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PAGE 2, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1977, WIIITBY FREE PRESS Hospital workers protest provincial a layoff ol, rf i .êtrrcre once they leave Cot' tomr." cete sre2re an h the 58,000 memnber union and Oshawa MPP Mike Breaugh who was given,,a copy of 400-namne petition protesting the staff reductions. Mr. Darrow said the OPSEU is determined to force the government»to ease its layoff policy. One pieket said it was crazy for the government to lay people off and then pay themn unemploy- ment insurance or welfare. Mr. Thibeau said the pinch is really being felt at the Durhami Centre where the staff has been struggling to establish residents as useful community memnbers by helping thern find apdrents on tlieir own. Close supervision ànd tile said. He contended that more volunteers, wvho lack the proper training, are being used to avoid increasing the regular staff. The province has annoulc- ed 2,300 job losses for this year, and the union feels that public will suffer as much if not more than the workers who are laid off.- Paul Kiarner, executi\'1 assistant to the dire etor of psychiatrie holpitals for the Ministry of Health, reported that he considered that patients* are getting satiS-ý factory care and treatment in spite of the layoffs. Cutbacks hurt patients These hospital employees braved rain and cold weather to stage a protest against planned governrnt cutbacks and layoffs liast Wednesday. About 200 staff of the Whitby Psychiatric Hospital Durham Centre of the Developmentally, Retarded and the Whitby lait used their lunch hour to stae the protest at the entrance road to the hospital. Somle protestors charged that jail inmates were being used to fi in for part-t ime staff who had been laid off.Fe rs ht IF:i-AE) r ;<r'r by johnnv hart -r e.dRr FX"r'KE .--. says mental Mental H-ealth Durhanm has joined the growing nurnber of voices speaking out against proposed cutbacks at the Whiitb)y Psychiiatrie Hospital by thie Ontario Ministry of 1Iclalth. Steve Lunie, director of -Mental 1Iclalth Durhiarn, says lie is concerned about occurpa- tiorial and industrial therapy workers being cut from the hiospital staff, for these eut- backs wvould place patients back into society. unprepared to enlie. The progranis Mr. Lurie re- ferred to are already under- statïed, lie said, "so you can't eut inLIel1 more without effecting the clients. Psychiatric hospitals have been on a no-growth budget for three years and the mninistry wilI not gîve any additional funds, said Mr. Lunie. He is concerned that as a resuit of government-cOM- rnissioned reports, hospitals- will be pressured to reduce the length of stay for patients, tl1ereby utilizing bed space. This would resuit in the Whitby Psychiatrie Hospital discharging clients before they are ready to corne out, he, said, and there are not suf- ficient cornmunity resources to deal with them. Christmas Hours Starting Dec. Sth MAKE HERS v A AGIFT ~CERTIFICATE4A -R£ I Mon. - Mr. 9 - 9 Saturday 9 - 6 PAT'S PLACE OPEiNS Pat Wilcox (left) and ber nine-year-old daughter Amanda were joined by Mayor Jim Gartshore at the officiai opening of Pat's Place, a new children's wear store Mrs. Wilcox opened Saturday in the former Ottenbrite's Men's Wear- store on Dundas Street. Mayor Gaütshore cut the ribbon while Marion Smith beld the door open. Free Press Photo OPENING SOON WHITY - 68-166 CHARGEX opN Evryday 9 6 Frdays9-9- WINDMIl ONE STOP SHOPPING For Your Fashion Needs in Dnwntown Whitby We provide for you- *b Personal Service 9b Pleasant Salesper sons Ob Great Selections Every Week We Hove a Special Item Featured ... ASK US ABOUT UT m»mm@mý THE