° lefter within the next 24 hours, we ¢ os Ys reply. | ve to ‘the poe board's timaieelG calls, ; oS AW ‘Indopendéiit, owapagie doVoled 16 the. ‘it Prince Rupert and Northern and Central Brit COP A member of Tha: Caniadlary ProsdAtidit Bi reNe On oN Foi AtlOneCanadian: Bally: Newapaper Publtahorn: Auwoetaiin, 5 se Dubltahed | Dye The: Perinee: Rupert’ Dally: News Tmited: “JONN. J Mago - Dt Ident , ish Columba, we “D. woonsinn ma General Manitner ; ve tafe 60. soon: - ovighton this page provides it. “thé Wéspital hoard | receives $, take it that the health minister’ : . ot en ye 4 ea tt gad PAAPILE AR iy ae aw ee : " . “ee f ALE iddde e * » A §1 tai 001. “In 1948 it wi a8. 5 $261,908" Cer tainly serviees have gone up and voile have increased, : For that reason gross expenditures if the Prince Rupert General hospital prove tiah, with BCHIS blessing, the hospi-- atl board embarked ona renovation program which included, since 1958, a. new x-ray machine, a new laboratory, . radiologist service, a new baller room, . pew muternity ward, increased . bed: space, (boosting the number of ‘heda fram 4) to 107), medical. records Hbrary. All of this Waa. approved by Vietorix, Much of it, has meant ine crgased staeft, ‘Except for last year, all wage in- CME KON granted at the hospital (to unionized personnel came as a rosult ofa hitration which is binding to bath tries, Lust year the hoard négottat- ed and settled for a 6 per cent wage in- créase to the unions, a far lower vel t chtagre increane than the prevailing 4 ‘Are parents doing “Warden Wuagh Christhe of Gpkalla prison tak amd awme Hare things absat. Use irra. panwbialy of perents, Js carnplabi: panenia dep tly dor- yor ocrumeny jou’ af raining cia ren ane MAT aie oa we have ao many delinquents. ur Chritie hee ite very pore polnt, We Nti Teter he waned bbe remarke af all parents idee THY 6 ROO tae reaporutbtitden. 4 Weid Feta ad Wada Wis rough aed Mahe PoAid. flag n Ue war emnple shirk: their Mitta ei wt A Boal a tng AS $aet cables otto, bet pail fad fwurkig capes at OP ev ae dak be Habe Adkcdaplate — batscattak Gia Ra et dae woe my pane ey bats ae aay i Mie wad wot tbe CAMO LUE thaagttant haa welantatiae de. whch nw af Shad” Satan y feline ah MANDA! Me ve ‘f - vf ft A fF wt ie a district, did to ee Minister o nrtin’s letter ‘immediately ‘to the Unless | nt” editorial of Feb: (In suggesti e ‘told the boar iso gone up. In an effort to im- - ® services and to obtain aceredita- m1 industria wag Wwice in the last five y years the hos. “pital board has invited ‘BCHIS con- _ sulting und {ngpection teams into the “hospital and asked them ‘where the | bogr d cun economize, improve services nt no extra: cost, check. for overstaft- ‘. ing. What: suggestions were made by the BCHIS teams: have: been carried Out, “Thoug at he hospital i is s deep i in ‘debt, unwise “until “they @ ae of | Additional ae available for the os To “board. that’s dolls of revenue. ee t of 2a -@ T mt feed "oe 8 o Os a. , Ae We grant thal nilions: tures outweirht revenues, . Were we a hospita) board. member ‘and if your letter, Mr, Martin, is a sample. of the “ful and “considerable ' vattention” to all of Prince Rupert Gen- eral hospital's problems, then we'd- turn the job of running the hospital over to you and BCHIS. You claim you have the answer, BCHIS should try to put it inte practice, Maybe you could make hospitala a contingent ability, “At leust. if you took over it would lengthen the lives of a large number of hospital hourd members who have spent years worrying: nd seek ingr Ways und means of