Be until they - ‘esonally. need ¢ they may not. be’: fully informed : "By Our Special Cor -.. Because. people “are not | ;-Mally ‘concerned. with hos hospital, Rest Haven,” which in its own quiet way has established . ’ itself.as.a very versatile local... general hospital, or in the cur- - rent parlance - acute-care hos- . 7 pital. This possible ‘Tack. of infor- -Mation has been compounded with ~ misinformation arising from re-:. * eent broadcasts. describing Rest... Haven as an extended-care hos-~. pital where local residents go to. -- Yecuperate after. an operation in” one of the bic-city hospitals. It’: Tet ~~ seems opportune - to presenta .-o. brief . description: of what. Res Haven’ can: actually ‘do, and has _ been doing for. the people of th Peninsula: during i first half ° century of existen ~ in 1912; was small, privately built and operated by a Dr. Cumming, -but. it was: a-few years ahead of its time and could: not’ support itself." The ‘hospital-was taken’ _.over by the government in 1916- “£1920 and ‘operated as a ‘military. hospital » to. care. for returning “veterans of the Great War... ‘In 1921 Rest Haven was re leased. ‘by. the government and” _-taken over. by. the Seventh Day. . Adventist ‘Church for operation = a8 a. combined sanitarium and ~ During: _ convalescent... hospital,:: ’ this period upto 1949, RestHaven gradually. expanded its services - to. include maternity and minor surgical | cases, ‘and.- generally: . Served the people of the northern _ peninsula and islands as a limit- ed general: hospital, under pri- vate management .and financing. _In.1949- Rest Haven. became : incorporated into the BritishCol- ~ _ umbia Hospital. ‘Ynsurance Ser- “vice,” although. continuing under “the: management’ of the: Seventh 7 > Day: Adventist Chureh and oper=| a ating. under =a: board’ comprising: both the * .. hureh .:and the “community. Pate: : This period : ‘has. seen. - major development and improve-~ __; Ment of the “hospital to meet. “its: ever-increasing responsibili-. 2 ~ ties to our r rapidly growing com-.~ oe representatives’ “of: dares. munity. SE, Rest. Haven: is housed in a ‘three-story frame building situ- ated on a smail- island in:Shoal - “Harbor, connected by a one-lane bridge to northern. shore-line ‘of Sidney.--The hospital was. ori- ginally designed asa ~ 40-bed “Rest Haven ‘came” ‘into™ “being : . been. increased: to’ 56-beds;.: but: by cutting and. filling its nominal: capacity has A typical day’s roster is about 42 patients, and at times the-figure: has approached 70, Extra beds are kept available in the second and third-floor corridors to.ac- commodate: the . “normal over- flow; and‘ ‘on Gécasion the two beds. in the emergency ward are pres=. ‘sed into service, while in an. extreme emergency another half. dozen patients: have been accom- * “modated on the cots inthe physio- therapy wards, , “Being a multi-story buildingon an island . makes «it: difficult. to . attempt any substantial expansion . “or: improvement : of the hospital” buildings, and.any.major action inthis direction must inevitably _™ean starting afresh, and pro- bably“at:.anew: location. © This is. sad. because the little island - “site: is a beautiful. setting for-a° : hospital-and certainly must have . contributed to the” well-being of its. patients." . An’ terms: of: staff,Rest Haven’ “has: 10: local physicians and sur-). “geons enjoying active-staff pri-* ‘vilegés,’ while another 20 leading: medical. ‘and surgical ‘specialists . -and., consultants “in’ Victoria’ are: officially “accredited. to’.Rest * Haven: and’ ‘make: frequent use of...: The: hospital has ~ partment is ‘ready to accommo- -a@ permanent: staff of 80, virtually | all “of whom ‘live in the three’ its facilities. northern - municipalities. :° If-as is now.ybeing: considered, Rest Haven were relocated somewhere | between’ Sidney and Brentwood, --accessible to-the Elk-Lake area,-- one can. 1 foresee a doubling of... ‘level* e er. of doctors havingac- ve-staft privileges. : ie slowing r ratio, ‘medical 45%, - Surgical 45%, with balance being “\Maternity,. and other