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New Credit News Rumpus Euchre Nine tables gathered to play in the Rumpus Hall. High Scores were won by Geraldine LaForme and Elliot i(ing; Low Scores were won by Dale LaForme and Randy Montour; Lone Hands were won by Ella King and Joe LaForme. Visit to town of Nississauga On Saturday evening April 6th, 1-~r. & Hrs. Pat LaForme, 1-ir. & Hrs. Uard & Mrs. Cam honture at tended a dance in the collegiate in l.iississauga. invitation sent to New Credit by the to'Wil of hississauga. LaForme and hr, This followed the Coming Events in New Credit 1. April 13, Euchre, Rumpus Hall 2. April 14, Earl Sault singers at New Credit worship services at 3 P.h. All welcome. LADY WILLINGDON HOSPITAL Ohsweken, Ontario (This communication will explain fully the Health Services at L. il .Hospital. Thanks to Dr. J . G. Nicholas for this information.) The provision of medical and public health services is NOT being withdrawn from the Six Nations Agency. The basic human right of those in need of essential, necessary medical care and unable to obtain it through their own resources is keenly recognized by the Government of Can- ada, and, insofar as the Six Nations Agency is concerned, this right is being safeguard- ed, as is also the right of every Indian resident of this Reserve to a standard of med- ical care comparable to that available to the rest of the Canadian population. In this era of rapid change and revolutionary medical progress this standard is not, and cannot be provided with the out-moded facilities on which the In- patient care services of the Lady 1Jillingdon Hospital has had to depend. No small hospital of 20 beds or less can possibly reach this standard. ~odern diagnostic services, Intensive Care, easy avail- ability to Specialists and Consultants, --- these are now basic medical necessities in the treatment of acute illness. These are all available within easy shopping distance of Ohsweken, and we have the assurance of the Ontario Hospital Services Commission that sufficient active treatment beds exist in nearby general hospitals to accomodate the needs of the residents of this Agency. It is for these reasons that the provision of In-patient services only, --- a service which has been very poorly utilized over the past few years, is now being discontinued at Ohsweken, and I trust, thereby open the door to a far greater need being met. I wish to emphasize that: (1) The Public Health and Preventive Dental Services will remain and function as before. (2) A Hedical Clinic, with attached Emergency, X-Ray and Laboratory facilities will be actively operating, Monday to Friday, at the usual Clinic Hours, with Emergency-Aid and Call Service till Mid- night, seven days a week, Staffed by a Registered Nurse. The Hospital building when vacated, will be off ered to the Six Nations. It is the hope of the Government, and the present administration that it will be put to active use to provide a safe refuge for the needy aged and infirm, many of whom are presently scatter- ed around in Nursing Homes in Ontario, far from relatives and the place they look to as "home" and to which they are anxious to return . These Senior Citizens are an increasing group and an increasingly neglected group. I will continue to rpovide for the medical needs of your indigent citizens. I plead with you to see to it that the urgent social and living needs of your aged citizens are as willingly met. - Staff New Credit : W. LaForme, S. Shant z Six Nations: A. & W. Jamieson Sour Spri ngs : G. Lewis Martin' s Corners: Anita Hill (Mrs El.ion Hill) Typi st: R. Bender I ndividual copies 10 cents Half yearly suggested contribution~$2 .00 Publi shed weekly except for month of August