The Goderich Signal Star, 1976-03-11, Page 13(continued from page 41 a=nd that by properly utilizing Wealth, Dare costs in
to °`co.operate with all •the • the beds which retinain open will re mai •• at a staggering
:hospitals "throughout .Huron, 'and providing • emergency -sun" . annuallY...Wi.th : im-
County to rationalize health facilities' in Clinton for "proving tec•hniques; a greater
services and,;to discuss the "citizens .there, the. county awareness: on the: part of
sha •ingi.of services as a Co -. could.. maintain an adequate Patients,: a: wider range .of•
ordinatedbasis:."'medioal. service with the procedures available to
. But• 1 am even More •tin. "•psyohiatric facility Smack in..; doctors and a broad'spectrum.
i e.
pressed . w th • :the following. ,the middle.. of the country, of •'gaeiJitl"es possible •for,
statement, the very one where. it would be,oentra1 for hospital workers, the •.costs
• 'which has. made AM&Gbeard all, , . must n'tount ' ; •
• out as' a' • bunch or. dun- .. After learningthis-week as • '. r eve.
Fo n adequate medical
derheadsinthe eyes of some, well that less than 40 per cent care to. he retained, there
.ta
. ' In' a press„ release; `'the ' of . the . people in, the Exeter mu "t.be• a ever' .. c ce
us g al ac eptan
hospital. -board said "With area. who are hospitalized are and 'understanding of some
full ,consideration of the hospitalized' in. South: 1- uron e monetary. restrictions. •And if
factors , contri1 uting to. the Hospital, Exeter,' and, -that Frank -"Miller and Bill Davis
excessive dollars being spent about 60 per cent of them go can halt even. some of the
ori health care in the county,. to London • for hospital .ser- over -lapping of services and
• and •hearing in mind . the vices, it seems feasible "that cutback sufficiently to
recommendations made in some alterations 's-ould .be provide adequate care for,
• relatively recent ar wide :i 'made in the Exeter situation decent saving,- the Ontarto-
studies, plus Wora7 _as well,without disrupting •. people =must be -prepared. to
• mendations of such reports as too nisch of the present habit, sacrifice apart of the pastfor
the Hastings Report, , .the of the people there. • - • a crack atthe future.
•
•Mustard Report etc.; the If this current. upset- over We've heard that the
Board of Governors of.AM&G
health care has :any. positive government s. -.cutbacks. are.
could not , rationalize a effects at. all, one of• them retrograde' steps and this
decision to support -bei.....;should bethat health con- may weir be true. The hard
closures in this hoseital, or on sumer.; doctors and hospital . truth may be, however, that
an area -wide basis: ' •
AM&G offered an ' alter-awar of their contribution have been provided.' in • the
native, one which the board toward the total medical care first place not because -they
felt would put Huron in :a 'scheme in Ontario. • weren't desirable, but purely
"leadership role regarding•It' is to be hoped that
. the implementation. of an patients •throughout Ontario.
innovative program of hearth.. • will realize that doctor's fees
care, which could be con-. and hospital ' costs are ..not
sidered as a progressive paid out ofSome .magical fund
community health centre." which is free, free, free. It is .•
•The suggestion was to ,necessary for all health care
transfer the. responsibility for consumers to know precisely
the administration of a 20 bed what it, costs.. to visit the (continued from• page 4) :
-acute psychiatric . unit, plus doctor, to have a cough patients and our doctors will•
the full . community mental ';checked -. at the local be driving needless miles all
health program to the, Board 'emergency ward, to•have an over Huron Countyfor
of Clinton. hospital, The xray, to undergo surgery; hospital'.care'that is already
recommendation • was that recuperate in hospital. and available, to us right here in
this unit be housed , i.n the perhaps stay one extra -day . out own town. -
newer section... of Clinton because it is More don= h. rPii ht add that on eight
hospital.... but; it was pointed g g
venient: � occasions this, winter it was
out, this would .have.. to ', be " , By the' same token, doctors difficult"enough to get to thea,
• agreeable to the across the province Should
. provincial ,Clinton Hospital let alone any
government. •
Furthermore, the board pf d "of the other hospitals ...in
. AM&•G'wee quite prepared to Huron County,.
