WHITBY FREÉ PRESS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL22 197 PAGE 9 Whitby General Whitby General Heartbeat, a co- lumn about Whitby General Hospital, appears in The Free Press every two weeks. By BRIAN WINTER The operation and promotion of the Whitby General Hospital are the responsibility of the management committee of the Board of Governors, consisting of the president, vice-president, treasurer, chairman of property and planning and one other gover- nor. The duties of management com- PETER EBERLEE mittee include exèrcising the full power of the board in al matters of emergency, and reporting on these actions at the next board meeting. The management committee is authorized to study, advise òr make recommendations to the board on any matter as directed by the board. It makes recommendations on methods of interpreting the hospital's rules so they will be willingly accepted by staff, patients and visitors. The committee establishes a program to earn for the hospital public understanding, acceptance and support and outlines the public relations' methods and techniques to be employed by the hospital. This function includes the establishment of effective links Role of management committee with the press, radio and television representatives in the Whitby area. For example, one of management committee's public relations efforts is this column in the Whitby Free Press which star- ted on April 1 and will be published every two weeks to inform Whitby residents about the operation of their general hospital. The chairman of the Board of Governors for 1985-87 and of management committee is Peter Eberlee, a resident of Whitby for 21 years. A graduate in civil engineering from the University. of Toronto in 1956, he is a principal in Totten Sims Hubicki Associates, engineers, architectsand planners. His duties for the hospital include presiding at meetings of the board and the hospital corporation, chairing meetings of the management committee and ser- ving as an ex-officio member of all other committees. He represents the hospital at public functions and in represen- tations to the Durham District Health Council, and is in charge of a general review of the execution of board policy by the hospital ad- ministration. BILL WALLACE A member of the Whitby General Hospital Board for six years as of June 1987, Eberlee is former chairman of the property and plan- ning committee and of the building committee for the second floor renovation in 1984. He is also a board member and past president of Trafalgar Castle School, president of the Canadian PAT WILCOX Cancer Society (Whitby branch) and former board member and treasurer of Whitby Arts Inc. Vice-president of the Board of Governors is Bill Wallace, Whitby's Town administrator. A five-year member of the board, he is president of the Hospital Foundation, vice-chairman of the management committee and member of the finance, public relations and joint conference committees. He is also past treasurer of the board and past chairman of the finance committee. A resident of Brooklin for 22 years, Wallace has served as a director and property committee chairman of Trafalgar Castle School, director and Peter Perry Award chairman for the Whitby Chamber of Commerce, vice- president of the Manchester Com- munity Credit Union, director of the Durham Housing Authority, member of the Whitby Rotary Club and chairman of senior citizens' housing for Brooklin. Chairman of property and plan- ning for Whitby General Hospital is Pat Wilcox, a resident of Whitby for 25 years and winner of the Peter Perry Award as Whitby's outstan- ding citizen for 1975. Her current duties are to review hospital plans and the maintenance of such plans. Her other duties in her five years on the hospital board include chairman of the public relations and finance committees. Wilcox is the only elected woman on the Board of Governors of the Whitby General Hospital. She has served three years as president of the hospital auxiliary and has been a member of the auxiliary's executive committee for 10 years. In addition to her work for the Whitby General Hospital, Wilcox is a director of the Durham Region YMCA's CSO program for placing HUGH SWAIN young offenders into the com- munity. The treasurer and chairman of the finance committee for the Whitby General Hospital is Hugh J. Swain, a professional engineer for 14 years and a 24-year resident of Whitby. He resides in Ashburn. A former chairman of the proper- ty and planning committee for the hospital, Swain was chief electrical engineer at Andrew Antenna in Whitby for 14 years. He served the company for two years as sales and DONALD FLEMING marketing manager and is curren- tly in his ninth year as president of Andrew Antenna. The fifth member of the Whitby General Hospital management Committee is Donald J. Fleming, president of Fleming Realty in Toronto and a Whitby resident for 54 years. He is a member of the public relations committee, former chairman of the resources commit- tee and preceded Peter Eberlee as president of the Board of Gover- nors. Management committee mem- bers come from many professions and all are longterm residents of Whitby who contribute their exper- tise and knowledge to management of the hospital between board meetings. Lifeline -little box saves lives It's a lightweight little box, worn like a necklace, that could save lives. Known as "Lifeline," Whitby General Hospital last week became the first hospital in Durham Region to begin the personal emergency response system. "I think it's great," says Millie Trelford, the first Whitby resident to receive the system. "This little thing is like having somebody at home with me all the time." MILLIE TRELFORD shows the necklace and button box that make up part of the Lifeline project in- troduced by Whitby General Hospital. When help is needed, day or night, a button on the box is pushed to send a call for help. That activates a unit in the home of the client. The unit automatically dials the emergency response cen- tre at the hospital. Hospital person- nel then begin calling the home to see what help is needed. If there is no reply, they call "responders" - friends, neighbors or relatives who live nearby and have access to the home. "I think it's a wonderful asset to have in the community," Peggy Primeau, project coordinator, said recently at a gathering to in- troduce and explain the program. Primeau is also discharge plan- ning coordinator at the hospital and says Lifeline helps that planning. "I find it as a good extension of the discharge system role," she said. Lifeline was previously featured on the television program market- place which analyzed the program in Calgary. The system was in- troduced in Peel Region in January. Lifeline is seen as particularly important for the peace of mind of the elderly, ill or handicapped, and their families. Trelford says it also provides in- dependence to the user. Family and friends of users also benefit. Each unit costs $700, and Whitby General Hospital has 24 of them. Two are being rented, one by Trelford and one by a Brooklin resident. The Rotary Club of Whitby donated $25,000 for the units, har- dware and training programs. "We saw the Lifeline project as a fine way and an appropriate way to continue our activities," said Bryan Davies of the club's con- tinuing work to support services for the elderly or handicapped. "It will provide a service to people who need it." He said word about the project now has to get out to other areas. Primeau said the cooperation of many people was required to laun- ch the program in Whitby. The cost to subscribe to a unit is $25 for installation and the first month's rent and $19 per month. Primeau said Lifeline would be a good choice as a gift for a birthday, Council approves bingo increase Under the 'I'for 'Increase' - $267. That is how much the average 13- week license is going to increase for organizations who hold bingos. Whitby council made the in- crease law at a meeting last Mon- day night. The average fee will in- crease from $118 to $385. The new fee represents an initial fee nf two per cent for the prizes awarded on the first date of the bingo series and $27 for each sub- sequent bingo. The new fee will come into effect when an organization applies to renew its license, which must be done every 13 weeks. or Mother's or Father's Day. 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