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"A Family Tradition for 125 Years" PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, July 30, 1991 - 27 Dialysis unit opens at OGH On Monday, July 15, 1991, Oshawa General Hospital began treatment of Hemodialysis pa- tients in the new Regional Dialysis Unit. The opening of this Unit will ~ mean an >nd to the long drive to Toronto for dialysis patients from the Durham, Haliburton, Nor- thumberland, Peterborough and Victoria areas. Many of these pa- tients had to make this journey three times a week and some had to travel as far as Mississauga in order to receive treatment. The Unit which is designed to readily expand to 10 stations, operates six-days a week with five stations currently being utilized. At the present time, there is a caseload of 20 patients, with five patients receiving treatment in the morning and afternoon each daily. It is anticipated that the caseload of the Unit will expand to 30 patients by the end of July. Total capital costs of the Unit at Oshawa General Hospital was $1.4 million and public interest and support for the project have been very encouraging. To date, over $100,000 in donations have Low prices a nightmare for farmers Try growing a bumper crop of corn in 1990, putting it into storage for the winter then selling it in June 1991, repaying your operating loan and finding out you still owe the elevator company for storage and have no money for anything else. This is the reality of farming to- day, according to Jack Wilkinson, first vice president of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA). The disastrous cash flow pro- blems faced by farmers came under discussion during the June OFA board of directors meeting held in Toronto. "Money that was committed in April by the Federal Government to partially address the lack of farm income is gathering dust in Ottawa while bureaucrats devise complicated application forms. The recent National Task Force on Farm Finance and Manage- ment barely acknowledged the short term credit needs of farmers and failed to offer any solutions," Wilkinson told the board members. Recent farm debt review figures, showing a 64 per cent in- crease in the number of Ontario farmers facing insolvency and severe financial distress, dramatically illustrate the problem. "We have no assurance that the Provincial Government will ad- dress short term credit as it reviews its long term farm finan- cial policy," he said. The OFA has struck an action committee to respond to this critical situation, and is placing high priority on f inding solutions. Wilkinson said, "for many, the dream of the family farm has become a nightmare. There has to be more cash in, than cash out. This just isn 't happening -- - that's the reality. This year, 1991, is no- man's land, the bridge to the safe- ty net of 1992 is short term credit." been received from individual and group contributions. Operating costs of the Unit will be $1.5 million in the first year. The Unit, which represents a cooperative effort between the Durham Region District Health Council and the Haliburton, Kawarthas, Pineridge District Health Council is a major new service associated with the ex- pansion and redevelopment of Oshawa General Hospital. The hospital is a referral hospital for other health care services in the Durham Region and beyond, which provides both acute and long term care services, as well as established regional services in genetics, laboratory medicine, diagnostic imaging, rehabilitation and sub-specialty medical and surgical services. 188 MARY ST. « PORT PREY Hours: Monday - Friday 9 BLUE * BLACK * RED 1 INCH - 3.49 11/2" - 4.85 2INCH - 5.75 VINYL - 3 RING BINDERS ENVELOPES 1.35 rg PORT PERRY STAR OFFICE CENTRE e 985-7383 FAX po) 3708 Saturday 10 -4 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. SHEET PROTECTORS Package of 10 with Black Inserts pC 15° ELASTICS 1/4 LB. BOXES - VARIOUS SIZES The Scugog Library's "Fishy Tales" Thursday morning kids club was hard at work last week fishing for treasure, playing charades and building boats. Summer student Sara Brown (right) helps Andrew Bray glue his hand-shaped sail to a mast as Tabitha Fisher watches. STENO |'[[{e7: 1 [e7:1R PENCILS 3.65 Box 5 MM 1.79 rig 2.89 10 - 100s - 5.35 Box Grade A Bond 21/4 x 3" 5 to Pkg. - 3.85 Ctn. 50 - 32.95 Dataform 21/4 x 2 3/4" 5to Pkg. - 2.79 Cn. 50 - 23.95 GUILD BRAND PENCILS Fe HB ¢ H ¢ 2H (30x of 10 2.15 GUILD BRAND PENS MEDIUM or FINE POINT Blue ¢ Black * Red Box of 10