support the -continuance of aWtiy, because of .'.the
discourage hospital care for iocation••I have
..• top flight emergency facility geographical s
pai==nts unless • it is clearly chosen to•.reside in," must I
at -Clinton Pius --a- four .to six indicated- for' specific -c -Pauses
bed holding unit with.lab and arid,;-fellow--Clinto#r Citizens
and cures. Doctors, too, must .agree to.accept.less value for
xrayfacili-ties. look to alternative methods of : our OHIP dollar:than other
The prepared statement providing ' adequate health Our
of Huron County. I
continued: "The location- of" care for their patients without just cannot understand why a
Clinton in the .'centre of the overtaxing existing facilities hospital which has been in
county makes, it an ideal and in some cases, perhaps-, existance for': 70 ears and
locale for such a •specialized �y
draining on ':OHIP funds for: offers total health. care :in;
service, and demanding• 'unnecess'ary visits '. and eluding Major surgery,
emergency' Medical care procedures. _• ' . (except- for specialized
facilities,,' However, ' the Hospital staffs everywhere serv•ices `-shtnild-sndti :
citizens• are close enough' to must' be ever .mindful that considered red nd
redundant.'
neighboring hospitals to gain • medical services, 'though. I- am a retired Registered
necessary in-patient care as vital, must be efficiently arid ." nurse and a•C.anadian citizen
required."' . . P economically administered, but -emigrated . • to Ontario
The final bit of reasoning . so as t'o" get the: greatest •from Britain. I have Worked
s his: that'b rd
-.was t the'beard of benefit (Aft of every. health.' and been a patient in both
AM&G recognizes thea .-care dollar. . countries and I consider that
desirability: ` of maintaining . It is easy for individuals to what you are doing in closing
area -wide health coverage, become indignant -when there hospitals is a.retrograde step,
increasing 'the efficiency of are charges that .the health. setting Ontario Health care
use of all 'facilities and care plan in Ontario has been • on the dots
some . facilities
staffs will be. moree--keenl fa 1 ties should never
ricer
become more,in tune with the
medical costs. 'picttre in
Ontario and ' tend to
making available necessary abused and misused. Some. • ..,aa tna
emergency and specialized will take 'such things much Britains health care is -
care to the residents;of Huron already taking.
too personally,. 'when the
County' where ” it is ..deemed intention'is merely to foster a Y-ours'respectfully;
- P g'Clinton. _. _ _:. -__._ ...-unified-and-Dons=sten--t- ffor-t , -.:. --.. _._...
Jack Riddell, MPP for . across the rovince amon all Margaret Coveny
o
Huron-Middlesex, has' said on persons involved in anyway
more than one occasion that with health care so. that the •
as long as there are hospital most cambe accomplishedlor Good response
beds available, doctors will the least.
fill them. Now; the board at And that, after all, is what
AM&G is saying essentially it wiil take. Even with the Dear Editor,
the 'same. thing - that greater , cutbacks, the - closures and The Goderich Police
efficiency could be practised the possible future cur- Association appreciates the•
at the' hospitals in the county tailments ands changes: response and respect of -the
citizens of -our Town and.
surrounding areas in regard
to our upcoming show, "Prof,
Miller's•Magic_C.i-rcus'' which
• • will be in Goderich on May
12th, 1976, at North Street
United Church.
It appears' as though the
show will be a sell out and as
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because they were .Out: of"bur
price range in the very real
sense of the words,
In short, some of our health
care •luxuries" are being.
repossessed: 1f -is hard to part
with :them, but there, maybe.
no way it, •
Mayor• "Deb• Shewfelt made
. the comment. Tuesday -af.-
ternOon • 'that ,in Goderich,.
there : is much worry and
concern over 'lost jobs. and
reduced health care facilities'.
And the mayor is,probably as
sorry as' anyone to see this
happen: or
But Mayor Shewfelt has a
positive attitude. He believes
that alternative's are open to
us, that adequate solutions
can 'be found and :that
Godrich's ecpnomic base is
solid enough •to-. permit
recovery from •the blow
suffered here.
I shaa re that w vie and look
to the years ahead with the
kind or excitement, that
Columbus :must have•' felt
when hestarted
to sailacross
sso
the„ocean toward the point
where everyone said he would
fall off the world.
