The Goderich Signal Star, 1976-02-26, Page 32ti
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"P E,22-" G.QDERIC} S'1GNA.t,-STAR; THUJRSDAtY, F1BRIJA'R,Y 26;1'936'
Clinton surprise...
(tnnfinuedfrorri page 1.) •"
balance, about $360,000 being
used to treat the patients
elsewhere. '
Mr. Miller and his two
assista>rlts met with' the! five
member board first, then '
toured the :hospital, and then
returned,_:. .1 the board of,
governors roam where he told-
a group 'of. 25' governors,
nur.ses,, . hospital auxs•liary
members, Clinton ` council
rn:emb'ers. " ' and several
members of the press that the
hospital wouldbe closed..
Mr. Miller .said the main
reasons 'he was closing the
hospital was •to `save.: the
,: $800,000, because it could find
no fault - with . the hospital
itself.
' . He said he. had promised to
mu
save $50, million t of a total
health budget of $3.4 -billion
by eliminating about 5,000
hospital beds.
• He said the•:hospital"board
h tendd towith
a ay come up
name alternatives,' but said' •
`-``closing a total of 60 bedsrin
the other (Huron) hospitals
vvou. ld only 'save 1!4 .to one-
-third of the $800;000.'" -
"Youd' challenge is to give
me 'some alternatives," Mr.
' Miher said.
He said the only good
,reason he lied for closing
` Clinton was its'geographic`.
location.; with. •tboth the
Seaforth a,nd • • G'oderieh
,.ho'spi'tals nearby xo• take up
the patient -load.
"This .hospital wasn't
chosen because it's a :bad
hospital, it was chosen. on a
geographic basis," Mr. Miller
said
Mr. Miller. left the hospital •
after two hours and no date'
has yet been announced when.
Mr. Miller, Premier William
'Davis, • and Clinton
representatives will meet..
The ten-da.y' period expires---•
next Monday'.
Miler closes...
(continuedfrompage Ir , 3,000 pupilsin the area are
:threatened with the closing of
Clinton's emergency,.
facilities. '
below -the provincial average.
Clinton Mayor Don Symons
saidthat, council was fully per. John Oestreicher of
:behind the protest movement Clinton said that community
and had given the Clinton support was as important to
• • Concerned Citizen's, Com patient recovery as good
• rnittee office space in • the ,•health care, and with patients
town hall in the former police health ' `to be hospitalized far
office. ' The . phone number',if •from home, . the patients"
48� 787'' morale will be badly
He recommended that each weakened:
person Write a personal letter Many of,those present 'were
to Premier Davis and Mr: " rriaved' tip tears by a "song -
Miller
cpointing '.out •the written and composee by
necessity of the,hospiive Barb Hodgins of-Vanastr:a on
"We have been given the the' closing of the hospital.
• cha"hen.ge to show that C>inton the song decried tclosing.
has ont of the 'best`liospital•s •of the hospital and cthe
closing
death' of a resident: during a
snowstorm because .Clinton '
-was closed and they couldn't
reach Goderich hospital.
:in the province and we can set
an. example for he rest *Attie
• province to. follaw,"' Mayor
Symons said: ,
On the panel were hospital
administrator Do -ug_
Coveritxy, . board -president '
Art- Aiken, New De'rnocrat'ic:
n 64�.•,efur.ka
of London, Mayor Don.
S'y.mons; Huron -Bruce MP.P
Murray Gaunt, Hurb"h-
The winn'rs of the first draw of the Slfto Bonspie,1 held: •
Saturday at the Maitland Colf and Country Club .were .(from
left) .Jim Bell, lead,. John MacKinnon, second, :Jack
MacKigndn, vice and Mike Thomas, skip: The'. foursome
edged out the winners of :the second.draw.:by a half point to
claim the overall.charnpionship'of the daylong bon'spiel.
(staff photo)
(cont.l ued frons. page 1
They wa ted 30 Cents a -mile
travelling expenses to ,and
from the course, an increase
of 10 cents a mileand wanted
the town to pay:for all text
books needed -as- well asthe
tuitionCosts now, Paid,
The•associa-tidn requested a
10, e•ents,.' per ,houe shift
premium:for officers working.
- • .from • folly' in the . afternoon'
until midnight and 20 cents an
hour from midnight 'until •
•eight ' in' the mbrning and
asked for two constables to be ,
assigned together on the night
shift. .. ,
The vacation xirne under
the association requests
would mean that an officer.
would get .three: weeks paid
ti n after a year's sb'r-
•vice, folly weeks after five
• years.and five weeks after 12
y.ears'service. The Men would
also get a $200- bonus for
taking their vacation between
October and March. • They
would be •paid.tinie anda•.half
for' Working ' :statutory •
holidays -and would` receive
fol,rr days off either at
Christmas or New' •Years
meaning ' no officer 'would
have to work both'holidays.
The association -asked for,
'an annual salary of $8,200 for
the,. civilian secretary that
`.works in the police office, '
Police (thief King settled --
for an eight percent increase
on his 1975 salary plus a•cost
of living clause'. The chief is
not governedby the contract
his men have with the Town
of Goderich. .
:ang- rove •
.-y►rns.
Consumer and Corporate.
Affairs Minister Andre
Middlesex MPP Jack Riddell, Ouellet . and , Health •and. •
hospital chief .of staff. "17r.: Welfare 'Minister Marc .1
Brian Baker; ,and Hamilton Lalonde todayissued a joint
east MP'1� (N.DP) •Bob. warning' that a •. yarn
suspected of -•--carrying an:
McKenzie.
thrax organisms has been
• Mr; McKenzie said the • imported into. Canada. The
hospital • :closings make no • problembecame known Feb:
sensewhatever" and ' in,6, 1976.
- reality would only save ^the . -Anthrax is predominantly'
government $10• million, "not an animal disease, but
.including the. welfare _ and . humans may acquire it from
uri'mployment insurance handling infected •'animal
,:••benefitsthat ,have to be paid material. it usually appears
out to the fired workers:'" as a skin infection in the form
He called the closings of'a'boil or ca•rbi ncle, with a
absolutely "ludicrious.'' , black center and is resistant •
Before the panel to home medication. The''
discussion; the standing room . disease, however, -.responds
only crowd hearda myriad.of readil.y to treatment with
reasons • for saving the , antibiotics. •
.:hospital from' a.dozen area - : The suspected yarn has
residents. .• • been importedfrom •Pakistan
Jim Armstrong of -Clinton and was' distributed by Tahki -
• said there were•750 persons in : Imports%Limited of New York
the area over 55 years whose `.and Creative Har Weavers -
• health would be jeopardized of California. The .s.uspect
with the hospital closed. yarn has been exported into -
Ken Walker of Clinton, who Canada• by these companies
has two, artificial legs, said he since. mid -1975.
wouldn't be alive today: if 'it , A combined investigation
wasn't for the ,proximity of involvingthe Department of
the hospital. Consumer and ' Corporate
' Huron 'County board` 'of Affairs, Health and Welfare
education director John Canada and Agriculture
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