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WHITBY FREE PRESS, Thursday, May 1l, 1972, Page 9 TREATMENT 0OF FEMALE PATIENTS WAS CRUEL SAYS HOSPITAL EMPLOYEE morale at the Whitby Psychiatric H o s p i t a 1 is reported 'Iepndnt ten days after theMayi lst administra- t i ve c ha nges, al though some of the more drastic-measures have been ai- 1 e vi ated by administration, hospital employees report. Empl oyees who contacted the W h itby Free Press on Friday after- noon expressing concern for elderly Town Fathers Gamble with Chance Whitby c itizens was 1los t in the w ilI h ave an op- severe storm îast por tu nity to see August. their municipal co uncil and staff tr y their hand at ru nning games of chance at a Monte Carl1o Night at Heydenshore Pav- ilion, May 12. The Monte Carlo Night, from 8p. m. toi1 a. m. wil11 feat- ure games, music for dancing, re- f re sh ments, and bar privileges. Tickets are $5 per couple, avait- ab le at the muni- cipal offi!ces, downtown stores, the office of the Whi tby Free Press and at the door. The Monte Carlo Night proceeds w 111 go towar d h elp i ng persons whose property NOW as hîgh as Put your mnolny ilnto our guzirantccd Iinvest- Ment certificaîtes 110W paying seven and three quarter per Cent i nterest. TRUST COMPANY SINCE 1009 308 DUNDAS ST. W. WHITBY 668-9324 f em ali e Patients reported on Monday th at the situation had now improved. E MPl1oyees had voiced concern when administrative moves had resulted in e lderly, female patients having to be w ashedl by maIe'R. N. A. 's instead of by regular female nursing staff. 'li ws rue,*Ilsaid one maIe mem- ber of the hospitails nursing staff. "These ladies lived in an era when it was even considered immodest to lift their skirts to the ankie."I Patients at the hospital have added to t he p r essýure for government in- q u i r i e s, and are circulating a pet- iton to the newspapers. FOWLER'S 'FLOORING -Nardwood Insfalllig A& Sanding Refhlshed --Palaetin & fiper Hanoiq SamPI« Sh@wn In Y@ur Own Hom» Plime 6S4O1 ».Churchll v.Whltby SAnenmyD Promu. ade i *DX OH. S668n3341 1