budget. fi igure,” she added,

, average. -Gcoupincy rate ‘of 60 oa

forming: abortions | here.

Page A10 — Terrace Standard, Wednesday, June 24, 1992

MLA feels v weight of protest |

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ELAINE PIGEAU, chairman of the committee protesting the
province's health care budget freeze, and Health Sciences Asso- |
ciation chief steward Ken Zorn {left} hand Skeena MLA Helmut
Giesbrecht a box containing more than 7,500 cards of support

TERRACE. —) ‘Health - ‘Care 2 “Surely they can. close some.
Society | officials. and, health: min-:.. beds, -bring the level up. to 70° or
ister Elizabeth © Cull ; “discussed
numbers: ‘during cher-recent visit:
here -- but not the ‘really ‘the: kind
with dollar. fig igures in front of
them, rae :

Speaking: after” meeting “with ‘
the society ‘board, : Cull said: she .
asked ‘them why a-five per ceit —
budget cut translated into: ‘closing tive,.officer Michael « Leisinger
nearly. 25° per. cent of. Mills .. said. Cull’s statement. has. merit!
Memorial’s beds; “© Dut -inugt be explored further.

“It seems to me it (the closures)
should be much: closer. to. ‘the:

- quality: of. service ‘to the com-:
= munity and be more efficient,”
she added. :
__. {1think we all have to be more’
‘creative when it comes to health

“full 89,” he said. '

And ‘he said the titilization. rate
differs from arca to area, .
‘“Med-surg {medical surgery)
: ay be operating: at 110 percent
-* capacity’ in’ . reality.
ce... pediatrics is -at. 40 per cent. It’s
~ Something -.. that:
‘statistics,’?  Leisinger a added, .

That five. per- cent: ‘cut | is- “the.
‘result’ of :-Victoria- -freezing” the *
amount of money the soticty_ gets.
at. last ' year’s: ‘level. combined with

+

and: Kitimat (he jitals), is‘

cent, ” said Cull. .

if

No more abortions |

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- recognizing: the internal bleeding
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om ae ‘the. piycicion per-.
abortions h here, he added.

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‘Their age range.is 3, 10, 12 and 13
years old. They are brothers and sisters
who want to stay together.
It is, important that these four native
children’ maintain their native culture and -
heritage. They. require. guidance, struc: 7
* ture, stability,and caring.)
"As these children love. the outdoors, |
a rural’ placement is preferred. “
oe you can. reget a children,

75 per:cent and deliver the same.-

care,”’ Cull.said, +. o
Health care society chief execu-. .

*The -glitch’ is that “while: we:
may have an, operating capacity’
_of 89. beds, we don’ t staff to the: ;

goes. ‘beyond ;

TERRACE -- Organizers of the
local health care cuts protest
turned up at Skeena MLA Helmut

Giesbrecht’s office Saturday to
present the results of their mail-in —

card drive. .

“It weighs a ton,’’ Giesbrecht
said on hefting the box containing _
7,580 cards; *

s

Pointing’ - the ' cards
represented only about a. week’s
work, ©: protest .. committee —

chairman Flaine Pigeau said there
are still more to come; -

- They'll be. the result of a three:
day. tip’ the:group is planning to”
the Nass Valley where it will visit.
‘Aiyansh, Greenville and Canyon
City, ;

Describing committee niembers
as “very happy’? with the results |

to date, Pigeau: ‘said people ap-.

peared to be better’ informed:
about the issue than during last
year’s petition drive.

Promising to deliver the cards

at the earliest opportunity, Gies-
brecht said it was hard to predict
what the impact would be,

The arguments from the: minis-

try bureaucrats, he added, were
still the same: there was a limit to
(the amount of money available.
However, Giesbrecht said dis-
cussion of the effects -of the
health care. budget freeze cone,

“Hnued,

to Health minister Elizabeth Cull -

ull queries bed closures.

its 16 psychiatric beds and 16 of -

its 22 pediatrics beds.

while: _

Mills i is ‘scheduled to” elose. 6 ‘of

“What will... happen, © said.
Leisinger, is ‘a gradual reduction *
in the ‘options of: how. beds: are
used, ne
‘Tt could lead to more cases’ of

. physicians making decisions to
- admit or not to admit patients and.

perhaps discharging - some;

patients early if it is safe to do: 80, ;

he said.

While’ Leisinger sald. cutting
beds will give mare. control over:
‘utilization, ‘some services may”
eventually suffer.

“At some point you are going -
to cross’ Gver' the ‘line ‘and find:
there - isn’t ‘enough | capacity to
keep. the’ Specialists ‘services
going,” ” he said.

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