keeping the haspi- tal operating efficiently and at the Kame UUme trying not to reduce service because of increasing costs, a ‘crummy job’? afead of moral values, 1a the nage of bustle and boredom in whieds parcata become too men Aiy anid phyaoatly tired in “ceophog up" ve the required attention lo thelr ehiidren. » on one Unie, keeping up with the Joneucs amply meant learning ta play a good bund of niminy, whikt ar bridge, of to dance a new atop And gone are Whose chorea whiety helped mud wo wholesome family unit chopplog the wid, feding Wie chickens, cnptying the ash tat. Parents huve sp much greeter chavlenge than feortuear eeierations Mul owe ugepe with Mr. Chyrutie Ut, dewpite Une ehange of Uinecn, toeery of Unern coyid Ato ekki eae far tend Saantlies AO whe sald thet @ ede wii taatnne Boe tgllne law bud thing? “The Vaneouver Pravines No boredom 7 Piviw tie Waanmver fun eye pupa! went 1 Adds Ae Bie Attar baal Ma anal ba te feat pate Cddte de Paaonn wiidaQerdupy —gllypaie, — alas Aid Sy Vino vay wi get je whence Or Ade Arkp etlar Gaal Aud agludy, st i as Cauatieligatae WA wed Word wads i ul, Lhe A Nell AIIM EIASTLAS, SOY; Shes, Ait a eae ate aoa 8 throughout the ° Mr. Martin suggests the board build a . hospital: laundry. “Me says that. our bruary. 20 was incorreet ‘that BCHIS arbitrarily r to: “hold- the-line” on its i eep it down to the» £ BCHIS: did inform 1958. 1087 | ars in n the red with no . * 16. ‘per cent. . ~ hospitals: Bach year, ine po totaling. several. millions:of |: Of. - dollars aye been voted: by the provincial gov- “ernment to meet the. increased cost of - hospital operation. But the people of : dozens of cities in’ British | Columbia,” could press.their hospital hoard's f or. an explanation» as to. deficits and they'd get the sume answer —expendi- P ee aaefeall alt ee ae me Pat lal . mY ve aM : woe ‘ . wes hi aims th whe Soh ge, : . > vay wee ee oe. ooe * ae oe ” o i ye We Ee aw welgnye ‘wl? Bee Bese ‘ae ryt ad Ni Sp hy va : * Oe a taht Ee eae Te We ge goalie | - woe First of: ‘an - Honpital’ board’ ine province.” On’ Novoitiber’ “anking: for 1050 cathmates:, ithat-the total ‘expenditures of the hospital should be met | hy t the B ritish Columpia’ Hospital Tnsuyance Se rvice regardless of whether ror “hot the hospital: is. ‘economicallly: operated. pyour? eb ei al was: intorreet. “in ‘to hold ed oe 59 budget. down. to the-1958 level is Just axking for trouble alk: over. the: ‘B.C, Hospital Insurance: Service letter to the hospital A formed the’ for the Hospital Insurarice! service had - nob be in: a position ‘to: advise. AGO. Tha ‘obviously: Apex: Hott, 1058 level during 1989 but did‘ad amount of ‘additional: tuhds : _ pendi tures ° ‘unless: prepared ; to: cover: them. from other. sources, ‘In your editorial, you'dld ataw: attéenuio Chotpital ‘that inti: the amount Jof. funds. available! oe been determined -by the Legislature, the Service would household, wriggling his entire body, from none to tail-tip the: ‘hospital ‘as to what -edpenditure could be approved. for. re ure ‘the. hoa pitals:: ta, arbitrarily “hold-the-line”. at (the - + a nervous ney; reomer to the house. them ‘that’ It would be ‘unwise until they know of the nt an ee be oe Th dog. ‘knows he. iene rho ‘6 sleep on the. boy's bed bo ‘when he wes me, he dives hastily undax the bed and te tlens to pretend | he hasbeen there all the-time, | ao : AS 8008 as 1 am. Out of the renee, he eNintitos: tran ox whe oo / bed and curls up. About 7 ain. he aviakens: young, John by serabbiing around andl Meking ‘the boy's face, The: resalting noise wakes. up scene brother Michael. : a, ' “80 tuo boys ‘anda “doy come. ‘padeing: bate ‘the bedviooin \ ‘Where the boys’ mother and father are trying: to. sleep. The. . dog whines and scratches, at the bedclothes—the : he, wants to go. outside. | ‘John, takes tim” ‘downstairs and Jets him. on om just stands: on) the: pack veranda fora moment” and ‘smitty, dtd “hot “seeing or melling any: OL Tis. “triers, he #e ratehies. 