‘Page A2 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, May 26, 1993

Health fixer calls ita day

TERRACE — The search is on
for a new person to take over ef-
forts to better co-ordinate the ef
forts of the northwest’s three
major hospitals. .

‘Dr. Peter Newbery of Wrinch
Memoriat Hospital in Hazelton is
leaving the position. after. five
moniths on the job.

The position was recommended
In last year's provincial probe
into the operations of hospitals in
Terrace; Kitimat and Prince
Rupert, a

That probe concluded the haspi-
tals do: have enough money but
reed to work together to make
best use of their facilities and ser-
vices.

It also suggested that other im-
provements are needed in north-
west community and preventative
healthcare, =
. And It suggested. there be first
community and then regional
health councils formed for an
overall co-ordination of health

Newbery said he was pleased
with what has taken place so far
but noted that there is still much
left to accomplish.

“There are community health
‘councils either in formation or in
the process of being formed in the
communities,” he said.

And he noted that the three hos-
pitals have tightened up their op-
erations so a3 tot to have idle
people and equipment. ——

“They’ve really taken up
utilization management
organizing to make best use of
resources, space and people,”
Newbery continued.

He said all ihree hospitals have
also improved their discharge
planning. That’s the process
whereby patients are discharged
as soon as they are well enough
$0 as not to take up expensive
hospital beds.

‘Discharge planning also takes
into account ensuring that when
the patient is released, he or she
has sufficient services in the com-

munity,’’ Newbery said.

But Newbery said there have
been a couple of problem arcas.

Some. physicians in Prince
Rupert, for example, have said
that city needs a CT scan device
along the same lines as the one
coming to Terrace:

That goes against the planned

regional nature of the CT service
to be ‘based here but Newbery

said things have since been quict.

in Prince Rupert.

’ He also said thal city needs and
improved alcohol and drug pro-
gram.

There also hasn’t been a final
determination of a recommenda-
tion contained in last year’s
provincial probe to move
orthopaedic surgery from Kitimat
to Prince Rupert.

That suggestion has been
protested by Kitimat because of
the effects in could have on other
hospital services there.

“There is a principle out there
that you don’t remove a service

Most say they'll run again

TERRACE, — Mayor Jack Tal-.
stra-and councillors. Ruth Hal-
lock, Rick King and Bob Cooper
say they will alt be back for this
fail’s municipal race.
Councillor Danny Sheridan,
Progressive’ Conservative candi-.
date in the upcoming federal elec-
tlon, says he's made no decision

tt. . . .
Taste will be running for a
fourth term ‘as mayor, 8 post he’s
got unopposed the last two times. ©

Explaining’. there’s. unfinished’
business to tackle, he’ targetted
land claims‘ and the Orenda pro-
ject in particular. - .

Suggesting the Nisga’a settle-_
ment would set the standard for
the province 4s a whole, Talstra

added, ‘‘I like to keep sticking
my nose in that one even if it gets
bloodied once in a while.”’

Ten years on council, Hallock
has finished at or near the top of
the poll in each of her three suc-
cessful bids at re-election.

She currently chairs the plan-
ning committee and is a member
of the communily-recreation and
housing-social services com-
mittees.

Pointing out he’s about to ga
into a federal campaign, Sheridan
added, “My primary goal is
going to be to mn in federal
polities.’’

With one council seat definitely
up for grabs, an ex-council mem-
ber says there’s a good chance

Strike threat.

he'll be throwing his hat back in
the ring.

Confirming he was considering
running again, David Hull said a
number of people were encourag-
ing him to do so.

Although he’d made no firm
decision yet, Hull conceded his
candidacy was ‘‘an above strong
possibility.”

without looking closely at what
other services the community wil!
lose,”? said Newbery.

In the case of Kitimat, it could
mean losing the services of a full
time anaesthetist.

“TF you lose something, you
should make sure there is some-
thing built in to take its place,’’
Newbery added.

“Tt may be that we'll need a

_regional decision making body,”’

said Newbery of the tougher is-
sues facing health care in the
northwest.

Overall, Newbery said north-
west communities should realize
that some health care decisions
were made for reasons that are no
longer valid,

‘The challenge is to think like
a region and care for com-
munities other than our own,”’ he
said.

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