as- ‘A2 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, January 27, 1999 Regional role for Mills seen MILLS MEMORIAL is going to be a different place than ft is today if plans fora stronger regional role ever come pbout, It’s long been the argument of the hospital that it already {os a regional treatment centre for seriously ill people in the northwest but withoul any accompanying fi nancial sp- port from the provincial government. | But that regional service goal bas, until] now, been re- fected by the government until Mills meets the same cost per palicnt ratios of equivalent facilities. { Last week’s announcement that the Terrace and Area Health Council is hizingsomebody to bring the hespital into line is regarded as (he first step to a regional.role.. ......... “The ministry down here looks at requests for anylbing With a lot of pessimism ila hospital doesn't have its house in order,’’ said Skeena NDP MLA Helmut Giesbrecht last week. t The MLA said he expects the emphasis on cost control hnd efficiencies to be the first step in Mills regaining rredibility fromthe health ministry. ; One of the regionat tole keys is the transfer here of the orthopedic surgeon’s position from Kitimat. : Local specialists say it only makes sense that the surgeon once costs are are reduced The health ministry is of the same opinion, adding that it is almost impossible to find specialists lo work on their own, But this will only take place with the co-operation of Kitimat health officials and having in place assurances that overall specialist services in that city won't suffer as a result. And Giesbrecht is on record as saying Kilimat won’t be allowed to suffer the lass of any services if the orthopedic position is shifted lo Terrace. Once an orthopedic surgeon is based here, there will probably. be q need for another anesthetist: in addition to the two full time and half time anesthetisis. already in Tey- . . race, says Larisa Tarwick of the Terrace and Area Com- munity Health Council, which runs the hospital. “1 see in the next five years that Terrace will be the trauma centre of the northwest,”’ said Tarwick, -That regional role is also acknowledged by health minis- try senior official Sue Rothwell who called Terrace ‘‘the natural hub geographically and professionally’ for narth- western medical specialists. She and Tarwick did caution that basing more specialist services in Terrace should not be viewed as the result of a Tell Tale Signs That Your Investment Advisor Has The Knowledge And The Experience To Truly Help You With Your RASP Investments. 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David Madsen, CIM, CFP, FCS| be here where there is the support of other specialists. competition with other northwest cities, — - with pet says doc rn LOCAL doctor doubts if lhe person being hired to cut expenses at Mills Memorial Hospital will fi nd many savings. , Instead Dr. Geoff Ap- pleton views the hiring as the beginning of the health ministry’s acceptance that Mills simply needs more moncy to provide local and regiomll services. > “This is a matter of them éventually seeing the lighi,’’ said Appleton, the northern tepresentative on the. B.C, Medical Association board, Docs’ role likely | focus EXPECT LOCAL doctors aud their use of the hospital to be a focal point of the person being hired to cut costs at the facility. - Local and provincial health care officials have been reluctant to speak about the situation but there has been a feeling high op- erating room. costs are driven by what doctors want instead of what's available in the hospital’s budget, “There are challenges,” said Larisa Tarwick of the Terrace and Area Health Council in commenting on the doctors. “1 don’t think you can ever be at the: point where all can be satisfied, but we want to come. to a point where the doctors can be | relatively bappy and where we as a board can be rela- tively happy with our ad- ministration,’’ she said. One area of contention ‘cauld be the purchase of highly specialized —endos- copy equipment cnabling surgeons to do less intrusive operations than. using tradi- tional methods. This. was expected to save money by reducing the use f.- traditional rooms © but ititiai were disappointing. results Health ministry officials . have also monitored waiting lists of local specialists to sec how. closely they come to provincial averages. Dr. Geoff Appleton, the northem representative on the B.C,.Medical Associa- tion board, said the health minisy might try to restrain = Surgeons = from scheduling operations "past one operaling. room nursing shifla day. But that would delay some procedures and serve only to increase waiting lists, said Appleton, Supporting local projacts Ina global context "}-800-5656-USC. +> with your pledge todoy” “56 Sonik Steet, Oona; ON KIP. SHI” operating - What the ministry is doing, Appleton continued, is sending their own person: in who will then be able ta; justify what northerners have been saying all along. “They're doing it to save face,”’ said Appleton. “If you want to have a service for people, you need the support and that’s all we've been saying,’’ he added, “Everybody wins. It’s not a matter of doctors making any more income.’’ Appleton did acknowledge that local doctors have been frustrated and irritated that it has taken so long for the ministry to react. Early last year, for in- Stance, physicians bought advertising space and con- ducted a lobby to insist that Mills needed more money. **At feast now the tide has ‘turned,’’ said Appleton. 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