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the HERALD Pge4B- COmtnUnity FOCUS Lions donation a boost to community health ByBENDUMMETT The Herald Georgetown and District Memorial Hospital is now on the cutting edge in more ways than one when it comes to performing gallbladder surgery Georgetown hospital is one of the first hospitals in the area to use the highly advanced Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy procedure to remove a diseased gallbladder from a patient hospital officials an nounced last Wednesday at a press conference The advanced procedure starts with the surgeon making four small incisions in the patients abdomen Using a thm stainless steel tube the doctor then inserts a labaroscope a miniature television camera into one of the incisions Once inserted into the abdomen the camera Georgetowns Love and Christ Foodbank is in desperate need of baby food cereal and formula Alzheimer Society office The Alzheimer Society for HaltonWentworth has just opened a new office in the suite of Red Cross Homemaker Services in the new Rotary Health Centre in Burlington For more information on the of fice and the society Hills residents can telephone A remote callforwarding system will transfer calls to the Burlington number so there will be no long distance charges projects an image of the diseased gallbladder on a television monitor located the operating room per mitting the doctor to see the ab domen Georgetown General Surgeon Mohan ex plained during the press con The three other incisions are made to insert the surgical in necessary to remove the gallbladder saidDr Mohan The minute to an hour long surgical procedure results in the patient usually being discharged from the hospital one or two days Laura Ellison the food bank Executive Director We service babies ranging in ages from birth to one year who need this type of food and we have none said Ms Ellison Those who want to make a donation should call Ms Ellison at or Anna at 8775482 The Georgetown Chiropratlc Clinic on Guelph Street will be sponsoring a food drive for the Love and Christ during the week of Oct 7 to Oct 11 Patients with appointments during this period wont be charged but they are requested to bring a nonperishable food donation Members of the general public are also encouraged to drop off non- perishable goods at the clinic 211 Guelph Street after surgery As well the patient is able to return to work seven to 10 days after having the gallbaldder removed Comparatively said Dr Mohan the old procedure which requires doctors to make up to an eightinch incision in the persons abdomen to separate the rectus muscle is more painful results the patient having to stay the hospital ap proximately six days following the operation and usually prevents the patient from returning to work for six weeks after leaving the hospital John Oliver hospital Executive Director said the state of the art equipment necessary to perform the advanced surgical procedure could only be purchased after the Georgetown Lions Club covered the equipments total cost of Lions Club President Tom Colton said the service club decided to pur chase the surgical instruments because it wanted to do something for the Georgetown community which would benefit a lot of over a long period of time The donation represents an ac cumulation of a fiveyear savings program on the service clubs part said Mr Mohan said the hospital will perform between 50 and galiblad der operations per year Approximately 50000 Canadians will have a gallbladder operation in any given year added Dr Mohan To date Georgetown hospital has performed 17 gallbladder operations using the new equip- HEATHER ANGUS Herald Special This is the second of a fourpart series on tutorstudent success stories at the North Halton Literacy Guild Oneonone tutor ing Tor any adult in Halton Hills Is free confidential and In dividualized Study where and when It suits you You can get your own tutor by calling Ave at the North Literacy Guild or Raymond not his real name and his tutor Wendy Smith were matched by the North Halton Literacy Guild in December Raymond learned about the Guild when a speaker came to his workplace to encourage employees to join the literacy program Raymond is realistic about his learning goals I dont have to be the perfect speller and reader tomorrow After all Ive got 30 years of it being all mixed up he says I like to be as good as my daughter shes me Raymond young daughter was a major reason that he dead to get help with his reading writing She his second tutor Wendy says Ill do I have to to make sure that she gets good education Raymond says Raymond own experience in school not as positive He was placed in trade school after Grade He dropped out in Grade 9 at the age of and took the machinist job that he holds today Raymond doesn t need much literacy skills for his job nor for his banking Paycheques are directly deposited into his bank account by the company other transactions are done with his credit card All that requires is a signature he says and that I could deal with Just about anything all those years Ray mond says I read K but I did no writing and my spelling was hopeless He has no problem with numbers unless you ask me to spell them he jokes Raymond and Wendy meet once a week at the local library either in the afternoon or even and all of the cases at tempted so far have been suc cessful saidDr Mohan Mr Oliver points out patients are not the only beneficiaries of the new surgical procedure The hospital also benefits knowing most gallbladder patients will now spend less time in the hospital That means less cost to the hospital per gallbladder patient said Mr Oliver Dr Mohan said doctors will use the old surgical procedure if the Their tutoring sessions fit both their lives Raymond works shifts and Wendy has a child in daycare in the mornings Right now they are working on Raymonds spellin and sentence structure by using a series of ex ercise books Wendy also makes a tape recording of each lesson which Raymond plays while hes working at home We discovered that Raymond learns best by hearing words Wendy says They tried several teaching methods including flash cards and word pattern sheets before finding that Ray is not a visual learner You can tell what will be beneficial until you look at it through the learners eyes Wendy says Between the two of us we pick out pretty quickly what is work ing for me and what is not Ray mond adds Weve mucked with patient is extremely overweight or the persons condition is very fragile These types of cases only represent about five per cent of those who need gallbladder operations he reports Although the procedure is primarily used for gallbladder operations it can also be used to find the causes for abdominal pain and for different types of gynecological surgery said Dr Mohan the computer but Im not ready for it the keyboard isnt in alphabetical order Raymond signed up for an English course two years ago at a local college It was more geared to people who dont speak any English he says I walked in turned around and walked out Raymond is happy with the program at the North Halton Literac Guild because he works oneonone with his tutor and every lesson is geared to his needs mm learning so 1 feel pretty good Raymond says Ive got a good tutor we have fun we don take ourselves too serious Wendy agrees Its important to have a sense of humor about yourself She also advices would be tutors to do it for the student not for yourself and be realistic about the goals you set BennettDikland wedding Tim Bennett son of Keith and Gall Bennett of Georgetown and Alison Dikland daughter of Jack and Grace Dikland of were united In marriage In a candlelight service July 1991 at Knox Presbyterian Church Tim is the grandson of Madeline Pries and Glenna Bennett also of Georgetown Tim wishes to thank his ushers Adam BennetfTbrother Simon Goldlng Rory Kennedy Chris Marling Jeff Davles and C allot Georgetown for a job well done Alison also wishes to convey her appreciation to her attendants Irish of Smiths Falls Brenda Dikland sister of Ottawa Sharlene sister of Sandy Casselman of Kingston and Fall of Iroquois for making their day so special A big thank you is extended to all the guests who made the trip to to witness their union Tim and Alison are cur rently finishing school at Loyalist College In Belleville Photo submit ted Tutor Wendy Smith Georgetown food bank in desperate need Workers encouraged to join program Using a mannequin Georgetown and District Memorial Hospital General Surgeon Dr Mohan demonstrates the hospitals new gallbladder operation for Georgetown Lions Club member Harley Laroche during recent press conference Herald Photo