rian # ab HEALTH OFFICIALS are still deciding how they can save money by grouping together various lab ser- vices now performed: at nogwestera hospitals. The idea is to centra- lize non-emergency tests atone facility, says Cholly Boland, the Northern Health Authority official in completed, he said. This means location is not a crucial part of the test, Boland continued. “Certainly we'd have to take a look at transport, geography could be an ob- stacle,” he said. Terrace is one the list as one possible location for the centralized service. > work move plan vices needs some form of stat lab work,” he said. The plan is just one of many under consideration by the Northern Health Authority as it seeks to cut costs and trim a budget deficit. Boland did say that any mare to centralize some lab services would have an effect’ on jebs or hours pit. “We're working to minimize impacts, mainly through attrition.” There’s no timetable set for centralizing services although Boland warned that. the need to save money. becomes more cri- tical the longer it takes for a decision to be made. “Whatever is decided has to ‘make sense and Rock candy ; Our rock candy dived starts al just $129. a Sweet. ‘charge jof hospital and ~~ But Boland gave assur- other medical services in ances tab services invol- worked by employees. done soundly to deliver the Terrace, Kitimat and Ste- ving medical emergencies, “In ‘general, in health service,” he said. wart. such’ as some forms of care, 70 to 80 per cent of The centralization con- One such service is tis- blood testing, would not be our costs are in staffing cept has already drawn all 635-5111: sue sampling in that it can affected. and to achieve savings criticism in communities [RMR a let née Rupert - 527-3rd take 24 hours or more for “Every site that offers that means there will be such as Smithers and : batata: Bi the test procedure to be emergency medical ser- an impact.” Prince Rupert. Cholly Boland ' City decision on 911 | being delayed for now : THE CiTY is delaying a final decision on joining a proposed regional 911 emergency phone system. _ Council wants more 1m 4°. time to get some questions # 3 answered about how the § : system costs would be divi- boo dads -: Mayor Jack Talstra said early plans had suggested most of the cost would be . paid by adding a charge to phone lines. But the proposal from the Kitimat-Stikine regio- nal district suggests a lar- ger part of costs would be divided; based on property values. ; _ That:method would put a much greater share of the cost burden on major industries like Skeena Cellulose and Alcan, Talstra said. '- Tt also appears the 911 system could be approved without a referendum, Regional district officials indicate the councils of Terrace, Hazelton and New Hazelton: could simply give written consent rather than 4 referendum. Similar consent would be given by the regional dis- trict directors who represent its electoral areas-~ Les Watmough for Thornhill, Bob Cooper for Lakeise Lake, Kitamaat Village and other rural Terrace areas, and Harry Nyce for the Nass valley. There would be no borrowing required for the project. “They held onto it for two and a half years, we can hang onto it for another month,” said councillor Marylin e Davies.: paren ; , The 911 system has* eqit. expanded to a regional con- cept, taking in from greater Terrace to the Hazeltons and north along paris of Hwy37. Kitimat so far hasn’t indica- ted whether it wilt join. Marylin Davies _ Chicken Drumettes. - - Unsliced, Baked In-Store, ; ° ‘Poly BagiFrozen, °° °° 7 -7.454g cardholders price ross i 3.95/kg-cardholders price sz 69. 12 P Roast Beef. 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He is President of Alm-Wood Contracting in Terrace and has recently expanded to become a partner in Holbrook Dyson in Campbell River, Also elected at the AGM were Mike Hamilton, |st Vice President, Mike Hamilton Logging Ltd., Courtenay; and Don Bendickson, 2nd Vice . President, BenWest Logging Ltd., Campbell River. The Truck loggers Association, headquartered in Vancouver, is comprised of 600 member companies | representing the independent contracting sector of the ‘coastal forest industry of British Columbio. For : information, please contact the TLA at (604]684-4291 or visit our website at www.truckloggers.com SO MUCH Mone IN STORE | 2 Prices elfective from Wednesday to Saturday, January 29 to February 71,2003.