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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 1111 Beef e • OVEN -:SHORT RIB ONLY TENDER AST. BEEFL..69C. LEAN GROUND CHUCK i0 LBs. 79c LB. TOP - M STEER ROUND STEAK & ONLY • RUMP LB. ' .4 ESS CENTRE SIRLOIN, FRONT Ai STEER LB 51.58 (Tin REEF CUT FREE INCLUDES 15-18. STEAKS LB. 69c MADE FRESH DAILY FRESH• SAUSAGES hl� „ 10 LBS. LB • 69c FRESH OYSTERS, SHRIMPS,,LOBSTER.TAILS AINSVE-MARKET UNWED ALL 524-8551 Dressed tni ected Meuts et 'Wholesa•le Prices Home11111111111111111101.11 p ..-_ l ' Sh1rdt ; , X;eiier 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 •