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Page 2, Whitby Free Press, Wedriesday, November 24, 1993 Hospital to Close beds, other servies during holidays .~every day of 1994 for the amount shown in the calendar. in prizes Calendars are available f rom any Rotary Sunrise member or f rom Picture This and That, Donald Travel, NRS Realty One, National Trust (Dundas St. W.>, & Nurse Chev Oids By Mke Kowalsd Whitby General Hospitals operatmng room and 16 beds wiii be ciosed next month te comply wit L proncial social contract demn. The beds will be closed for an indefinite period beginning Dec. 20, while the eperatig reom and some outpatient servces wil close for two weelcs until Jan. 3. Most cf the beds te be closed are ones normally used by patients recverig from elective Te cutbacks are primarily the result cf the Ontario govern- ment's social centrant legislation which was passed earlier this Visit the festive Santa Claus Parade in the Miniature Christmas Village. ~5ri~m4jÇ7ad7fCi?'nl'eI 4tSTIVfiL OilK1 1s ON DISPLAY NOW UNTIL JANUARY 3Oth, 1994 668-6606 300 Taunton Rd. W. Whit CULLEN OAQDEN& CMINIATUQL VILLAGE ATA CLU ndLV CI?8TA IOW8) ~t.~9~i Sa & $us~44p NIghy 5~3pm, 8PmB :by year. Whiie services are tradi- tionaily cut back during the Christmas season, the legislation has forced hespital officiaIs te take more drastic action than in the.past. Since the hospital did net negetiate a social centrant are ment with ita emple ees *tby General staff wiil h ave te take 12 unpaid days off, which is the maximum allowed by law. "Paist experience has shown tis (Christmas) is a good time for a planned slowdown," said hospitj executive director Eliza- beth Barton. 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Only at Rousseau's. Where fine upholstered furniture is crafted just for you ..itfs a tradition. AN- OFFERING FOR PEOPLE WITH THE IlIGHEST STANDARDS AND THE TIGHTEST BUDGETS 1 ý ý 1 r- -..à 1 -ý - 6 1 the social contrant target, but it won't met us ail the way there,w she sud. With the operating room being closed, personsre1qui*ring orner- genc asrgrwii be sent te sp elsWhere in Durham Region or outside the area, Bar- ton said. «Patients will be transferred te facilities best able to meet their requiements. It will depend on the nature cf the probiem," she 'Éartons9id hespitai officiais wiil try te keep the beds. closed for a longer period than in past years in erder te reduco costs. She aise warned that more cest-cutting measures may be imposed as the hospital approanhes the end of its 1993-94 fiscal year. «Corne March we may be leok- ing at more temporary slow- downs, garticularly in elective BUrgery,saidBetn. Alhough officiais have net yet determined exactly hew much the shutdown will save the hos- pital, Barton stressed that it's Unet enough.» She did net say how much ef a financial shortfail the hospital is stili facing. Earlier this year that figure was about $500 000 based on the hospital's social contract obliga- tiens and the deficit frem its $14-million budget. Town cf VWlutby werkers asat week picked up about 100 tires dumped beside Whitby reads. Sometime cvernigh t Nov. 17- 18, 72 o ld -tires were duznped beside Gardon Street; just north of Taunton Road, and: 25 te, 30 tires were dumped beside Gar- den near Mar Street East. Bryan Clarke, superintendent of operations for the Town, says it was the first incidence of dumping tires since the sprinq. Town employees teck the tires te the works yard, where they were te be picked up by Cheever Tire cf Mississauga. It costs the Town about $175 for the pick-up, the cost based on the weight of the tires. 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