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SPORTA our Am Lifetime Service Guarantee the HERALD Home Newspaper of Halton Hills Established 1 866 Hit ONTARIO WEDNESDAY MARCH a IMS FREE DISTRIBUTION Leather Si on- The OPEN House SUNDAYS III Worth The Drive Acton Appeal board denies Fords privileges By BRIAN MacLEOD Herald Staff Jack Ford has been denied all privileges at the Georgetown hospital by the Ontario Hospital Appeals Board In a 24page decision released yesterday the Boards deci sion supported the action taken by the Georgetown Hospital Board on April 7 1987 to revoke the privileges of the gynecologist and obstetrician It Is oar finding based upon the evidence that knowledge in both the areas of obstetrics and gynecology is outdated the Board wrote His presence at the Georgetown and District Memorial Hospital poses a significant threat to the com munity served by that hospital and cannot continue until he can demonstrate a significant upgrading in both his knowledge and practice Fords lawyer Gavin MacKen argued during the hearings that Dr Ford was never made aware of found that Dr Ford was truly not aware of the problems of his prac tice we might have seriously con sidered some form of training while his privileges continued However we have found that he was well aware of serious doubts expressed by his peers and by the Chief of Staff of his hospital and lhat he took no steps to alter his practice or to upgrade himself In light of these warnings The Board concluded that there is a serious gap in Ford knowledge of modem medical and surgical management In the areas of obstetrics and gynecology The Appeals Board found pro blems In five areas of Fords practice Dr Fords extensive use of training but has been found not to produce satisfactory results and is almost totally discredited In modern Canadian gynecological circles His use of tubal repairs and infer tility operations without the use a microscope again demonstrate a technique which has been discredited Fords tendency to perform hysterectomies ana stress In continence procedures without in to see if medical management of the problem was possible again reflects a school of gynecological thinking which is now outdated the Board wrote The doctors failure to prepare for a section also came under criticism from the Board His readiness to perform such potentially dangerous procedures as midforceps deliveries and VBACs vaginal birth after Caesarean without adequate preparation for emergency Caesarean sections reveals an inadequate appreciation An appeals board hearing began Oct 19 for Dr Jack Ford above whose privilege were revoked from the Georgetown District Memorial Hospital April 1887 The final area Fords use of mid forceps In deliveries also represents an older school of obstetrics which has now largely been replaced by a more comer philosophy the Board said Throughout the decision the Board called Dr Fords medical pro cedures an aggressive surgical ap proach Dr Fords approach was ex tremely aggressive surgically and the documentation for surgical In tcrvention in many cases was somewhat questionable The fivemember hospital board struggled for some time to contrasting portraits of both where there was lit tle justification for doing so and the caring genial physician who clearly commands tremendous loyalty and respect from his patients colleagues ana the nurses with whom he works The reaction from the hospital very cautious because Dr Ford can still appeal the decision to he courts said Executive Director Markflochon He read a prepared release say we are pleased with the fin dings of the Hospital Appeals Board which upheld the decision of the Board of Directors to restrict and subsequently revoke Fords hospital privileges In obstetrics and gynecology while the Board appreciates the difficulty that this situation has created for patients medical staff and employees it has been the posi tlon of the Board that the central issue pertaining to the matter was and continues to be the provision of quality patient care Mr said the hospital has been interviewing applicants for another gynecologist and dan at the hospital for some time and it will continue to interview until a suitable applicant is found The hospital has been operating with just one full time gynecologist and obstetrician Dr Kumar since Dr Fords privileges were revoked But Ford support group spokesman Paul McDougall had harsh words Tor the decision Im very very disappointed he said Im sure there is going to be both great Joy and great sorrow in Georgetown Mr said he expected the Board to invoke the compromise suggested by Mr MacKenzle during the hearings which called for reinstating partial privileges Mr McDougall who attended the hearings Dr Ford was treated fairly at the hearings but some of the hospital lawyer tactics were reprehensible Mr McDougall said the decision la Just another case of the hospital burning out a specialist I dont think it done the hospital any good he said of the Dr Ford dispute Mr McDougall said his wife has had four babies delivered by Dr Ford all by section and he wouldnt hesitate to return to him The decision Is going to have a polarizing effect on the ty be said He could not say if the support group plana to ask the hospital board to change