16 eine tatk in, at.onee. 9. - . ,.. He ts always on hand to see John ot i on the piss te sehoot, : ‘On some days, he fxcapes from. the. vara at sehool-time, and vanishes, 00. 'Y ae But even “on. ‘these days, the! never. fails to be. ack | ‘wihten i. he ‘boy: zetuene, ‘He Jumps: and barks: ‘with gle asm, because, John is bis ‘particular. friend, . BO 4 However, » he always - weleomies home: every smemiber’ ‘of. the vas h ‘ld Bail Hompteate: Out of Debt". stating « ‘“BCHIA with: its warning. to. “the: me This hard to belleye: that- only 4 ‘shoxt while ago he | RASS ‘Ef the. boys and 1 tumble around playing, he barks: and available | for ‘the current year, to increase” ex- pulls ab us, imaging that we are really. fighting nwt one. 7 another. ‘He's a peacemaking dog. the fact that the Conetitation Board reeom- A large brown female of: undevernpined ‘reed calls for otir’ | | mended, hy “a iajdrlty “Feport;’ that ho® increas ex “be. ‘granted at this. time.In the wages of the dog on some mornings. Bhe stands about a foot taller than our ° : engineers, and .that the: whole. matter: investigation ‘into’ the “whole. matter: 4t you are adware of. the; bubaLantiar wage’ of the hospital, over :the.past: tén “yéars., “paid-in! the whole - “provinea:: ‘The. followin table Wustrates this’ point. » Positfon os Teds Wake inte - thly Pegs oT monthly “8 92) fionthly “$1 7B" monthly It will - be. noted that: “En the: ‘maximum | in this ten-year: period : of: time, gone: up. ‘by. 93; the Dietary: Malds,, We ‘per! cent. for: the . General’ Duty: Nurse “Nurse Aide 9 oe “Dictary’ Maid” Shit Sriginger: ~ Dut, y Nurses: : ‘The people of: Prince: Rul - dithires of the Prince’ ‘Rupert: {sons of: actual” Bross: tota) , Year : "1949 1952° 1958 © gross salaries: inereaséd : ‘by, You? Will -be interested ever, In’ 1957 -and--1958,: 12.6 * taee that. the per: diem: rate Tt would ce 2 pointed: out: to the: “and continuing ™ s oment-as. compared ‘to: ho: “been madé. in the payme dollars: ‘have. been voted =" to meet the’ increased cost. of. Aos- . pital. operation. However, there i3 a Nmit to what the. taxpayer ean afford and it- ‘is necessary and -possible to give this high ‘evel of care within ‘redsonable. | and economically - - > justified limits, The Prince Rupert Hospital Po - has: received full and .consider-. _ able attention; to all. its prob- lems, as have all. other. hospi- ‘tale throughout ‘British | 'Co- lumbia, It simply comés down to a matter. of good manage- > ment and administration. - Yours very truly; ERIC MARTIN, = | Minister of Health wo and Welfare. ‘ \tcenierrate vs temepansrn ne opeannaananeratemees eAneonvan |! Nature’s remedy From The Hamilton Spectator . Fifty years ago the English |” sparrow was belny complained of almost as bitterly as ‘hs the sturling today but the onde vast and noisy flocks of these birds have dwindled to sinall _ proportions and the balaneé af nature has been restored, Bo it wi be with the starlings eventually, Wea bey abner Atte web VRC frbtente aheapli Hh ethintmet eateietiie Minee-ceme ha * Heave ho! Vrom The Monlreal Gusette Sea-chanteys and work- songs ure as o}d ax