to the United States looking for greener pastures and i must say in all fairness, 1 can't blame them. Those of us still practising here are finding the de • - mands for medical services. both office and hospi- tal. seem unending and arc increasing with our ag- ing population. Our Medical Staff is getting older as we ,will and with decreased manpower, we're find- ing it more difficult to/ meet everyone's expecta- tions. The doctors of South Huron Hospital with the strong leadership and constant encouragement of our Chief of Staff, Dr. Jadd, have tried to keep the - . he_ Emergency Room afloat as long as possible, hut with no help coming, the problem overwhelmed us, hence the interruption in service. • - - Make no mistake, we all appreciate the gravity of this situation, for apart from being providers of health care, we also are consumers of it and in case of any serious illness or injury, we and members of our family must seek attention elsewhere also. Most anyone who has read a newspaper recently should realize this problem is not unique to 'Exeter. Many small and even large cities such as Owen Sound, Newbury, Petrolia and others are having great difficulty in keeping the Emergency Rooms open and indeed have been closed on occasion. What can you do to help? First, do not condemn the local doctors. We're doing the best wc can with the resources that we have and ask for your under- standing. Second, in order to attract any new full- time physicians, the community needs a fully equipped Clinic and provide financial incentives as virtually every community seeking a new physician is doing in an attempt to attract the few graduates • that are out there. It is no guarantee that a Clinic will bring a :physician to the community, but it -is certainly a guarantee that without one, we have no chance at all. Thirdly. I would encourage you to talk to your local politicians and more specifically the Provincial politicians to find some solutions to the dilemma that Exeter and many communities across this Province are finding themselves in with regards to health care. Yours truly Bill Steciuk M.D. Budget reductions "The more complaints they get, the more chance we have of getting things changed." Dear Editor: I'm writing this letter in response to a letter I received from the Township of Hay regarding garbage pickup in the rural areas. 1 have had garbage sitting in my garage for the past three weeks. Three weeks ago the Bluewater Recycling truck missed our road. So my garbage did not get picked up that week. When 1 called the office to find out what hap-, pened, they said they missed our road and.wondered if I left it'out for pickup as someone had gone by on Wednesday to pick up what the Blue Water Recycling people had missed. 1 cannot leave my garbage out due to animals getting into it, besides, how was i to know someone was coming around later that week to pick it up. I was not notified. When I asked when they would be coming around every week in the summer (that is what it said in my tax notice) the reply was, "Oh we are not doing that now." 1 therefore had to wait another two weeks for garbage pickup. Do you know what messy diapers smell like sitting in a hot garage for three weeks? i mentioned my problem to a councillor, and the matter was to be discussed that night. Well the prob- lem was discussed to no avail. I received a letter say- ing, "The collection change was initiated to assist in expenditure reductions in the general budget. The reasons for the reduction only to the rural Sreas arc as follows: it was noted that many rural residents did not put out garbage every week and it was felt that the rural properties would have appropriate struc- tures and/or a larger area where garbage could be stored if necessary." In my opinion people didn't put their garbage out every week because"they weren't sure which week the pickup was or they forgot about it because it is bi-weekly. And as far as having a place to store garbage, would council like to build something for me. or would they like it stored on their front step. Who likes to have garbage sitting around in the country to have rodents, dogs, cats, bugs, etc. getting into it not to mention the rotting stink. We pay our taxes just like the Dashwood residents and the resi- dents along 21 highway. They get weekly pickup in the summer. if you are annoyed and frustrated like myself, 1 suggest you contact your councillor. The more com- plaints they get, the more chance wc have of getting things changed. i also suggest you think twice of who you vote for at,election time. Lisa Dietrich Times -Ad ooiute, Jii►ie 3, 1998 Page 25 COLDWELL BArsauE1Z ALL—POINTS REALTY SERVICES EXETER OFFICE - 147 MAiN ST. EXETER, ONT. Pat O'Rourke (RES) 237-3762 e-mail: porourke@hay.net 235-1449 CALL OUR EXETER OFFICE TOLL FREE FROM M.J. 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