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14... Terrace Review — Wednesday, July 17, 1991 “AS

" IMPORTANT NOTICE

os _.Tovall residents of greater Terrace and the surrounding communities: |

a 7 ~ You've probably heard about the bed closures at Mills Memorial _
+ Hospital. These are the facts: a | as

.._.*Theré is a serious shortage of operating funds at Mills Memorial ~—
-. Hospital. oe / | oS
.. * «24 beds have been closed and will remain closed until sufficient’ -
-. funding is available to operate them: 10 beds in the children’s ward, 10 beds.
_. in the medical-surgical ward, and 4 beds in the psychiatric ward.
ee There is a possibility that professional and medical staff will be lost .-
_. if at least some of the closed beds are not re-opened within a reasonable |
length of time. | | -

oo This closure of beds will seriously undermine the hospital’s ability to
_..- provide adequate health care services to the community of Terrace and the
outlying communities which depend on Mills Memorial Hospital as a
—-* referral centre. Mills Memorial provides an ever-increasing number of
_»- medical services to patients from all areas of the Northwest, thanks to our
~~ good fortune in attracting excellent medical specialists. Mills Memorial is no
longer the little hospital that primarily serves the local resident. |
oe The facts support this: | |

: ~ ONE THIRD of our patients do not reside in Terrace. ee
- *We have 13 medical specialists working out of Mills Memorial, more. ~
than any other city in northern B.C. with the exception of Prince George. =~

- Please join with us in demanding that the
- Ministry of Health provide additional funding to —
restore the level and range of services at Mills
~. Memorial Hospital. | |

.- You can help us by: - Sr OE

.. Writing to the Minister of Health and your MLA outlining your

concerns — es a

- Honourable Bruce Strachan

Minister of Health

Parliament Buildings
Victoria, B.C. V8V 1X4

~ Honourable Dave Parker
7 MLA for Skeena
4663 Lazelle Avenue
Terrace, B.C. V8G 188

‘Signing our petition, A
additional funding. :

The tremendous support to the hospital in recent months given by local
people through the Dr. R.E.M. Lee Hospital Foundation for the CT Scanner

- and other needed equipment is appreciated and needs to continue — but _ |
_ support for this funding appeal is just as crucial. oe
= Thank you. |

eing circulated locally, for —

| A message from: |

_ The Hospital Employees’ Union

-. The British Columbia Nurses’ Union

— The Health Sciences Association ee
The International Union of Operating Engineers

ne Board of Trustees, Terrace Regional Health Care Society

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