i 4 t Report lays bare problems between docs and hospital DOCTORS, ADMINIS- TRATORS and the govern- ing board of Mills Memorial Hospital have to stop blam- ing each other for problems at the facility, says a con- fidential report, The problems are serious and require “immediate and co-ordinated action — to resolve,’ says the report prepared by three pediatric experts from Vancouver. - The three came here late last year at the request of the Terrace Arca Health Coun- cil, which -runs Mills Memorial, to look at prob- lems. surrounding pediatric care at the hospital, Their findings are known . a8 the Klein report, after one of the authors, Dr. Michael Kicin, who is a professor at UBC and a director of the family health program at the Children’s and Women’s Health Cenire of B.C. The report concluded there is a strong case for making Mills a pediatric centre for the northwest. But it also discovered communications and other problems affecting the ability of physicians, admin- istrators and policy makers to get along, The key appears to come from a major decision made several years ago to central- ize and merge different News In Brief Another vacancy - ANOTHER MEMBER of the Terrace Area Health CUR Y SLE R Council has resigned. Jeep @ Minivans Lawyer Patrick Eagan is THERE'S ONLY ONE PCARADA'S BUST SELLING MINIVAN | leaving the area to take a job a on Vancouver Island. . LEASE-FOR OR CHOOSE OR CHOOSE kinds of services on the hos- pitat's main medical floor ta Save on nursing and other costs. ‘‘As a consequence of the amalgamation of the in- patient services over the past five years, the medical and nursing staff of Mills Memorial Hospital bas suf- fered a profound sense of loss — leading direcily to demoralisation and a loss of key medical and nursing staff,” said the report. “Conflict with the com- munity health council (CHC) and the administra- The three report authors said the situation will con- tinue as long ‘‘as there is no genuine place for open and safe discussion to take place around issues that are dif- ficult and complex and not quickly resolved”? Other. portions of report indicate - physicians and: nurses feel there is a _ hidden agenda on the part of. administrators and the CHC to'-close out pediatric ser- vices, | a ‘ To help solve some of what it found, Klcin and the olher two authors recom- One theme uncovered was the feeling that adults were being treated differently than children at Mills. . tion has been aggravated by this organisational change,”’ “The CHC and admninis- tration tend to blame the: medical staff for budgetary shortfalls, which they at- tributed to the physicians admitting too many patients for surgery and for complex conditions as well as admit- ting patients from outside grealer Terrace.” mended establishing a com- mittee for infant ‘and child care. ‘ “This committee should be the decision making body charged with the devclop- ment of policy affecting maternity, newborn and pediatric care. Admininstra- tion, nursing and related dis- ciplines should be well represented. '’ the . As for pediatrics itself, the report found that the cen. tralisation of services had an effect on care for young children, Taking nurses away from specialties and attempting 10 train them in all medical arcas didn’t work, the report added. Tt recommended Mills re- establish ‘‘a--defined and visible pediatric cluster of beds within the general medical/surgical ward,” The three authors inter- viewed the main players within and without the hos- pilal concerning pediatric care. One theme they uncovered was ihe fecling that adults were being treated differ- ently than children at Mills. This came from an inter- view with Dr. Jane Pegg, a resident pediatrician, and a Ieltcr’ from a second pediatrician who has traveled to Terrace on occa- sion. “She is frustrated that the internists can keep very ill, even ventilaled patients in Terrace, but the pediatricians are pressured to send infants and children who are much less ill, out of town,” said the report of the Pegg interview. 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Paul Manhas, director of corporate services for the. health council, said the money will go toward up- grading and fixing medical — equipment, not replacing technology, The health council at one time estimated that bringing its computer technology, primarily at Mills Memorial Hospital, up to year 2000 ‘standards might cost $1 mil- lion, The CHC has also been Selected as one of the health authoritics to be audited by 1999 Chrysler Platinum Series Minivan 26T Regular Wheelbase Model Encludes: *Special 15th Anniversary Platinum Series Badging «Exclusive Bright Platinum exterior colour ¢Sunscreen glass #3,0L V6 engine *4-speed automatic transmission sTilt steering *Speed control Dual sliding doors Pawer windows, locks and mirrars *Alr conditioning *Power rear window quarter vents #7 passenger seating *Easy Out Roller Seats™ *AIMIFM stereo *Next Generation dual air bags *Child-protection rear door locks «Side-door impact beams.*3 year or 60,000 km warranty 1999 Jeepe Cherokee Sport 26) 4x4 “Special Grizzly Edition Badging *4.0L |-6 190 hp engine #4-sneed automatic transmission *Quadra — Link™ suspension *Air conditioning *Next Generation dual air bags +Power folding mirrors *Roof rack *Command Trac* part-time 4WD system *AMFM stereo cassette *Power locksivindaws «Remote keyless entry «5,000 1b, towing capacity” a : 7 ; CHRYSLER SSS) a Dodge ® Trucks oe S Engincered to be great cars. the health ministry for year LEASE FOR OR CHOOSE 2000 readiness. ; LEASE FOR ORCHOOSE a month fot 36 months. This audit follows the « fim orzementn 0/ i $ Pmt. wpe oF belief of the provincial year . $ crequvatomt ase rd % 60 secriy depos upto 2000 office that the health fas secuity depot 7 wD to regen neue. eM a ' . tuded, Months care sector is mot taking the . PURCHASE PAANCING . issue seriously. Equipment bought THE MILLS Memorial Hospital Auxiliary ~ has recently purchased more than $70,000 worth of equipment for the hospital. - ‘Money is mised through the auxillary’s thrift shop, its gift shop at the hospital, a‘pop machine at. the hospi- tal, taking photos of new- borns, bingo, car seat rent- als, ‘sales of plastic food containers and craft sales. Recent purchases include: a biofeedback unit ($1,082), ‘defibrillator ($11,246), col- limator for nuclear medicine ($5,800), ambulatory PCA pump ($6,544), —non- invasive blood pressure monitor ($4700); When you can't breathe, _ Nothing else matters BRITIS|! 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