any of Its major policies because anyone trying to do that right now is shooting with an empty gun Dr Jack Ford said be has not yet seen a copy of the decision and he wouldnt comment other than to say hes disappointed in the decision He sold he will be meeting with hi lawyer today to decide his- next course of act Ion The decision only affects the Georgetown hospital Ford He can continue to operate a ami ly physician practice but he will not have privileges to use the facilities at the Georgetown hospital Without seatbeltSf 51 injured Buckle up That is what the police force is advising Georgetown residents forcement Project to enforce the wearing of The program was begun in December 1967 to get people to wear their When the law came into effect In people were aware of It said Const Troy Izlakar Now they have forgotten he said and we are just bringing it back to light Police charge people net buckled up under section so of the Highway Traffic Act Both passengers and the driver can receive a fine for not be ing strapped in The driver Is responsible for anyone In the car under is the con stable said Children up to to pounds are required to be placed in a car seat that meets the standards set by the Motor Vehicle Safety Act Halton Hills police officers to begin this project when they found a lot of people they pulled over not wearing When they pulled people over and asked why they were not buckled up the general response Const Izlakar said was they were just going down the street Even if you are going down Guelph Street at 30 kilometres per hour the police officer said wearing a can be the difference bet ween little Injury and no Injury It is not fust a matter of saving lives when the speeds are up he said Itwillhelplnthelnjury aspect Reports from other police depart indicate they are experienc ing high number of fatal accidents because people are not wearing their belts We do not want that to happen here said Const Izlakar Seatbelts are a good place to start Of the 311 people injured In Hills accidents in 1987 were in jured because they were not wearing That Is per cent of all the ac cidents that we know for sure the constable said The number Is pro bably a lot higher In the months between December and January 1968 the Halton Hills platoon Involved in enforcing the program have Issued tickets to people not wearing their That la fairly high In that area based on one charge Const said The police department hopes to have approximately charges for tickets by the end of 1988 Spring Is the worse time for people not Ing up The weather is great people are In a hurry lo get where they are going they hop in the car and forget the police officer said That is what makes the timing of Crafty Creations The Salvation Army kept children organized games crafts and other from a Salvation Army worker during March break recreation In morning all week the craft session March 18 with a vacation bible school In Ac- Here Jenny Jackson learn the floe Heraldphow ton The Salvation Army worker art of making a face and Actons Beardmore lands New industry and housing planned for acre site By BRIAN MacLEOD Herald Staff Canada Packers has announced Elans to rehabilitate the 300 acres of belonging to the Tannery Plans call for a industrial park on the southwest corner of the property and some S3 acres of possi tie residential development on the northern part of the lands A huge recreational park perhaps a golf course on 180 acres of land which cannot safely be used for any other purpose is also proposed The tannery shut down in putting people of work Town councillors were told of the plans for the first time Monday when representatives of Canada packers explained their intentions Canada packers is going to need the cooperation of the town If their plans are to be followed Several businesses operate on 17 acres of land on the northwest part of the property 108 people right now said Murray Found a planner hired by Canada Packers The company wants that land hooked up to the Acton sewer system The land already has water service but the tenants need the sewer hookup to provide stability and possible expansion on a tern penary basis said Mr Pound Another business employing 80 people wants to move into one of the empty buildings on the northern part of the land he said But the industrial use of the nor them 17 acres of land would only be temporary he said Once the acre Industrial park is complete those tenants would likely be moved there he added But it will take some time for the industrial park to be prepared Right now effluent from the sewage plant Is spray Ir rigated on the land The Ministry of Environment wants that stopped But Canada Packers cant stop putting the sewage on the land without cutting off sewage services to the businesses on the northern lands now And environmental con sultants cant complete testing on the park to see if It is viable for Industry until the spray irriga tion Is stopped So Canada Packers wants the town to hook up the northern In dustrial land to sewers Once that northern land is servic ed It will recoup a total of 50 per cent of the lost when the tannery shutdown he said The GO acre park has the potential to house Industry employing peo ple said Mr Pound Uftsa ML M Residential Industrial j Recreational