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Stouffville Tribune (Stouffville, ON), March 1, 1962, p. 11

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dr gordon thomas speaks to lemonville congregation marion th lemonville church honoured on sunday evening to have as their guest dr gordon thomas superintendent and chief turgeon ot the grenfell mission with headquarters at sl anthony newfoundland he spoke briefly on the be ginning of this mission relating how dr wilfred grenfell a brilliant medical doctor in lon don kngland was very much impressed one evening by a stirring sermon delivered by j l moodie grenfell became keenly aware of the great need for a doctor among the indian jlskimoes and fishermen and their families along the banks and inland of newfoundland nd labrador he sailed from england in 1892 with a crew of five and a small eaihe setting ip his headquarters at st an- ihony thus the beginning of a great mission to alleviate the suffering of these forgotten peo ple dr thomas ha been with the mission since 1947 and is pres ently spending some time at the toronto general hospital in the cardiovascular ward obseiving pnd studying the various tech niques of heart surgery hoping to return to st anthony in the very near future to set up a heatt clinic on the mission dr thomas showed a series of slides giving a rommentaiy on his woik much of their tia- el in the past has been done by og sled and boat but recently there ha been a change to air- piane they have a beaver and an otter in operation at the present time mixing their contacts so much eaier and faster the mission headquaiteis is at st anthony nfld wheie there is a hospital school dor mitory orphanage and farm op eration the community is near ly selfsufficient at cartwright jabrador and on belle island there is also a hospital school and doimitor besides lhey op erate 13 outposts staffed with registered nurses and seveial aids there is a unique tele phone radio communication system connecting all pot- the farm at st anthony em ploys fhe men they milk 20 cous have pigs and poultiy they must have all the hay shipped in because the growing season is so shoit there is just enough hay for pasture and much of the land is not suitable for cultivation there is a green house where many thousands of cabbage plants are staited and then distiibuted to the nat ives for gardening the chief vegetables grown aie potatoes cat rots and cabbage the sum mer season is short but eiy pleasant and warm with long days while it lasts the hospital and out post em ploys about 40 nurses and doc tors and several aids each ear an eje specialist xiom new- york volunteers a month of service to treat patients at the mission much of the seiious ee trouble steins from chronic snow blindness among the kki- moes great strides he tyen made lo eraaicaie the greatest single disease threat that of tb ten eais ago on a survey taken 100 positive cases were repot ted on the same type of surey last year only three cases weie con firmed dr thomas spoke of several individual cases which have been treated and cured and are now leading a notnial life infant death rate has been veiy high in the past but great im provement has been made in this field also there are about 150 cluldien living in the doimitoiies and attending school at the three point the oiphanage at st anthony takes care of the chil dren of patients in the hospital when a father or mother is con fined by illness theie is no place for the children except the oi phanage mrs thomas k in chaige of the clothing stoie wheie many children who come to the mis sion with little moie than a few rags are competely fitted out the majoi woik in this aiea during the summei is fishing by boat and net and during the county council makes few budget changes the stouftvuie tribune tbtnday mirth t 1967 pe ii york county council meeting last ueek passed with only a few changes the repot t of the vina nee committee in the case ot the administration of justice a budget figure ot 595000 was set which is about ss000 above last ears figuie the agiicultuial budget was reduced from ss150 to s7250 pan of this reduction was a te- winter when possible with rod no bait just a lead weight in constant motion but the cod is so plentiful this method is successful and on a good day seveial battels can be filled the cod is dried in the sun and salted most of them aie epoit- ed to the west indies in mid winter the men spend most of the time gatheiing wood to keep a fite going how is the minion financed dr thomas spoke of various ways tlnee in patticular first many individuals and hutch groups of all denominations slaie in money and material nrojects secondly some of the patients can pay a little towaid theii caie and the mission ca- tets to the needs of the forces stationed in the aiea thitdly the government lends substan tial suppoit the tost pei year of this gienfell mission and out reach opeiation 1 million dol- lais fusal of council to increase fair grants by 100 each the children aid society had asked council for 83825 but agreed to the figure of 77825 members expressed the view- that the society was doing an excellent job but had too high a staff cost for the number of children an amount of 27500 was agreed for the emergency mea sures but the salaiy of the co- crdinatoi foi s7000 was turned down and will lemain the same at 5500 the health unit will opeiate on a budget of s124285 the am ount foi mental health of 16- 180 was leduced by 5000 hospital grant the county will again plate a one mill hospital levy on the 1962 ta bills this will pi o vide ready money to proceed with the county hospital piogram and will reduce the amount of the debentuie the road commission budget was tnmmed fiom s644500 lo 5544500 which will make a le- duction in the amount of woik to be undertaken this year the salaiy of the county cleik treasuier was increased to 57- 500 and that ot county assessoi ed jones to 56500 mrs caiohne ion newmai- ket deputy reeve chaiiman of the finance committee pie- sented the repoi t mir t ipflportant announcement about your ontario hospital insurance the need tq obtain a bed in hospital is a matter of urgency to a seriously ill person it is vital therefore that every hospital bed in ontario be used only when it is essential in the treatment of a patient proper use of hospital beds is a matter of concern to every resident of the province to help make more hospital beds available the commission now will provide ontario hospital insurance benefits to an insured person who receives hospital care as an oulpatient for which he or she otherwise would require admission as an inpatient to stay in hospital overnight important these benefits will be provided only if the hospital has the required facilities and after these facilities have been authorized for such out patient use by the local hospital board on the advice of its medical staff here are fhe details benefits will cover only the hospital charges for medical and surgical treatment procedures which otherwise would require the patient to be admitted to hospital examples of these procedures are cer tain minor operations electroshock treatments blood transfusions etc it is up to the patients doctor to decide whether the treatment will be given on an inpatient or out patient basis visits to established regular clinics in hospital out patient departments are not covered extension of emergency outpafient benefits effective march 1 1962 when an insured person has received emergency hospital treatment for a fracture within 24 hours of an accident ontario hospital insurance also will cover subsequent outpatient services for check xrays and the change or removal ot cast until treatment ot the fracture is completed hospital treatment for emergency conditions other than fractures will not be covered beyond the first visit to hospital within 24 hours of an accident points to remember 1 ontario hospital insurance inpatient benefits covec the regular and usual hospital services use of operating room xrays drugs laboratory services etc in standard ward accommodation for as many days as such services are medically necessary 2 dependent children cease to be covered under tha parents certificate when they reach age 19 or marry they must then register separately at the applicable singls or family premium application forms are available at all hospitals most banks and all commission offices 3 married persons must pay the family premium 4 there is no change in ontario hospital insurance premiums they remain at 210 a month for a single person and 4 20 a monlh for a family more than 6000000 ontario residents over 95 ot the people are now insured in the plan ontario hospital insurance does not cover any hospital charges any diagnostic sen ices which are not part any medical surgical or privateduty for semiprivate or pri- of insured treatment procedures or which nursing fees talehome drugs h me care vate accommodation do not by themselves normally require or ambulance and other transportation admission as an inpatient charges ontario hospital services commission x1ss yonok strut toronto 7 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