CiODCRICH SIGNAI; TAIL,TRUl SDAY; MARCS 11,19
Committee to underta
Goderich town cohnotl• prepare the: study ..until the, Mr: W11 recozin ,ended that
approved . a heritage study. appropriate funds .had been. :, the study include five basic
report from the Architectu=ral raised. Upon completion and areas of Study. These, include
C -r•v a on Ad vt6'or�. approval of the studan a district stud balding
1
" Committee� . � Y study,' a ui ding;
t that will require ;amendment to the official study, community par -
the town to seek grants: ,and° 'plan Will be, required to in-- - tcipation, heritage ' policy
• contributions to finance' the : corporate the policy ..ob, proposals and o' -'priority
stud :. ectives a • -
y j . and the iiia- financing and i.m-
• The Committee has asked . plementation . Procedures:: f plementation, .
council to pass abylaw under the study. - o Council also a raved e
PP th
the: Ontario; Heritage .'Act to
examine : the designation of:
'T e
h
Sure '
a
bounded l
q
e
Y
Nlso'
n
Vic
tpria ...,• add
���
Waterloo; Streets and` Elgin .`
tor s
appointment to fihe• opt,
nnittee,,'that include Dorothy.
Wallace, Mrs, R, C wt° �eil-0
• Joan Van :pen Bree He
`Breckenridge, eroy
Harrison and Don=. Croft.
'Huron : County; Planper Gary
Davidson acts as secretary of
the committee
Avenue: as. a Heritage Cr!-o'r The: first _Meeting of ,wheel : and ',.'zip, Colours
servation District under the :Tayl'er's Corners "A Touch of .sh'p•wing their ; "learning
provisions 'of the Heritage' 'Stitchery" took, place on stitches;" •
Act. SaturdayFebruary 8' t e The , second rn.eetin
ary 2, a M s. g.• of
Nick Hill was engaged to de Boer's home. Taylor's Corners 4H took
prdpare of reference , Having filled , out the' place on Friday, March 5,' at
a Heritage Conservation registration sheet the club Mrs. de. Boer's home;
District plan for The Square had the election of the officers Five girls answered the roll
and s tbse���uent to the. report with the following results: call of "The,learning .st=y,
itwas,bel:i'eved, such a .study. President, Lynne Hildebrand',
ches:'article have chosen to
could cost $5,000. The .: Vice -President and Press makeandwhy",
commit -tee intends- to ap- Reporter Karen Rodges,Business. included thinking
• proach ;the Ministry, ''of Secretary, Marjorie de Boer, about'a name.for,ou club for.
Housing for a grant of 75 per Treasurer, Vicky Oke, rtext meeting and the
The: 'rest of the 'business •
included a name for the club
and our next meeting. Mrs. de
®lite
Boer and Mrs. Hildebrand
' ��
cent under .the .Community
Planning
study Grant
Program while the rem=aining
25 per cent would come froth
the Ministry of Culture and
ec
R reation and the town.
The motion passed by the
committee stated that con-
sultants would mit be. hired to
discussed the sampler and
1 h
.choice . article was also
several
al„a
discussed. Mrs.'Hildebrand
also discussed the colour The . . Goderich Police
earning stitches. The free
ay's healthcare su�
but not hospitals. Wakeup
and Stop them.
• They send doctors_over to
other countries to helpthe
people build hospitals . and
care for the sick. Are we
"'going to let an irresponsible
government'' dictate' such
terrible things.
Are we going to let our. sick.
•- die, before we wake up? It
isn't going to help the poor to
close the hospitals: There are
ways to save money and we
must have "health'
programmes but don't let our.
sick_ people down by sitting
welcoming :of . a new club,
•- member.
Discussion held a wide
• interest for,,the girls ',with a
colour harmony discussed by ;.
both• Mrs.• de" Boer anti Mrs,
Hildebrand,'
Demonstration was in-
▪ teresting with all the girls
beginning .their sampler and•
' `learning stitches-."
Next meeting will be °on
Monday, March 22 at Mrs. de,
Boer's home at 7:00.
estigate:
cCI
cots •
vehicles driven by Barry
Mohring, -'198 Keays St,
• Goderich and Bruce Stoll, RR
6 Goderich. The. Mohring..
vehicle was. parked on the
Square ' but jumped out of
gear and reversed from its
parking position when it was
struck by the Stoll vehicle.