The ibo acre portion would re quire a more intensive level of ef fort to prepare even for Uonal use said Mr Van Norman The northern Industrial lands would operate from now to about seven years from now said Mr Pound The southern industrial park would take from three to seven years to prepare and the ISO acre park would take even longer said Mr Pound The environmental studies have been going on for the last 18 month and Canada Packers Is confident the plans are feasible said Mr Pound He said the firm Is prepared to look at expanding the sewage treat ment plant on its own It Is necessary Asked by Mayor Russ Miller IT Canada Packers is prepared to withdraw Its objection to the MOE to the Installation of a water well at Prospect park Mr Pound said the firm has not objected to the well it only wants to limit the amount of water withdrawn from Fairy Lake He said Canada Packers is prepared to negotiate the water rights to Fairy Lake to allow the rest of Acton to grow The reason the Industrial park la easier to rehabilitate Is because there is only one type of The land in the middle of Beard more holdings about ISO acres is not environmentally suitable to hold industry said Alan Van Norman an environmental consultant hired by Canada Packers It contains Chlorides are a byproduct of the tannery process and there are very few other contaminants common to other industrial sewage parks he said Even the landfill sites are small enough so that no methane collection system will be necessary he said Halton PCs meet Jobs jobs jobs The founding meeting for the Progressive Conservative Riding Association for the newly created riding of Halton Peel has been rescheduled for March The meeting will be held at the North Golf and Country Club In Georgetown starting at will be four local MPs Otto Bill KempI Ing Burlington John McDermld BramptonGeorgetown and Sinclair Stevens York Peel Everyone is welcome Coops Coops contras and communi ty Three local women who visited Nicaragua last year Rev Nancy Knox Latimer and Cheryl lightowlers will present slides and a talk on their ex March at Knox Presbyterian Church Presented by the 10 local churches of Ten Days for World Develop ment All welcome A small businessman reads the headline Unemployment now down to 3 9 per cent in Ontario he does a quick mental calculation and It means over peo ple are without Jobs In southern Ontario Why cant he get help Why must he post a notice In his business apologizing for slow vice due to lack of help These questions beg for an answer The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce hopes that at its April meeting these will be answered The Chamber has Invited Debby Mclntyre manager of the local Canada man power office to address the noon- hour meeting Ms Mclntyre will tell how Jobs are posted now the unemployed are counselled and what employers can do to get and keep help The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce la made up of over 350 businesses Informational meetings are held to help business In Georgetown IN THE HILLS Tourism seminar The Halton Hills Tourism Com ml tee will hold another Tourism Awareness Seminar to present the committees marketing plans for 1968 All Interested businesses who want greater exposure of their duct or service should attend Peter Manager of Royal will be the guest speaker Mr before entering the real estate business operated antique and tourist related businesses In York Region He also served as chairman of The Tourism Committee in York Region which started small but now has an operating budget In ex cess of 00 He will talk about the many ways to promote your business using free low cost or co op methods Steve Dawklns of The Hide House will present the committees Ideas on coop advertising for the area The Hills Tourism Com helps promote local businesses Call for fur ther details Remember head for the hills Halton Hills Safe boating Canadian Power and Sail Squadron presents its Safe Boating Seminar Learn about boating safety compass charts lines anchoring olds to navigation fire and other topics The seminar will be held Monday evenings April 11 May 2 at Georgetown District High School The cost Is Call 7454 or Church dedication Sunday afternoon April 3 at 3 p guests will arrive from points around Ontario to join the Georgetown Alliance Church In a service dedication for their new church building Participating clergy include Dr Mclvin Sylvester President of The Christian and Missionary Alliance In Canada Rev Robert Gould District Superintendent for the Alliance In Eastern and Central Canada and Rev Angus Sutherland President of the Georgetown Ministerial Associa tion Also bringing greetings are Mr Walter Elliot and Mr Russell Miller Mayor of Hills Track donation At a recent meeting the Op timist Club of Georgetown presented a cheque for to Clark coach track and field for Georgetown District High School This contribution is to assist the high school install a Special Events package for the recently Ins ailed all weather track Mr Clark on thanking the Op timist Club for their contribution explained that the Special Events package includes long circles and a high jump fan These facilities have a cost of 13500 and were not Included In the original undertaking for the all weather track