The Huron Expositor, 1984-09-05, Page 7FAMILY
Health care reform needed urgently
BY cIACK RITDDELL
The recent report of the Task Force on the
Alloccation of Mealth Care Resources,
confirms what the Ontario Liberal Party have
been arguing for more than two years; our
health care system is in urgent need of major
reform.
The recommendations made by the Task
Force to the Canadian Medical Association
are consistent with deficiencies we have
documented in recent years, ,• from the
over -institutionalization of senior citizens, to
the lack of provision of mental health care
and the strain on existing hospital beds
which is leading to great hardship for many
people in Ontario.
It is worth noting testimony at the recent
inquest into the death df 47 -year-old Mrs,
Abshez at the Sunnybrook Medical Centre in
May. Dr. Charles Tator, head of the Centre's
neurosurgery ward, blamed her death on
failure to admit her earlier as a patient --due
to the critical bed shortage in Ontario
hospitals.
The doctor's comments are a condemna-
tion of the health care system as it now exists
in this province. "This should not happen in
this day and• age; there should be improved
access to hospital bed availability...The
source of the problem and the solution are
beyond the doors of Sunnybrook," he said.
You will no doubt recall that we have
documented similar concerns and have
raised these issues in the Ontario Legisla-
ture numerous times over the past two
years. We have talked about the bed
shortage crisis in Ottawa, Kingston, London
and elsewhere. We have expressed grave
concerns about the lack of mental health care
and adequate medical personnel for people
in our Northern communities. On every
occasion, the health minister of the day
downplayed the extent of the problem.
In its study of Ontario's health care
system in the spring of 1982, the Liberal
Task Force warned, There is a time bomb
ticking in Ontario - a time bomb which most
Ontartans cannot hear - yet the impending
explosion in our medicare system threatens
each and everyone of es. There is a very real
possibility by the year 1985, health care as
we now know it could be a fond and fading
memory. '
Surely, now that an independent group
has confirmed the validity of these observa-
tions, the government of Premier Davis has
an obligation to initiate the major reforms
we have recommended.
In no area is this move vital than in the
care of our senior citizens. In our submission
to the Task Force last Jan, Liberal leader
David Peterson said that "few jurisdictions
tend to institutionalize their aging citizens
more than Ontario." He continued:
"To our mind, this is a condemnation of
current practices and should alert us to a
deepening problem as our population
continues to age.
'Some would suggest that the high level
of institutionalization is a positive sign of
caring. After all, don't we have lengthy
waiting lists of aging parents and grand-
parents seeking admission to homes for the
aged, nursing homes and chronic care
facilities?
"Others, however, could convincingly
argue that we are doing no more than
creating an elaborate warehousing system to
remove the elderly from our sight and mind.
"Whether you accept one argument or the,.
other, I would submit that too many senior
citizens are being institutionalized.
"The challenge facing us. is to create
options for living for our senior citizens."
Since that time, we have presented a
comprehensive plan entitled 'Options for
Living," which itemizes 13 steps to reverse
the trend toward institutionalization and to
ensure that senior citizens live with dignity
and with the highest quality of care.
We agree wholeheartedly with Joan
Watson, Chairman of the CMA's task force
"There is no guarantee that putting more
money into the system is necessarily the best
way of improving health care," she said.
Our studies have shown that the realloca-
tion of existing resources would improve
service to the people of Ontario in many
ways. In the case of care for seniors, public
expenditures would actually be reduced, by
lowering the number of seniors who are
occupying high cost places in institutions.
Should the history of the Davis years later
repeat itself, we can expect the Premier to
receive the Watson Report with a promise to
give it careful study. He might even promise
tr further investigation of health care in
Ontario.
Time for such procrastination, however, is
at an end. The problems within Ontario's
health care system have been fully docu-
mented. What is urgently needed is the will
to act.
Obituaries
THE HURON EXPOSITOR, SEPTEMBER 6, 1964 - A7
ETHEL TREMBLE
Ethel Pearl Tremble, (the former Ethel
Hopper), of Gorrie, died Monday Aug 27, at
the Wingham and District.Hospital. She was
85.
Predeceased by husbands Wesley
Tremble (1976) and George Mee (1937), she
is survived by one daughter Audrey, Mrs.
Cameron Carswell, of Harriston; two sisters
Florence, Mrs. Art Petrie, of Harriston and
Mrs. Blanche Elliott, of Listowel; two
brothers, John, of Yukon and Alfred of H.C.
Resting at the Gorrie Chapel of M.L.
Watts Funeral Homes, funeral was held
Aug. 29. Rev. S. Gates officiated. lntermTt
in Fordwich Cemetery,
Pallbearers were William A. Smith,
Harvey Elliott, Reg Dickie, Russell Ruttan,
Norm Fairless and Jasper Farrish.
JOHN SPELR •
John Norman Speir, of Huronview and
formerly of Blyth, died in Huronview
Monday, Aug. 27. He was 86.
He is survived by several nieces and
nephews.
Resting at the Brussels Chapel of M.L.