cases. _pitals,-a “beds are occupied by patients who "under the new terminology would pediatric, geriatric ‘As in all hos- substantial number. of be: classified as ‘‘extended- “eare’’, this group including re~ ~ Cuperative, incurable. and term- = dnal” “cases, : recéives. that. share of psychia-"* ‘tric cases; “which can be handled ‘without -special provisions, In .the main, Rest Haven is equipped “Rest Haven: also to ‘handle about 90% of all cases ‘inthe area requiring hospital- - ization, woe Rest: ‘Haven has ‘two operating theatres, and also an emergency surgery, involving limbs, . ears, eyes nose: and: throat,” Thoracic ‘and. cranial ‘surgery is not at- tempted -.largely:. because’. these. “s ‘inaccessible’ operations re- quire’ a major surgical team and” ‘supporting . staff. and facilities. -whichare available only in the ‘large city. hospitals. Rest Haven. “regularly /receives heartcases from the surrounding area, and - has “very modern: cardiacmoni~.. toring equipment to permit the continuous": observation: The hospital has standard dia- gnostic: X-ray.. machines and-is.. currently. acquiring “anew spec- Vial’ X-ray” apparatu which will “a com=. | cost: $54,000, ‘The “pletely” equipped : ‘pharmacy. and also -a- “pathological - laboratory: with facilities for routine analy=" a sis : ard ‘examinations. -~ ~ mens: requiring elaborate. equip-. “ment. and procedures. ‘are’ sent. -Speci- to = the™ pathology ~ laboratory: at ‘the Jubilee: Hospital. a Rest. ‘Haven's. “maternity, de- : partment - has.’6 bassinets. and necessary: facilities : for... caring: - for ._ premature. babies. The. de- date’. the -usual run . of:normal ~ births* and those needing special . provisions, ~ a : As a ‘small local general hos- pital, Rest Haven cannot: provide for elaborate’ surgery such as heart or - brain, : or.-for : certain. complex diagnostic procedures 7 PHLBROOKS SHIPYARD 2324 HARBOUR RD. SIDNEY "For Fast Marine - Repairs & Service —. 656-57 40tf A BCAA MEMBERSHIP IDEAL FOR FRIENDS ~ RELATIVES — EMPLOYEES - BUSINESS ASSOCIATES SHOP IN PERSON BY PHONE OR MAIL COUPON TO: BRITISH COLUMBIA AUTOMOBILE ASSN - Phone 682 4433 845 Burrard St Vancouver hoy ur Bt Name . 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Surgical pro- cedures © regularly * carried out “at Rest’ Haven include the full ‘range. of abdominal surgery, and ~ and analysis of. the heart-function of ©: _three patients . simultaneously. ‘Me eting ~“gember “4th, at the home of Mrs. both: to the ‘church: and the. dio and - their: path logy.” 1 ments, These: cases. must :-b |, to ‘the: major- hospital in Victoria’ or ‘elsewhere, butt! - represent a very. small fraction of: the total: demand for. hos| oi The great volume: of. hospital: cases, . about 90% of the tota can’ be accommodated and treat= ed at Rest Haven, at. least cost. and maximum convenience to th people of the area. An.essen- tals and: medical * practitioner i cone cannot function: without: other, - The availability of. lest Haven makes it Possible for ~of. the” last: raeeting the members settled =, a, talk’ by that: ‘loquac tertaining Irishman field. : Ken’s subject wa _Clay* Modeling’ ..’ ° ters: as Rodin, Epstein and : ‘Pie ~ casso, Ken proceeded to enlarge area, which would not otherw se be possible. , The hospital has e best. meets. ‘the: needs problem today:is’ ‘simply the rapid population growth of. ‘the area to. the. ‘point where the: hospital. can =no . longer: be expanded - at its present site. | Rest Haven - must: be. rebuilt’ at a-new. site, best. ‘located to serve the. com- munities’ of the northern Pen- © ke ~ insula, ‘but. the cost. ofthis: will mm . have to ‘be. undertaken by the ” taxpayers ‘of. these: communitie through municipal - cooperation -and provincial support. = ‘Annual — Held | The ‘Annual Meeting of St. St phen’s A:C: W.ewas: held-on De- C203: Butler, Verling Avenue... ;, the : “Broup to: donate - ‘generously cese, “tions to be made , it. was decided to ‘give $100°‘to:-the- Diocesan “‘Undesignated : Fund, to be used -at- their discretion. 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