"ADVANCE WORK leading to renovations at Mills Memorial Hospital for the new OT scan device
took place last. week. Installations expert Dave Hart, teft, and contractor Bill Nikitiuk took a took at
what's needed to provide a 1,400 square foot room for the device. Construction and installation will

be done the beginning of November.

days away ©

TERRACE — Don’t be sur-
prised if construction sounds fill
the air at Mills Memorial Hospi-
talnext Monday. —

Sept. 13 is the start date for
renovations jeading toward the

installation of the arca’s newest”

medical offering — a CT scan.

, At, 5610,000 the . General Elec-
me Syiec. | GO00™ imagine
ddvices? which ‘givés'' a” three-
dimensional view as opposed lo
the one-dimensional view. of a
standard x-ray, will be, the only
one in northwestern B.C. .

Total cost of..the ‘project ‘is
$810,00 with $200,000 :: going
toward renovations’ of the x-
ray/radiology area to accom-
modate the device.

Money for the purchase was
raised by the Dr, REM. Lee
Hospital Foundation through the
efforts of many individuals,
groups and b inesses,.

‘and. ‘renovations
costs are being ‘covered by. the
health ralnistry.-

The project is called a turn key
operation in that General Electric

_ is, responsible. for all facets of

construction and. installation.“
pect to. do, is fo.
one turn it onand .

’ chief. penne officer Michae]
, Leisinger s said last week, ©

. Construction is to. finish the énd
of October: with. an’ ‘installation

cause of Its: ‘turn’ key package,
~ said Leisinger: |} ..
A General. Electric installation

Expect a

TERRACE — At least three 1e-
placements will be needed to sit

_ on the new edition of the Terrace

Regional Health Care Society. -

“The society, which has its’ an- -

_ nual’ general meeting Sept. 16,

needs “10 fill. three, three-year .

positions and one; one-year, spot
80 fare

Betty Stewart, Glenn: Thomsen
and . Sharon:-Taylar, shave” ‘their.
three year terms ending.”

Stewart and ‘Taylor hive indi.

cated they won't. be .. running. .
again, sald. society - chief execu-
tive officer Michael Leisinger:
A replacement | ds

-been transferred out of the city.

“The saciety: 4s - responsible for

the operations of Mills: Memorial
Hospital and 'Terraceview Lodge.

~The annual « “general” meeting «
takes place Sept. 16 in the educa--

tion: room ‘of - Mills ‘Memorial

~ Hospital. ‘Te Starts at7 pan
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Mills hopes its luck on finding

ari obstetrician will Improve saon.

“An ‘obstétrician from’ Gander,

. General Electric was chosen be- -

‘needed to,
fill the third year of‘a three-year
term: held by--Bob ‘Walch: He's |

specialist and a contractor who
does all tum key operations for
General Hlectric were at ‘Mills
last week getting things ready for
construction.

The great majority. of material.
and labour will be local, said con-
tractor Bill ‘Nikittuk of Niki Con-
«struction.

that one existing x-ray room and
the ultrasound room will be relo-
cated to make space. ,

Key. to the successful operation
of a CT device is a clear line of
power without the possibility of -
‘spikes’? or other variations,

“This is extremely important -

because of the electronics in-
voived,’’ said Nikitiuk. ‘“Some of
the existing codes don’t even
come up to the standards required
- Rere,”?

The CT device is being made at.
‘a General Electric facility in —

Japan with final assembly | taking _
place at another GE facility in
Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

There'll be a’ team of

specialists coming -up for. the in-.. -
| slallation and ‘to’ work ‘with -the

_ Staff here,’’ said GE installations

specialist Dave: Hart,
_ This’! be the. sixth straight tum “

key operation. for Hart and
Nikitiuk,
General Electric sales tepresen-

‘tative Howard Walton said the

CT device is only the sccond one
‘to be: installed: ‘in B.C, this year,
~The other's in- Langley.

~ He said the device coming here’:

is comparable in features and ca-
pabllity. to'1986 models costing
$1.4 million.

change

Newfoundland was interested and

was due to fly here on a visit just §
recently. ;

But he, cashed in his plane tick-
ét, ‘citing an. auto accident in
which his. son was injured, said

Michael ‘Leisinger of the Terrace FF :

. Regional HealthCare Society.

~ A number of other coeutvians
are ‘being “considered, including
“one from South Africa.

‘An obstetrician is need: to re- |

place Dr. Douglas Waterman who

is going | to practice in Victoria,

kk kkk

- Bipected® ‘next’
radiologist Dr. David: Stenning J
who. will ‘eplace - Dr, Richard’
Barnett who is leaving,

Stenning ' was lo. have been the
‘second ‘radiologist but now will
be. the: only -one because of
Barnett’s departure.’

‘Stenning, once. ttled in: “will.
work: on finding. a second ne;

said Leisinger. ve .

+" He Added” that

Cash calendars on sale

TERRACE — Those popular
cash calendars produced by the
Dr. R.E.M. Lee Hospital Foun-
dation and sold by the Elks are
on the market again.

can also dedicate donations or
gifts for specific purposes.

“T can’t see how any modern
hospital can survive without 2
foundation . and © that. Strong

Good for the 1994 year, public support that results from

calendar proceeds are going it," headded,

toward a variety of medical:  Thal’s because.of cuts in
nceds at Mills Memorial Hos- “recent : years .in government
pital. _ budgets for: expenditures on

Calendar sales for the past. . equipment,

three years helped finance the “Our” ~ capital - equipment
$610,000 purchase of a CT budget was-cut by.30. per cent
scan device for Mills, last year..As it is, we're able to

A successful sales campaign only. replace. 20 per cent of ©
this year could’: produce as what is on the equipment list,” ”
much as.$50,000 for the foun- said Leisinger.

dation, said Terrace: Regional Capital. budgets are ‘financed
Health Care Society chief-ex- 60 per cent fromthe health,
ecutive . officer’ Michael ministry and 40 per cent from
Leisinger. the regional hospital district...
The foundation is having a In addition to the $610,000
priority list of equipment raised for the CT scan device,
readied so those who purchase —_other donations have amounted
calendars know where their 9 $130,000.
money 1s going. On this year’s priority list are
And, said Leisinger, people — datex palient monitor, a port-

Michael Lelsinger —

able ultrasound unit with
probes and ultrasound unit
with doppler.

Also on the list is raising
$70,000 for a bus to be rised to
take Terraceview Lodge resi-
dents on appointments and out-
ings. |

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