Rec fees $ upped LOCAL RESIDENTS and tourists will pay a little more to enjoy the cily’s recreation facilities this summer. On Monday, city council approved a five per cent increase in fees for most activities at the aquatic centre, and the arena, It’s the first such increase in two years, That means the price for adult public skating or swim- ming will increase from $4 to $4.25, and ice rental for adult groups will change from $110 to $116, Camping rates at Ferry Island will also increase from $11 to $12 for sites with electricity, and from $8.50 to $10 for sites without. Fees for using city fields will not change. Feisty flyer arrested A LOCAL man was arrested at the airport last week after causing a disturbance on a Canadian Airlines flight from Vancouver. Terrace RCMP were wailing on the runway for the 35- * year-old man when the plane landed Mar, 17. He faces possible charges of smoking on an aircraft, caus- "ing a disturbance and endangering a flight. Man attacked with bat ONE MAN was arrested Monday after an assault that : sent another man to the hospital with broken fingers and , hands. The men got into an altercation early in the afternoon ' Mar. 23, near the four-way stop behind the weigh scales. : Police say that one man pulled out a baseball bat and began , to beat the other. The victim was taken to hospital with fractured fingers, hands and bruises to the head. The other man was arrested by police and faces assault charges. 3 They’re prepared TERRACE was the site of an emergency preparedness workshop for the northwest las! weekend. Emergency staff involved with the Telkwa and Houston ' floods last year spoke of their experiences dealing with a . sudden onslaught of volunteers. ‘Terrace fire chief Randy Smith was at the workshop. He pointed out that while he deals with emergencies every day, he’s not faced with 200 volunteers walking off the street say- ing, asking how to help, or local businesses flooding his office with donated goods. Fire season starts soon There were two small bush fires here on the weekend - one in Thornhill and the other out on Kalum Lake Dr. near Dover Rd, Terrace fire chief Randy Smith said if the weather stays warm and dry for two weeks we could be looking at the start of an early forest fire season. ; In that séenario,: a fire could Start from‘ broken glass or “distarded cigarette butts: seedy atau ABH weep Bower A2 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, March 25, 1998 - Reasons vary for gap in general surgery THE GAP in general surgi- cal services for four days appears to have its roots in the decision by Mills Memorial Hospital to close Its operating rooms between March 16 and March 20 to save money. Mills officials said the week, which matches the schoo] system’s spring break, was lightly booked anyway. A further reason was that the city’s sole remaining full lime anesthetist had sched- uled time off. A series of memos from hospital administrator Michael Leisinger begin- ning March 10 outlines the series of events, One memo, written March 10, to the two general surgeons here notes there is no general surgery on-call coverage for March 16-20 and asks for clarification. “If I da not hear to the contrary by 1600 hours Thursday, March 12 I will assume that you have with- drawn emergency services and will respond according- ly,’ writes Leisinger. He follows up the same day with another memo stat- ing there will be anesthesia coverage until March 20. And on March 13, Leisinger sends another memo saying there won'tbe © any general surgery coverage at Mills from March 19 to March 23 but that arrangements have been inmade by the two general ‘ surgeons in Kilimat and in Prince Rupert to provide emergency coverage. He then sends a second memo on March 13 indicat- ing there is on-call anesthesia coverage past March 20 until the full time anesthetist returms for on- call duty 8 p.m. March 22. Based on the memos, there was local surgical on- call coverage March 16, March 17 and March 18, which was one of the three days this month doctors closed their offices with the exception of emergencies, The gap began March 19, the day after the general closure day and when the doctors’ commitment lo on- call coverage that day had ended. Regular general surgical coverage resumed again this Monday, March 23, the day the ‘hospital’s operating rooms opened again. represents the north on the B.C. Medical Association board, said the general surgeons reacted when the operating room closure was announced, ‘They were told there’d be no work at their work- place,’” he said. Showroom Opening at 4038 Motz Rd. Unit #10 turn left across from Falis Galle That then left surgeons in the position of not working during the day yet being asked to be on-call at night, Fax: Phone: 635: 9280 615-0022 Dr. Geoff Appleton, a lo- cal physician who Appleton said. CRAVE | al STOPPERS Terrace Crime Stoppers are asking for your assistance in solving a break, enter and theft that occurred at the Coast Inn of the West located at 4620 Lakelse