Page 4, Whitby Free Press, Wednesday, June 5, 1996 SOGH co-chair seeks seat on hspital or IP oR IIUITad fhr a4 w fio.J%.. Lf Â1&u- . - --l-- ". IVAAM AwWaDuiu Proponents of retairnng acute care services at Whtby CneraI Hospitai mayý have more input intohospital affairs. Save Our General Hospital (SOGH) co-chair JoAnne Prout i8 one of nine candidates running iur eiecton çnte nospitalsa board of directors later this month. Four directors wili be chosen at. the hospital's annuai meeting on June 19 at Heydenshore Pavi- lion, beginning at 7:30 p.m. Incumbents whose terms have r7th Annual Antique, Craft & Quit Show % Scugog Centre: Arena and Community Hall 1655 Reach Street~, Port Pry Ontario Dates & Admission inZeforati: Friday, June 7th - 10:00 arn to 8:00 Pmn- $2.0 (Crafts & Qui its - Arena ONLY) Saturday, June 8th - 10:00 arn to 5:00 prn $3.00 SnaJune 9th - 11:00 arn to 5:00 pm $3.00 ~,~nday > Children under 12 admitted f'ree e Bring your Fr. ticket stub back on elther Sat. or Sun. and pay only si For more info. contact (905) 985-8698 SEE US FOR ALL YOUR B.B.Q. GOODIESI .j Boee Sea Roast - SEE*US FRA£ 39 l 8.0k YOURPART Sti fryBec PLAT ER N EDS! $ 4.2 lb $9. 7 k E3ef & or Fodes . . Sadwc Steak s B nlÇsP r SEE US FOR ALL VOUR B.B.Q. GOODIES! c, I - I PUBUC N011CE THE REGIONAL MUNkCIPALITY 0F DURHAM LAKE ONTARIO WATERFRONT REPORT The Reglonal Munlclpality of Durham has prepared a Report which proposes an amendment to the Durham Regional Officiai Plan to incorporate new policies relaing to the Lake Ontario Waterfront. The Report proposes policies to achieve an active, attractive, healthy and accessble waterfront. The publc is invited to provide comments on the Report. Information sessions on the Report wiIl be held at: 1. Ajax Communlxy Centre, 75 Centennial Road, south of Bayly Street and east of Monarch Avenue, ln the Town of Ajax on Tuesday, June 25, 1996 at 7:00 p. m. 2. Jubisee Pavillon ln Lakeview Park 55 Lakevlew Park Road ln the City of Oshawa on Thursday, June 27, 1996 at 7:00 p.m. A copy of the Report Is available at the offices of the Planning Department. Further information may be obtained by contacting John Mchailidis of the Planning Department at (905) 728-7731, Toronto lino (905) 686- 1651, FAX (905) 436-6612, or write to: Durham Reglon Planning Department Box 623, 1615 Dundas Street East 4th Floolr, Lang Tower, West Building Whitby, Ontario Li N 6A3 Alex Georgleff, M.C.I.P., RFP.P. Commissioner of Planning expîrea and are seeking re-elec- tion te the 21-member board include current chair Jim Souch, Ma~ Lofthouse, Peter Spratt nd Moyra Dobson. T'hey are beingcballenged by PruGeorge Panelas, Norm ealing Oral* g Brown and ichard eston. ormer adminis- trator of Memoriai Hospital in Bowmanville. After two years of headinga the SOGH citizens' committee, Prout is making hier first attempt at capturing a seat on the hospitai board. «Initiaily, 1 believed that I could be more effective working from the outside," she said. "Now, I feel I can be more effectively mnternally. I want te ensure there's a responsive voie for the community on the board.» An outepoken foe of plans te convert the 27-year-old-hospital inte a rehabilitation treatment centre serving ail of Durham Region, Prout concedes that she may beý viewed as a single-issue candidate. But if elected, the former Dur- ham separate achool board trus- tee promises te judge ail issues on their menits. She does not intend te devote ail ber energy te SOGH's cause if given the nod by the bospital corporation's approzimately 750 eligible voting members. IImay start with that because Ithink everyone knows where I stand," said Prout. "But Fm not going on the board te make trouble. I think rm a somewhat broader person than that.» Insisting that she has «neyer» been opposed te the rehabili- tation proposai, «just the frame- work its couched in," Prout stili bolds* out hope for Whitby Generai Hospital keeping most, if mot ail, o f its acute care ser- vices. "(Ontario Health Minister) Jim Wilson bas mot signed on the dotted line," she noted. "Until Jim Wilson signs on tbe dotted lime, the issue is not dead.» Last Se tember Wilson [Ana eting and dinner June 19] The Whitbýy General Hospital annual general meeting wiil be heid on Wednesday, June 19,7:30 p.m., at Heydensbor Pavilion. Ail are wel come. Hospital byiaws stipulate that only corporate memibers, who have been in good standing for at leait four montha are eligible to vote. Directors (four in total) wiil be elected to the hospital board at this meeting. X-Ray Vision Lookin'g into thel future trict Health Council studyý which recommended the rehabilitation centre scheme. forthebuent repor prepared forth h alh minstry Pe the cost of converting Witby General mnte a state-of-the-art facility at $24.1 million. Opponents of t he rebabili- tation-only proposai dlaim the enormous cost could uitimately iead te the bospitai's demise an tbat other alternatives sbould be explored, sucb as merging with Oshawa Generai Hoqntal. However, tby General Hos- pital