Health council’s
efforts insulted

MLA leaps to defence
of appointed group

SKEENA MLA Helmut Giesbrecht says
one cify councillor’s comments are an in-
sult to the work and dedication of the mem-
bers of the Terrace and Area Health Coun-
cil.

City councillor David Hull last week ac-
cused the appointees on that body of being
‘hand-picked’? by Giesbrecht, and went on
to suggest they won’t do enough to fight
the NDP government because of their con-
nections to the party,

‘Some of the comments are an insult to
the independence of some of the people
there,” Giesbrecht said Tast week. “They
are not party hacks.’”

The health council has taken aver control
of Mills Memorial Hospital and other
facilities from the Terrace Regional Health
Care Society.

*] don’t direct the Community Health
Council in what they do,’ Giesbrecht
added,

Giesbrecht said the people on the council
are unpaid volunteers.

“T take some exception to the arrogant
suggestion that commitment to a health
council appointment is any Jess than those
who are on city council,’

‘There’s a lot of fear been spread by
council,’’ he added. ‘This is the second oc-

Giesbrecht Hull
casion that they’ve stepped in to the sur-
prise of the hospital board."”

He said the city bas spent a surprising
amount of time discussing health matters of
lale.

“Council should find enough work in the
area that they normally have jurisdiction
over,’’ he said,

The minister is not going to do anything ~

down here because city council belicves the
hospital has done everything possible to cut
costs”?

Giesbrecht also suggested city councillors

are exaggerating the curreut plight. of the

hospital.
“I have yet to find anyone who was
denied a bed when they needed it,” he said,

Hospital aims to reduce
both patients and beds

MORE PATIENTS = are
routinely admitted to Mills
Memerial Hospital now

two and a

But hospital statistics for

ending May 31 show the

them fo operate the nursery
at a higher level isn’t
forthcoming, the hospital

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than will be permitted under
the hospital’s latest budget
plan.

The hospital, struggling to
deal with a nearly $450,000
shortfall,, has passed a
budget that will reduce the
number of beds on the main
medical services floor from
39 down to 32. The seven
deleted beds would be put
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Also planued is a system
limiting the number of
patients in. the

than 25,
The province gives the
hospital enough money to
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medi-
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hospital had more than 25
patients admitted on 35 days
— or almost half the time.

The number of patients
was only within the target of
25 on 39 days. And the
number of patients was over
30 on seven days during that
period.

The beds restrictions are
just one part of a multi-stage
altack on the hospital’s
deficit.

(Other measures include:

reduce the amount of money ©
speut.

HB Efforts to get more
money for the hospital’s
nursery. If money to allow

expects having to impose
‘extremely testrictive’’
guidelines on access to the
nursery, meaning mady
babies would be shipped out
for treatment elsewhere.

W Once again try to
determine how much ser-
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the region, with an aim to
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