Ave., Terrace, BC. On the evening of March 9, 1998 bet- ween 5:00 pm and 10:00 am on March 10, 1998, unknown culprit(s) attended the Coast Inn of the West in terrace, and proceeded to force their way into the banquet room then broke into a cabinet removing approximately 25 to 30 bottles of miscellaneous hard liquor. In consider- “ing the number of bottles stolen, there were many trips made or a number of culprits involved. In total over $800.00 worth of liquor was stolen. lf you have any information about this or any similar incidents, or if you know the identity of the person or persons responsible for this break, enter and thefts, Crime Stoppers would like to hear from you. Crime Stoppers offars a cash reward ot up to $1.000.00 far Information Seading to an arrest and charges being laid against an individual in this or other unsolved crime. If you have any Information call Crime Stappers at 635-Tips that’s 635-8477, Callers will not bo required to reveal thelr identity hor testify in court. Call 635-TIPS Baby's Name: Jarred Mark Angus Brown Date & Time of Birth: Feb. 2, 1998 at 5:19 a.m. Weight: 8lbs. 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Very soon, the government and their representatives will decide on your hospital’s budget for the future. Mills Memoriat Hospital is severely underfunded for the services it provides. Every level of patient care is being harmed. We'd like The health bureaucrats suggest that despite the cuts the hospital is functioning well. Do you agree? « Nurses are forced to rely on a Fisher Price baby monitor to listen to your child. Since the pediatric ward was cut, nurses can no longer confidently care for your child at arm’s length. w You have already lost two anaesthetists, a radiologist, & a pediatrician. Can solo special- ists remain on cail endlessly? « Government and their representatives are unconcerned. For them, fewer services means fewer costs. You will foot the bill for your own travel costs to see a southern specialist. You will suffer the disruption. Government thinks it will save at your expense. Who says there is no such thing as a User Fee for Northerners or Two-tiered Healthcare? = The psychiatric ward is sometimes dan- gerous. Nurses and on-call physicians are often expected to subdue violent patients because security staffing is not a fiscal priority. As a regional referral centre for psychiatry we must accept severely mentally disturbed patients. Is this any way for a regional centre to function? w Emergency Room care is compromised. A single nurse should not be expected to help the physicians attend to an asthmatic, a patient with heart attack, and a child breathless with croup all at once. At times ‘of peak utilization of the emergency room, ER nurses are being pulled away from their department to cover for others as a cost saving measure, w= It takes 15 extra minutes to rush a labour- ing mother downstairs for an emergency Caesarean because the hospital still has no near- by Cesarean operating room. Every minute counts. Should budget constraints prevent arrangement of this vital service? Your hospital care is at a crossroads. According to Michael Leisinger, the CEO of Mills Memorial, “We, as an organization, have a prim- ary goal to provide the best quality care possible to the people we serve, within human and fiscal constraints. That may mean a compromise from the past way of taking care of people.” ~ to care for them better than we used to. But it's getting difficult. According to Helmut Giesbrecht, the gov't of BC spends more than any other province per person on hospitalization — $1787/person. But here in Terrace, it spends $374/person. - There may be some adjustment made for Terrace patients when in Vancouver Hospitals, but $1413/person??? According to Larisa Tarwick, the Community Health Council chair, doctors have their own agenda, and changes in the hospital are working. - The doctors’ agenda is to deliver quality patient care; hers is to balance an inadequate budget. In recent weeks your Terrace physicians have highlighted the inequality of regional funding of hospitals & resulting questionable management decisions which harm patient care and patient dignity. The prescription for delivery of quality health care to the people of Terrace and the NorthWest is an injection of long-term funding to allow Mills Memortai to provide regional services. The time to act is now. Demand a public forum for discussion of these vital issues. Demand adequate, basic funding for your hospital. Write / Fax/ Phone: imu i recht 2-4623 Park Ave Terrace BC V8G 1V5 1104-7360—137th St Surrey BC V3W 1A3 \. Ph: 250/635-4146 Fax: 638-2195 Hon. Penny Priddy, Minister of Health Ph: 604/591-1221 Fax: 604/591-5195 For more information (before our next notice), speak to your own doctor, D 818-B Third Ave West Prince Rupert BC V8J IM6 3295 East 23rd Ave Ph: 250/624-6007 Fax: 250/624-7523 Hon n Clark. Premier Vancouver BC V5R 1BG6 Ph: 604/431-8119 Fax: 604/ 660-0297. 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