A. two -car collision on
March 7 resulted in a 'total
damage estimate of $330 to
vehicles driven by Gerald:
Vanstone, RR 2 Goderich and
Robert; Burroughs, 200 Strang
Court, Goderich. There were
n,Qinjuries. `.
During the ;past .week the
• Goderich Police..Department
laid 12'charges under the
Liquer. Licence• API,. 17. under:..:..
the' Highway Traffic F.ct- and
one under the Criminal Cgde
of Canada. -. •
Department' reported a busy
week as they: -investigated
• eight accidents;'five of which
• resulted in .major damage
e�'] erstirrmtesd
�! hll2 A two -car collision on
March 4 on Blake Street
• res.ulted in' a -total 'damage
snow vehicles often can get keep all•five Huron County estimate' .of $1,000. to vehicles
the victim to .the nearest hospitals open, after whichin owned by Bryan Baer and
hospital and save a life. With consulatation with the Huron Don Armstrong, both', of
Clinton Hospital closed our County Council it can be Goderich. There.were no
people cannot reach a decided how the.total cut injuries.
Wingham . ' or ' • Goderich required can be best spread A vehicle driven by Russell
hospital by snow vehicle.; across the county. Only then a Archer, : 275 Raglan .. St.
It is 'generally agreed that -date for the cut would be set. ' Clinton collided with a -hydro
large Ontario Hospitals are Yours truly, pole on Huron_lkoad oh March
over -utilized .by some twenty . : Adrian Vos., President 3 and resulted in $400 damage.
percent, so a.cutback of beds HURON COUNTY to both the vehicle and' the
FED'ERATIO'N pole. There :were. rio infuries..._.
OF AGRICULTURE A collisfon en :the.Square on
March 5 involving a parked
, car caused $750 damage to
in all. of Huron County would.
not be too great a hardship if •.
out medical. doctors would be
more. discretionary in the
stage or' type of disease that: • NFU o •Ofieci
requires. : hospitalization. ' .�
Hal b - —Howeverr even:the rbitr r per
figure' .of four beds'•
Avery Concerned citizen thousandresidents wen
•
applied to summer residents
Dear Editor, takechai ®nsh'
®. ' • .
p
On February 26, 1976 the . Lakers , ..
b
-and tourists who number in
the tens of thousands along
FO.f 'A'Opp osed the shores .of Lake Huron,
'could mean that the bed
AN OPEN,LETTER . cutback shofridn't' be as
TO BILL DAVIS . drastic ,as proposed: On:top of
Dear Mr. Davis : this tlie, patients from neigh -
We, . the members of the : bouring- counties as B'ruce,
Huron' County Federation of Perth. and • Middlesex as well
Agriculture comprising• as •Lambton in the. Grand
approxiinately; 2200 in- Bend _area should be con-
dividual service members of sidered. •
the Ontario . Federation • of The economic impact on,
Agriculture, plus an ad- the.. town "of Clinton will. be
ditional 1200 Huron County considerable'; Once before 'a
c Whenthe
:'members speak with a united blow • was'stru k
voice for an estimated' Federal Government closed
' number of. over 15,000 farm the. -..Air' Training • 'Base at
people in Huron County: Vanastra, -but not as serious
-At our Directors meeting as this closing would be, as
and at ` additional general ' the base had a great deal of
membership meetings it was their own shopping facilities.
- unanimou"sTy.decidea''te' rally.-- The-HospiTal- now yrs-Cli-n=
behind the Clinton Public ton's largest employer and
promised,; . persons holding
advance tickets are assured
seating,Bring the family and..
enjoy our fantastic magic
sl=ow. There arereserved
'
o
seats, so arrive early :foc best.
choice • '
If you have not yet mailed
the cheque for your pledges
please send same to P.O. Box
• 442., "Goderich f Ontario. Again
we express our thanks to you:
•
The, Police Association
•
Stir to action
Dear Editor,.
I would like to stir the
people up into action about all
these hospital closures.
Everybody is' going to have too,
open their eyes.
This government,has such a
lust for power that they are
playing politicsat the ex- ,
pease' of our siek people.
These ,community hospitals
were built and
fur
ni
shed:b
y
c6mmunitsmoney and they
are all needed, rrxs't the -Other
night a young boy was rushed
to ' Clinton -Hospital for
oxygen; If he couldn't get it
there he would have died.