Watts Funeral Homes, the funeral was held
Wednesday, Aug. 29 at 2 p.m. Interment in
Brussels Cemetery. Rev. T.A.A. Duke
officiated.
Pallbearers were Tom Miller, John
McArter, Jim Bowman, Cliff Walsh,
Graham Work.,and Bill Elston.
GENEVIEVE HORTHY
Genevieve Horthy, the former Genevieve
Noecker died on Thursday, Aug. 30. She was
71.
Predeceased by husbands Carl Horthy and
David Hornell, she is survived by her sister,
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She was also predeceased by one brother
Alton and one sister Audrey Berscht.
Funeral sgrvice was held in Toronto on
Tuesday, Sept. 4. Interment in Mount
Pleasant Cemetery.
PETRONELLA VAN DONGEN
Petronella Van Dongen of Chatham died
at Heritage Manor, Blenheim on Tuesday,
Aug, 28. She was 79.
Predeceased by her husband Cornelius
Van Dongen in 1977, she is survived by five
'daughters, Corrie, Mrs. John Koppes of
Raleigh; Cathy, Mrs. Rene Geotheyn of RR
6, Dresden; Nellie, Mrs. Cornelius Vander
Pryt of RR 1, Dublin; Toni, Mrs. Tony Van
Rommel of 'Merton; and Mary, Mrs. Wilfred
Van Waes of RR 2, Ridgetown; three sons,
Frank xif •RR 1 Auburn; Peter and Cornelius,
both of RR 2, Tilbury; 29 grandchildren and
four great grandchildren.
Rested at the T. Brady Hinnegan Funeral
Home, Chatham, funeral mass was held at
St. Agnes Church on Thursday, Aug. 30.
Interment in St. Anthony's Cemetery.
HANK McDOUGALL
Harry (Hank) McDougall of RR 2,
Bluevale died at Victoria Hospital, London
on Tuesday, Aug. 28. He was 52.
Survived by his wife, the former Fiona
Edward, he is also survived by his mother,
Lillian, Mrs. Leslie McDougall of RR 3,
Wingham; two sons, Jini and Troy, both at
home; three brothers, Reg of North
Burnaby, B.C.; Jack of Ingersoll; Bill of
Forest; two sisters, Shirley, Mrs. Ted Poston
of RR 2, Wingham; and Dorothy, Mrs. Bob
Ruttan of RR 3, Wingham.
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HOW MUCH ABOUT DEATH
CAN A CHILD UNDERSTAND?
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understands little nl death and seem'. 10
he disturbed about ,t for only a short
time or for short mteryals
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guilt remembering past feelings and
quarrels with the deceased They will he
very much Influenced by the way In
which adults In the family hehaye
dUring the death and funeral
Of Lamnst Important., to children of any
age Is that they rPCPIye the support of a
loving adult to help sort out their
feelings assure them that they are In no
• way responsible for the death and
encourage them to share their feelings
with you
If you have a question feel free to
contact us Sometimes we ran be of help
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He was predeceased by his father, two
brothers and one sister.
Funeral service was held at the McBurney
Funeral Home, Wingham on Friday, Aug.
31. Interment in Wingham Cemetery.
Donations to the Canadian Cancer Society
would tie appreciated as expressions of
sympathy.
HELEN TUCKER
Helen (Jermyn) Tucker of Goderich died
Sunday, Sept. 2 at Alexandra Marine and
General Hospital, Goderich. She was 58.
Predeceased by husband William Tucker,
she is survived by two sons Elmer Jermyn,
of Goderich and Wayne Tucker of Dungan-
non; grandchildren Christopher, William
and Jennifer; one sister Alma Pinkney of
Seaforth; one brother Roy Jermyn of Toronto
and five step -grandchildren.
Resting at the McCallum Funeral Home,
Goderich, a private family service was held
at the funeral home Tuesday, Sept. 4.
Interment in Maitland Cemetery.
• Donations to the Canadian Cancer Society
would be appreciated as expressions of
sympathy.
HAZEL QMcCARTNEY
Hazel Q. (Woods) McCartney, of RR 4, St.
Marys, died Sunday Sept. 2, at St. Marys
Memorial Hospital, She was 88.
Predeceasedp by husband Ralph Mc-
Cartney (1960) and brother Victor (1980),
she is survived by two sisters Verda, Mrs.
Milton Borough, of Brantford and Esther,
Mrs. C.M. Brady, of Seaforth; and one
brother Norman Woods of Brantford. Also
surviving are geveral nieces and nephews.
Friends called at the Carrothers-Betzner
Funeral Home in Thamesford Monday and
funeral services were held there on Tuesday,
- Sept. 4. Pastor Ross Hargreaves officiated.
Interment in Kintore Cemetery.
RALPH HALES
Ralph Hales, formerly of Kilbarchan
Nursing 'tome, Seaforth, ' died at the
Riverglen .lursing Home, Sutton on Friday,
Aug. 31. He was 69.
Funeral service was held on Monday,
Sept. 3•atthe Whitney-Ribey Funeral Home,
Seaforth. Interment in Pinehill Cemetery,
Toronto,
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