The Goderich Signal Star, 1976-02-26, Page 27Jack,' Riddell, Liberal
M P.P.. for Huron -Middlesex,
called upon Premier Davis• to.
personally Intervene in the '
anatur of the' proposed •
closing down•''of Clinton '
Publie.Hospital: •
• • "People in •the area are
• da ed with' disbelief at ,,the.
pro's -Peet of another , hospital
cloying dawn' in the area": • •
"Clinton; , Hospital'.,r4
'Riddell,. said, . "is vitall,y.
important to the . "County.
Apart from any other ,e9n-
sideration; the two nedrest
hospitals, at." S,eafortli'' and
Goderich, are operating at'
closeto optimum :occupancy
• rate, and Ministry officials
, expect Clinton's atients to go ,
to Stratford, or London which'
apprcolimately.'fifty. •miles.
• away, ,
"I' realize that the
Government must cut back
on ministry budgets, but
some sense of proportion has
to be' maintained. These cut-
backs cannot be:. made
-Irresponsibly; without,regard
for the consequences. There
i.s •no, possible justification fora
closing down Clinton, in my
opinion, .
"On the basis of need alone
of service to 410 community
•the. hp;;'pitai ,should remain
in operation. Centred 'eri two
major highways, . Clinton 'is •
virtually' the hub of the
County. The : ho.s,pital''s..
E mergency. Department. •is 'a,
very busyone, with r any
emergency 'Surgical
procedures carried out as a
result: of ;motor vehicle . ac-
ei.dents. It isahe only,hsopital
in the ar•ea.,with'five certified
active specialists on staff,
with • four highly trained
-anesthetists. The hospital has.
a long and excellent history of
surgical achievement., and
•
the volume of surgery carried
out • is comparable to Much
larger hospitals. •
"No other hospital in the
area'•has a Laparoscope for
disgnestic and...-the_rapeutic
'ro,
pcedures,. and patients
come ,to Clinton front miles
,awayfor this service. There
is, afirstclass remote cardiac
moxritbr and ".'resuscitation
te.arn; available. 24. hours a
day,with. successfiul
r-esuscitati.on .. rate. of 100
"percent for 1975, The hospital
specializes in the ;treatment
of henllophilia and 'wa's asked
by the University Hospital in
London to establish a renal
• peritoneal dialysis unit for
patients in the area, which is
functioning • very ^ suc-
• cessflully, andis in.. fact the
only one in Huron County,
The hospital employs 110
staff members making it thee
largest employer, _in" Clinton
•
and, surrcitlnding area. These
staff . members.. have.: ver, y
little hope '.of finding similar
work for practically every'
hospital in Ontario. has been
• told not to increase . their
'se•rvtees : which. • in effect
'Means, that . they cannot .
inerease, th:Qir staff,
"We c nnot''alloW Clinton
Public Hospital 'to be "closed
down. Ther is' no way such'
action can be justified; and. L-•
am convinced that • if t'he.
P•rernier, will intervene in this
Matter. if the true facts are
taken.into consideration the
'G'overnrnent will reverse its.
decision„: and Clinton wi
ll
remain in operation. I'` have
written to the Premier'asking
hi m. to give his Most : urgent
attention'to,this question, and
I have .asked. for a meeting
with him, the'Minister of
Health, and representatives
Of Clinton Public Hospital,”
IGNAL-STAAR1 "1*.,IHR.SDAY FA
Kathy Craignian of Kitchener assists: a -group of citizens on
thepreparation of income tax returns:The group includes -
Frank Washington; Esther Garrow,-lvlarilyn Williams, Carl
Worsen,. Isabelle .MacDonald, Vera Larder and Nancy
•
•
Pond. They will .assist senior .citizens. with their income tax
returns on Monday and Thdrsday at .MacKay Hall and:those
requiring assistance with their income tax should con1ct•
Mrs. Muriel Stokes: (staff photo)' .•
•
•
. . , m . .- Mate • welt .
Huron Co•• nt V.... stu l`Y shows h�ldren. here commun a _
�. l •
• A recent study carried out
on twelve -year-old students in
6-ra-de 8 in Huron .County
schools, revealed the answer.
as no. Thetudents of Huron
County faredwell in a_study
designed to determine their
reading abilities. •
Out.of910 participating, 282
students fell below a Grade 6,
level, -231 were between a
Grade 6, and 8 level and 397
were above a Grade -8 level of
reading. -
James Coulter, a
superintendent' of public
schools in Huron County, was
the "guest speaker at the
February' meeting ' of• the
Goderich Home 'and School.
He said that.: the,; students of
today are generally . more
adept :at the cornmunicat-ive
,skills than they were a
generationago in spite of the.
•,cries of alarm that have been
heard -recently.
Then, 40 per cent of
students hadleft the school
system by .,177years of age.
Today, 75 per cent remain in
the educative ...process
because there has been more
understanding and assistance
given to' students'. with han-
dicaps.
At ,the next• 'meeting of
Home and School on March -
10, Dave. .Kem.p, a teacher at'
Robertson willpresent, with •
slid> s, • his experiences' in
teaching Eskimo .children in
the N.W. Territories. ...-
The Robertson Primary
choir will beperforming at
this same meeting, in• the
library, at Robertson at 8
ONE
Huron -Middlesex MPP Jack Riddell tallied with staff in the was the last to be closed Mr. •Riddell personally asked
board room, of the Clinton Public hospital last Thursday'— Premier William Davis to intervene 4.1 the matter (staff
after Health Minister Frank Miller announced the hospital . photo) •
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