Every hospital can keep a
tight budget, even close beds,
Hospital and the Huron the closing : would almost
County Government in its certainly • mean'the closing.
efforts to keep the hospital and diminishing of• many
opento serve the ••not only other businesses.. -The far -
urban', but also rural tom- ming community relies•for' a
munity in ourcounty. ,great deal of their purchase's
We are deeply: concerned on the . towns in our com-
that livesof our; members and ( rnunities' and the 'decline and •
• their families as well as those loss of our towns and villages. .
'of the urban .:pepplewill be .. has, been -of -great concern
seriously 'jeopardized ifyou across all of Canada..
•
:.let-_ the • Minis-tr-y--ef--He:a-1th— ----HoWean-anyone-indpe
proceed with the closing. As retiring' people to locate in
you are undoubtedly aware- " bur towns and villages if the
that' the accident rate in the medical facilities', which they
farm industry' is among the or all people need. most have
highest of any industry, the disappeared? Where -then is.
additiorfal time to reach the saving to Ontario's
medical. facilities can in budget, if a few •hundred'.
many cases mean the dif- thousand: is' , saved on the
ference between 'life and hospital°andrevenue from the
yr community.' decreases
death or betweenthe savingby
or loss of a limb. possibly double the amount
•.. Our. Huron County farmers saved, •
'have always considered the Mr. Davis, we cannot help
five relatively small hopsitals but think that Mr. Miller is
in Our county .as` a unit with using the Clinton Public
five: different buildings. As Hospital in a bid to•gain.the
such • some 'have. different • reputation of "Champion of •
_ r r•ns' n
e r i . •Pro a
en n R s nt
equipment ttha t a
and m
a g
facilitiesqu P •
have others. Clinton,: as the, areas 'where the real situation
central hospital, has the heart is not known.:Itacould also be
unit, dialysis unit and modern.. that Mr. Miller uses the
operating room. " pragmatic approach ' which
All areas of the county have was so severely criticized -by
approximately. equal the ,Conservative Parties
distances,'to travel to teach across the -country, by only
this unit. We don't need to ... looking ,at the'fn-ap of Ontario,
point out the •urgency of without being concerned with
immediate lett. and facilities the wellbeing of the humans'
• available when•heart trouble involved:
strikes. Again, as with the In, , either case; Mri
case of farm accidents , fast Premier, we trust that you
access is' essential. '-`The will take a good look at the
Honorable ivlr. Miller very ; deeper consequences of the.
apparently has never con- case and not from a purely,
sidered that in a snowbelt .. political point of 'view. If you.
• area, there are ,several days do, we are convinced that you
each winter when the roads will .-reverse the decision
i ler
d'e b M
I
aresnow. ur m Mr
bl ed byO a
oc
k
main highways, no, 4 and �. `Mitt of all give ins more.
8 are particularly infamous time, and we will resolve
for their drifting snow. The iii��ternal'rivaiiies ourselves,
snout -in ,period here as in the Even if' we' would fail to
cities, usually produces more resolve • our internal"
thin the normal :number of: problems, we. would request.
heart attacks. Emergency that you direct Mr. Miller ton
National Farmers Union of
Region 3(Ontario) made a
submission to the Ontario
Government. One of the
many items brought up was
-Medical and Health Care:
"The National Farmers
Union is shocked and con=
cerned :by the recent public
revelation that your gover-
nment intends. to , cut ex-
pendituresThn public health
care by $50. million.
"Implicit in -these: policies
is the closure of several
smaller hospitals; including
The Goderich Lakers -with-1-4-points-and teammate
captured the South Huron .• Casey Wildgen added 10.
Basketball League cThe-Lakersse-njoyed a- :C=ost
Intermediate • Men's
g ham- . successful season losing bnly
pionship Monday as ...they one game' to Clinton during
hammered Clinton 72-29. the regular schedule.
• This weekend the Lakers
Warren Watt- add Brian are entered in OSA piayoffs -
MacKenzie. led. the Lakers in Niagara. Falls and meet'
offence with.. 16.points 'apiece. Woodstock on. Friday night at
Dave Carruthers chipped. in 8:30p.m.