human Jo- bor, What is so often forgot- ten about them, in thia méche anked age, is that theye were not composed for the enter taament of the workers: thelr main function ta to impose a ehythin on the work b¢lig dane The clamor for aid! From ‘The Kitchener Waterloo teen! d Hardly © duy passes that doon'l peo some wroug oF, br wanixation asking for wome Kporlal Horton aaalata No heh a Ts tretd woul alarming i gover meet ; penditures didnt have ta ‘ yald for eventually by tha p phe (hemaelven In the tort D of Pex LS ORE SUE Se EL aOR oe Rea “No rush. Krom ‘The Coleury Norns Cwnvde should aol rush woLep and deul wilh Ne Ute id Hlalee on ie Golupile ner Pough pare NN i by . Van atiere say] Ts General Me Wealth als seudy paid off pnd it vould Nes hawalhida Uy laaje apow. weg ty alla aay pals “1952 wage rate. ‘, $210-$240° monthly €i90- $145 ‘monthly * $126+$135 “monthly. $265 monthly ‘tanged, actual salarica and wares. ‘paid - ‘have, : winging, and as: ‘soon. BS. the. door, was opened, he ram toveawnd ‘Nurses Aldes and by 05. per, cent. for: the Generals: pert. ‘are “probably not aware of the very large inereanes in: ‘expen- = General. ‘Hospital | over. the: ‘past 10 years, ‘The following, compar. . ve The dog wagged his tail and licked the teleph: one ail ever. indicates .this - “point: ve =. ” Patient Days. Attention” is” > drawn: to. “the | ‘Tact. ‘that. in. ‘the. six: years since 1952, ‘patient. days. increased “by 3,679 or 12.74 -per™ cen ‘while gross, expenditures: increased by. ‘$209, 317, OF. 58 per cent and 2 ‘$196,365. or:76.3per-cent. . m : o know-that up to the end of. 1956, the ‘hospital operated without “financtal : difficulty, : actually: dvin mall. ‘accumulated surplus. over the eight: years. How- >: eficit of. more than $43,000 was. ineurred, | Gespite the - Increased from $1245 In. 1956 to $14.50 In 1982, or Better than ‘Prince’ Rupert should press ‘the’ “Hospital ‘Board. “for hould.. operate. satisfactorily for. eight, years and. then. nh “Hospital Insurance Service has on a number of occassions. * pital Board: the fact: that: a: ‘continuation of such .policies as steady -— Ancreasing cost of sending: laundry. to'a commercial establish---; i operated: .laund ries: Oe ~ others. when* other -comparabie: hospitals ° ‘real ize from 83.0 000. to. $4, 000. yearly! from this; would if result. in: large. operating sdefidits. “Pepe oe . —_ The’ Bc. “ Ingteases: : ANOTHER ONE URAUETT be. reviewed in July. As this report represents careful dog, but ‘the difference in height doesn’t stop the courtship, s AMftieull'to understand why you attack It. Surely rm: ‘afraid, ' tastes which: have been granted to the employees: . - and. which have. placed. them amongst the highest “and all loose objects. He was also a thief. In one week he drag- Por 2 time. the dog was a4 chromic chewer of. toys, shows, . ged down’ Be pork Toast and a Foaust ot beet—a pretty. Bane “1958. wage | rate yee Ore. a : - $2B4¢ $313. ‘monthly. ‘But he seems. he. have’ ‘changed his: ways—perbaps becaure cae --$1912$211 monthly © “he: ‘knows Weare keeping 'a ‘close eye on ‘him: ." “$191-$206- monthly... “T think he’s a fairly. iknowing beast: One day when Pegey ‘ama me $345> monthly: . the younger boys. were coming home, he heard. the telephone + per..cent. for. ‘the engineers,.. 123-per cent for. At, barking madly.” Se: Peggy. told. me. when. she. answered ibe ‘phone—as “” happened,” E was"ihe one who was telephoning. I got ber to hold the. phone: down to the dopg’s ear, and I talked to. hin. 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