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16 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, April 22, 1986 Technologis ts celebrated The five and two lab oanred ioshasiog who work on the medical lab at Community Memorial Hospital had two reasons to celebrate last week. It was Medical Laboratory Technology Week throughout Canada, a chance to let the public know a little bit about the kind of work that goes on in a modern lab in today's hospitals. Of all the professional staff who work in the hospital setting, the y the most anonymous. Unlike other staff, their contact with patients is limited, yet the work they do is critical in the diagnosis and treatment of disease. Each month at Port Perry Hospital, lab staff perform some 7,000 individual tests, or 97 per cent of all the tests ordered for patients at the hospital. Grace UCW plans sale in May at Island hall The April meeting was held at the home of Camille Crozier with thir- teen members present. Our presi- dent Barb Bischop opened with a poem "Bloom where you're planted". Hymn 388 was sung followed by Lord's Prayer. For roll call we each brought in a favourite dessert recipe also items for the Hospital Auxillary Spring fair which is this Saturday at Lat cham Centre. Madaline Cawker conducted a Bi- ble study for the Devotional taken from John 5-1-18. The minutes of the last meeting were read and adopted followed by the treasurer's report. Correspondence was given and Florence Fralick reported on cards she had sent to the sick and shut in. At this time we would like to say special thanks to everyone who at- OSHAWA (416) 723-5777 M. Irene L. Leahy, sa. CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT FULLY COMPUTERIZED SERVICES , PERSONAL - CORPORATE - FARM - Accounting, Auditing, Tax Planning & Preparation, Bookkeeping tended our annual Beef Supper April 2nd at the Island Hall and many - thanks to all who volunteered their help in many diffferent ways in making this a very worthwhile pro- ject. We also would like to inform everyone that we are having a Giant Bake Sale - Saturday May 17th at noon at the Island Hall. There will be numerous pies, tarts, loaves, etc. for everyone. We discussed our many other pro- jects coming up in May and June and then we hope to enjoy the sum- mer months. Our May meeting is to be held at Florence Fralick's home with roll call being bring your favourite recipe for cake or muffins. We clos- ed our meeting by all repeating the Mizpha Benediction and lunch was served. PORT PERRY Harold 9. Wear Funeral Home Successor to McDERMOTT - PANABAKER Kindness - Courtesy - Economy Pre-arrangements Guaranteed Serving Port Perry and Surrounding Districts with Distinctive Service. -- Same location for over 75 years. -- Lab technologists work in a com- plex field, and they like to refer to themselves as the 'health detec- tives," an appropriate name, for essentially they are looking for the clues that point to a certain illness or cause of illness. Increasing public awareness that lab technologists are a crucial part of the entire health care team is what Lab Technologists Week is all about. . The other reason why Port Perry Lab chief technologist Marilyn Snider and her staff were smiling last week was the installation of a new 'state of the art" piece of equipment. Ms. Snider said the new equip- ment called The Coulter Counter T660, does a complete blood analysis, and will do a count en req and white blood cells, hemoglobin, platelets, hematocrit, and measure corpuscular volumes in a fraction of the time it took technologists to do *he work in the past. The computerized machine can do blood counts in about 60 seconds, compared with visual counting under a microscope that used to take 15 minutes. And the machine even gives the technologist an automatic print-out of its findings. Ms. Snider said this new equip- ment allows the lab staff to do blood testing with the same speed and precision accuracy as any hospital lab in the country. That's not a bad way to welcome Medical Lab Technologists Week at Port Perry Hospital. 985-2171 Our new lawn tractors come with delighted by the price. This year, John Deere has introduced an entirely new line of 100 Series lawn tractors. All are priced substantially less than the 1985 models they replace. Not just a few dollars less, but hundreds! It's the most significant price reduction in John Deere history. New overhead valve engines on most models provide in- creased horse-power and torque. Better efficiency and It's the icing on the cake. After being attracted by the smart styling, intrigued by the brand new features and impressed by all the dramatic improvements you'll be a small attachment you'll love. The price tag. fuel economy tool. And they're enclosed for quieter opera- tion. You'll find more legroom. 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