OMA president says
some for the chronically ill
and many. of which we an-
ticipate
n- public
'ci ewillbe inareas
tl at should
P
rural
presently serving
people. We submit that such
cuts in expenditures, will not,:
in ..reality, represent true.
s,aviCigs_:to the_._gover_nme.nt,
but rather .represent -,.a
transfer of costs from 'one
locality to another. .
"We believe that health
care, in general, and par-
ticularly for the chronically
ill, is more humanitarian
when decentralized in such a
way as to enable patients. to
remain within their .' own
communities and accessible
to friends and relations.
e tJie- -" A -more -legi ti mate-rneans
towards reducing the cost of
public health expenditures
can, we :•believe, occur
e si'a
through . • mphas ,s o n and
practice of, programs • of
preventative health care
which willencourage within
citizens greater levels of
personal concern through
Periodic checkups and
Seeking of early diagnostic
treatment of uncommon
symp tons which they may be
experiencing.
"Ontario citizens are
among the most highly taxed
in Canada for. Medical Care
Services. We. believe the
proposed cut on health ser-
vices proposed by your
government is not only
regressive but unwarranted.
and should beaccordingly
abandoned.
"The National; Farmers
mon is a grass roots direct
membership organization of
farm families who volun-
tarily pay an annual mem-
bership fee: Policy is made by
local delegates to the national
policy Convention held an-
nually," •
G. Austin
k!:!th: to spend
. If the public doesn t...wantt'
the .quanti.ty and quality of
their . health -care reduced,
politicians will have to
realign their.. spending
priorities, Dr. Manning L;
Mador, past president of the
Ontario Medical Association,
told the Downtown Toronto
Lions Cl ib recently. •
• • Responding :•to statements
by politicians that too much
_.mon.ey. Is_ hri—nng spent on,
health care Dr. Mador said
"we should spend on: health
the amount of - money the
Public wants to spend." •He
suggested that before cutting
down the governmenth .ealth
• budget, • the- public 'should
have been asked. "whether
they would be willing to pay
increased prem'iunis or a
patient participation fee or
increased. taxes" to maintain
present services.
Ur. Mador :said . he didn't
accept the thesis of. political
economists that health care is
consuming.a dispropor.t•i•onate
amount of public funds: He
'quoted Hon Marc Lalonde,
minister...of national health
and :welfare...us saying that
Ontario's; health-related.
expenditures represent the
same • proportion of the
provincial budget -today as
'they.' did in pre -medicare
days. And the citizens= of
Ontario spent the same
petcentage of :their personal
income - one and one -Ralf
percent - on physicians
services in 1973 as they did in
1969,. ,
He. criticized the ',federal
government for "trying. to
•
Get it off. your -chest!
Write your opinion today
isn't.yet, too :late, but it soon .•
maybe.
back out of its financial
commitments after "using
every .means up. to and in-'
cluding political blackmail to
force the provinces into
medicare'.:
Ottawa • has left ' •€he
provinces the choice " of
.nutting services to keep -costs
down- or increasing .the
provincial share cif costs,.
"either by.,raising premiums
-or d-i-g-g-irrg -deeper--into
general revenues to make-up
the 'deficits .or both", Dr.
Mador said. :'The: Ontario- .
has governmenta chosen to,•
slash health costs by reducing
services, •• So medical fees•
are down acrd hospitals are
closed.". .
If the Ontario Government
wants to cut down on -spells . -,
ding it should • look to other
items in the budget such as ,
highways. buildings', justice;
welfare, or "pare down the
monstrous bureaucracy that'
has been built µp, not only at
Queen's Park but throughout'.
the province". He said it was
government`s responsibility
"to' use -public- funds where
-the public wants theni•us•ed,
not where the bureaucrats
and planners Want them
used
"We have a superb health
Pa=re •system •in Canada", 'Dr.
Mador said, "and it must not
he'sacrificed on the altar of
political planning. We d'on's
want our Canadian system' to
fallto thelevel of the National
Health Service in Britain or of
the socialized service in •
Sweden wnich•have destroyed
•the doctors' incentive to
strive for excellence and have
niade't eni responsible -to the.
state rather than to 'their
patients: -This is the message
the••x itizetis of, Ontario should
be sending to,, th;cir°
representatives at ' Queen's •.
Park and Parli.ameat Hill. It •