members rejected amalga- mation when it was put te a vote at a special corporation meeting annual generýal meeting dinner, honouring the men .esbp for their support of the hospital,, will be held on Monday, June 10, 5:30 p.m., at Cullen Gardena. Proceeds will go te the hospital foundation for the purchase of new and replacement equipment. Tickets for the event are $50 and the purchaser wili be issuod a receipt for a portion of the coot. Caîl the conimunity relations The following (edited) ia taken from the annual report of Hospital Council News. Like the steady hand of a surgeon, John Milmes wiil be steering the Hospital Council of Durhamn Region into the future. Mimnes, former chair of Cottage Hospital in Uxbridge, bas taken over the heim from outgoing Hospital Council chair Jean Achmatowicz of Ashburn. 'We're anxious tu ensure our hospitais are at the ieading edge," says Mimnes of the busy agenda ahead for the council in 1995-96. He cites a number- of issues the hospitai council will pursue in the coming year including expioring the feasibility of getting the seven local hoà -Pitals te create 'links" between each other through shares services. For exampie, Milnes expiains, the bospitai council is deveioping initiatives and programs for materiais, management which would enable hospitals te purchase their common supplies as one body which would generate cost- savings. David Brown, CEO at Commumity Memorial Hospital in Port Periy, explains that there are many similar producta hospitals purchase that hospitals may be able te purchase as a whoie te generate a cost-savings. Another initiative is te develop a common computer information network in wbich patient information couid be exchanged between hospitals electronicaliy. "The future couid be exciting if we could transfer patient information electronicaiiy," says Mimnes, offering, the termi "electronic chart" as a way of expiaining the proposed system. Ray Briggs, ýdirector of management information systems for both Memoriai Hospital, Bowmanviile and -Ajax-Pickering Hospital, is an example of hospitals sharing specialized resouroes to benefit the region. 'We need te pursue the vision of an integrated information system that wiii facilitate optiniizing health care resources and enbanoe the -provision of- high quality services in the region," advocates Briggs. "Confidentiality is a prime conoern for patients," he says. 'We don't want information available te those who don't need it. We have te make sure the appropniate security measures are in place." Another collaborative development is the sharing of Iaboratery testing which was being sent out of the region for processing. 'This wili resuit in significant cost savings te the region's hospitals,"t says James Criimb of Whitby Generai Hospital. MIlmes adds the hospital council With this ad receive GOTW ÀI Go Modum VPIZZS: PZA(14" Each) (2 Toppings) I O$14095tax (Pick-up or Delivery)- Whtby Location Ony * Expires: Juy 1, 99q6 701 Dundas St. W., Whitby 1 - (Behind 'A & P Plaza) - ~ I s I I enMon.toSat.lîam-lîpmL~1~0' lU - - - - - - - -e - is aiso iooking into deveiopimg programe for Durham bospitals which wiil aliow them te operate more effectively with each other by sharing what each does best. This couid include producing accounting and administrative information on a consistent'basis and in tbe moat efficient manner, he notes. Through the. acute cire study conducted by the Durham District Heaith Council, a plan bas been deveioped for- the region regarding patient care. "Now 'that the Ministry of Health has approved the plan, we can go ahead and start meeting the goals of the acute care study and te implement them," says Milmes. One of the elements of the study was the creation of a- northern network between Community Memorial Hospital in Port Perry and Uxbridge Cottage Hospital. "ÀAil theý statistics show the amount of provincial funding for heaith care i 'n Durham Region is less than what is being provided in other regions," notes Milnes, adding that Durham le one of the fastest growing regions in- the province and has been histericaiiy underfunded. r Under current funding formulas we don't believe we are getting our fair share." HeII hopes that the Let's Be Fair- campaign iauncbed by the hospital counicil wiil help open discussions with the province- on this senlous issue. "We stili bave te wait and see exactiy bow th e new government will handle bealth care issues such as funding," says Mimnes. .Another issue on the busy schedule for the coming year isethe changing nature of acute care services. Technoiogy has made it easier te discbarge patients earlier from a. hospital stay whicb heightens, the recognition of providing some acute care services in the home. 'These are areas that each bospitai bas te look at -and we want te ensure we're at the ieading edge." The hospital counicil will aise produce. a writtem. newsletter te keep area residenta informed of the councl's ongoing actlvitles. 1 I - - -- - -- - -- - z c c Co> m m 0 (0 i1 b c ) r m cn j L