_ of service at the end. i Valentine Sale They'll try Number 9 Hospital plan takes shape ARCHITECT MICHAEL Morris calls it the Cinderella Syndrome, Everybody’s trying to stuff something into a situa- tion where there’s just one fit and it just doesn't seem to want to work, . Morris is the Vancouver architect given the job of designing a ncw-look main medical services floor at Mills Memorial Hospital. It'll result in fewer beds —~ 33 when Finished compared to the 42 there now — and increase the working efficiency of the floor, »: Fewer.beds. follows the need. by the’ hospilal to cut costs and reduce its deficit; a Italso reflects a suggestion thal the: hospital may sulfer a $500,000 cut for its new budget year beginning April 1. Uttimately the new design means.fewer nurses and other health care workers will be needed: ; Morris headed back down south late last week with Plan 9 under his arm, It came together aficr several rounds of meetings with health care worker and others and represeuls the latest in a series of possibilitics. But this time, the plan has the approval of the vast major- ity of peaple being asked for their opinion-on how the new medical services floor should look. “Plan 9 is a T-shaped floor design with & vaslly improved ‘nurses’ station located where the vertical. portion of the T meets the horizontal line. That will result in people at the station being able to see the corridors that form the T. © The 33 bed figure includes three for intensive care and the layout places. the pediatrics: ward very close to the nurses” station. The first pediatrics room is meant for very sick children and will have a window so those at the Station can casily sce inside. “Thal was very deliberate,” said Morris of the pediatrics placement. The challenge faced by Morris and by the scores of hos- pital employees and others who began weeks. ago by com- ing up with Plan 1 was to work with an old building, Morris says the older the building, the more difficult the renovation job can be. As an example, Morris pointed to an existing washroom — one thal’s half the size of facilities in modern hospitals. “We can’t justify tearing the building down so we have to use it,”’ he said of the redesign project. - Morris terms the job as one thal has to be done as cheap- ly as possible but still be able to deliver an expected level To some extent the number of beds that will remain was derived from the amount of money the hospital estimates iVIl receive from the provincial government in its next budget, Morris said the ideal design condition is when everybody involved has given up something to reach the final objec- tive. Terrace Regional Health Care Society chair Olga Power hopes Morris can deliver cost estimates this week. The society board will. then consider the plan and its costs and decide if both are acceptable. The health ministry musl give tine final approval on the | plan. ‘6@ LeapYear . lake Lhis Opportunity To Save A Sweet ALL STOCK* (*Excluding Pottery & Framing) "FEBRUARY 7 - 17 4820 Halliwell Ave., Terrace Tel: 638-1403 Fax: 638-064 1 Morris — the man who will put the design on paper. The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, February 7, 1996 - A3 News In Brief handguns. members through the course at once.”’ law enforcement needs. Emergency Response Team. altimeter, ly became a non-smoking campus. scaling, Now it’s 100 per cent non-smoking. ful. presentations made to college officials. Tenancy Act. And, more than likely, iil be asked to help finanee the ANOTHER ROUND of meetings last week resulted in another plan on how to cut Traud._- renovations. beds at Mills Memorial Hospital. On the left is head nurse Marg Petrick, who has rauc. If everything goes according to plan, said Morris, been heavily involved in the process, With her is Vancouver architect Michael renovations could be finished by June. agent offices for a $25 non-refundable fee. New guns for the RCMP IT'LL BE spring before RCMP officers here switch from their traditional Smith and Wesson 38 calibre revolvers to 9mm_ semi-automatic “I'll be a three-day course and since it takes place oulside, we want some warmer weather,’’ RCMP detachment commander Inspector Steve Leach said last weck. ‘“We’re going to put all the The RCMP. decided several. years ago to buy new weapons after determining that the six-shot Smith and Wesson doesn’t measure up to modern Members of the public may have already noticed that some RCMP members already carry a dif- ferent kind of handgun on duty. These 9mm pistols are used by officers on the farce’s regional Response team officers were given permission to carry the 9mm pistol on regular duty to avoid having to be familiar with two kinds of weapons. Altimeter tagged in crash THE CRASH of an air ambulance jet a year ago near Masset was caused by an incorrectly set Five people died when the Lear jet med-evac flight crashed into the ocean eight nautical miles from Masset on Jan. 11, 1995. Two pilots and the three-person medical team died in the crash. The Transportation Safety Board of Canada con- cluded the crew unknowingly flew the plane inte the water because of the incorrectly sel altimeter. How the instrument was set that way or how the crew failed to detect the error was not determined. NWCC kicks the habit As of January, Northwest Community College official- Smokers used to be able to light up in the cafeteria, which had a 50/50 split of smoking and non-smoking The student association attempted to persuade the college’s board to change its mind, but was unsuccess- Included in that attempt were petition signings and Rental dispute change A NEW Arbitration Review Panel will be able to review decisions of arbitrators under the Residential This will happen if applicants couldn’t attend the original hearing, if there’s information not available before, if the arbitrator was biased or exceeded his or her power or if the arbilrator’s order was obtained by Applications for reviews can be had al government Ken Earl, Manager Terrace Comuiunity Branch “At Northern Savings, we'll help you make the right RRSP choices.” Introducing The Primer Northern Savings takes the worry out of rate fluctuations with the Primer. 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