Page A2 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, December 2, 1922

Review finds hospital savings

FERRACE — Mills Memorial
pial came eat in the best
bape nf the three hospitals
studied in last week's aotthwest
‘eal care review,

But the review report dil find
ta hospital outd save money i€
Sook mare steps to cut dowa ent
patient stays,

Amd a did recommend that
fait dw better operating, mem
shedaling to reduce over time
suring baurs.

“AL review af nve months of the
surgical add-on list (or January
sd Fely demonstrated that Uhere

ave many procedures which are
quesiionabic as emergencies,”
said the review.

The emergency toon dat come
ander scrutiny because there is no
mune stalioned there on the night
shift.

The night worsing suprrvisar
savers the emergency toom, bul
that and) oothee cotimitinents
brings “'s significant amount of
stress and tisk, a potential of
having fo be in several places at
cance,”* said the review.

lost of the complaints about
titctgency mom use come from

doctors wing it fer procedinrs
They ould do in thet oftices.

“Dating the visit hy the teres

twang, if was feared that a mim
ber of physician cflices in the
commmamity are net wheelebair ac-
said the review.
Sa result, a aumber af visits
fe the hospital's emergency de-
parinewt are simple a matier of
convenience fot physiian and
patient,” it continued,

As with Kitimat General: anal
Prince Rupert Regional, the
teview said there should te better
lahupr tianagentent relations,

Teterve Regional Heath Care
Sovtely chet cxventive officer
Michael Leisinger said the review
is new bem studied by hospital
employees and its boar

Re noted thal seme of the
recommendations will ultimately
rely on how ach money the hos-
Wal gets to spend next vear,

The review said Mills should
book again at these Jayofls in fight
at efforts it could lake to save
btoncy in other areas,

Leisinger said Mills will con-
sider the recommendation but
eaulioned that the Raspital must

Union finds vindication from report

TERRACE — Last week's
rorthwest health care review con-
Tinns whal coramunitics here
have been saving all along, savs

The province this year gave
baspiuls money based on the
namber of beds occupied for
every 1,000 people in a hospital's

wview says there should he an
end io community health cate
rivalry,

There's always been a need

“The goverament’s visior af
bealth care is not a bad vision,
But all of these things have te
Tevel off withaut unjustly affeet-

have # balanced budget,

“You have fo retin aber Son
percent of uur total operating ox
pense is wages. We've pretty weil
done pil we can ia counting paper
clips and photocepying two sides
of every piece of paper,” he said.

Thy review questioned the need
for the hospital to have five direc-
fora,

That pesition was backed up
oac of the review teame members,
Bella Maud of the Hospital Em-
ployees’ Union, who said there
ate tn many managers at the
hospitals.

Bit Leisinger defended the
Millis angarization — structure,
saying there are only seven man-
agers benveen, Mills and Ter
raveview Lodge.

“That's pretty good when
you're lalking about a budget of
$15 mittion,* be said.

The review also stressed that
the beds closed this spring by

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Hospital, provineist average, including ™MRMies Mave been at logger bealth care unions working on a must part, nol being used, OTHER SERVICES PROVIDED:
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page document, the province, health care can be provided hy benefits, trainiag allowances and review. “The communily as-

“What me review team ®
saying is what we've been saying.
— the community docsa’t have
the services in place for what the

better spending snd without necd-
ing more maney,

warly retirement packages Io case
lay offs.

sumnes the beds that were closed.
were being used.”

Woolhwordl

Bot that formula failed to
meoognize thal noribern bospitals
ate used mare because there are
Bo other health care options, said

government is proposing.” Pigean.
“The government says our “ECD
(bed) wiitization rate is toa bigh, _ She's bappy that the report calls

for a stop to bed closures and
layoffs without first finding
savings in other arcas.

And Pigeau’s pleased thal the

But we don't bave 24-hoar a day
vate in the communily such as
home aursing, Instead, we're
being penatized,’” said Pigeau.

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