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The Goderich Signal Star, 1976-01-08, Page 4t RICH SIG>+i�#1 S":i , r °AVARY 8,11I7'6. i.., 4$doubffu•I cf anyone reaImed :the -. proa.ohi. •lty, •,SUcki .14ttern.pts would be ,,irnp,ortance the e5,1:Onts of :t4i area regarded by `the voters; :0.4,-*, shod is, tfa b to Griderich Psychlatric H'business unvuorthy; of support ", ospital until• a'recersf`.anriouncernerrt It W?sa44 -say, that._FrankNtil'ler by Frank Miller, Minister of Heafth'for may ityeleecl have had,;a false Ilii-.. •Ohtario,.:that the facility Would.close.. •"pression rot;';what::,• was:•'happerting°:at'.', April -1,•15176 $ut.by •the time that April GPH,' :At tti-ne ...ofwi-ittrtg, ia.'� Huron :• . • -Fools Day mills ar'o_und this yeanr - del•ega.ti.os ,i.s, .irtsororlto*meeting with .p ;,:Prank -Miller and, his Onfarin Cabinet • -Mr; Miller.'.in, an :attempt to convince .... associate•s• a•re::-:agoing .:to- know • that _him that he has .been misinformed'" • •,toying w4th the - health services '..Of • -about .the' need. for :PH Gin this part of. • •• Hyron County and'its neighbors: •Perth . the' prnvinee And there • is: ,,renewed `.. -'and pruce, is`rao joke at any .tlme of ; .hope • among 'staff,' :patients• pricy:: in • year:. • terested persons that the - Minister will : • • The'Frowd Which packed. -out Salttord • reconsider his suggestion and: perhaps ,, -•Valley Ha1I Tuesday evening, was in. an ask •the Cabinet to.'reverse its •deci'sion angry mooch: One .could sense., the to close the•,facility i bitterness about ••tthe provincial'" Whatever the'outcon-ie it is' evident. 'government edict which would shut off, that.the,crowning achievement:' at GP=t) .•-one''of Ontario's: -"foremost mental -v.- 'has.:been i'ts'wtde:acceptance•:bby- the: • -'rl-lptess treatment centres without , any ': .com'myn.ity:'The trusf and esteem this •• . • _,c•consultation.wh.atsoever with the local,, •. , facility enjoys --from alt. waIks. ;of: ilk,: 'people `Onecould feel the.resentment her.e.;, is ' abso. tely '. •astoundin.g,. '",as;people.'pr.esen-f nodded a.pprovirigIy • • •espec•ially since i. • is such ash•• • •white speaker after .'Speaker charged ,ago.• that 'mental. illness was •looked..`- `'thepr•ovinc=ial. govern.merat with- in aupon•as a hideous ant shaniefuI blight `sensitivity to'the needs of the health ;'incurable and' uncontrol•lable.' •'services consunier ••in .this part, of -'p The, csoriti.rnunity in: and.arou•nd Huron Ontario . • County now know.thatMehtal.a_lIness. is• This bitterness and resentment` has lust• another disease :.treatable and• ---, Ceei =4--n-aGr klt.d - tars a•be'u-t '. 1`.aspect-ably:=Arad the:' aryoe ith= Dr . . • . why thefacilit was under'the''a•xe at , Mi'che l Conlon of GPH that this rs •only • +•. all:: Few citizens buy Frank..Mlller`s •'. .th'e`beginning in an era wtren mental• story. abpel`-financial .•,Saviiigs which.%:.;: illne s • wilt no. longer • incapacitate. would-ac:corrlpar y the closing of GPH ' people - Too many -, of Ahern:.recognize the "There .•is r o 'graver i i lness',Iii our tremetri foes :' loss to -•-.•.the community, `• society, today':that• merits''more care:, . •.:both .•:*bi... jobs..: and p• ayroll: and more attention;: more.' r•esearch' than : ••tti -bu-gtr distress d"�id -irrsbrrven ience • tory-that; desp'er �ol yt--d,i•5�a b 1 -its -g �i I Mesh "' the • hundreds.: of • .men,:: women ;and s.ch•izophrenia and the -psychosis which '.. ejr, 80 ercent' of , ou '+ ttiehas ita"I.ftsr.'� :. €onstifutes •ov p . cti i ldren'`who�deperld on,.. p'., r a. var;i,et _ of needs.' admissions, • Dr. ' Conlon.:: told', his P �ics i •-reared its ugly • head fora audience Tuesday.ev.ening.. l• know in a) t.." . :. time ••as citizens here .wondered 'if` the" this ar • 'beginni'ng d inn©15ncemertt o close 'f clo e 'the ital • • :time will fell` and. future- fi.mes acid. , hos p 1w _ p•: •.v tars that:ahe: �: • en�erati.ons.w•i l j u ge us m•w, a a . . was.° reminder .to•the ; o.:. � ,• . .. r .a Pr'o' ressiv novo: