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

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But hospital statistics for

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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 into storage.

Also planued is a system limiting the number of patients in. the

than 25, The province gives the hospital enough money to operate about that many beds.

medi- cal/surgical ward té no more 3

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- vice the hospital provides to the region, with an aim to getting money recognizing the regional service,

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