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NEWS AND INFORMATION FROM OAKVILLEâ€"TRAFALGAR®MEMORIAL HOSPITAL Tok ... When we asked for your help, you were there! To the residents, volunteers, staff, physicians and businesses that supported the May 17 Blitz, we thank you. ncy.. Your amazing efforts lifted the total amount donated or pledged to the New Equipment Campaign deliveries, 45,000 emergency visits, 13,000â€"14,000 patient admissions per to over $3.5 mllhfm' €" year, plus our construction project, The OTMH Charitable Corporation is using funds from the New Equipment this is not an easy task. I wish to pay | Campaign to purchase diagnostic instrumentation, equip clinics and particular attention and respect to | uypgate current equipment.Each piece of equipment has been careâ€" nursing staff. They are there with our . R 3 patients all the time and certainly fully investigated and has been designated as essential in deserve special reCOgNitiON. At OUL the delivery of health care in the ‘90‘s. Gay McDermott _ Annual Meeting, Wednesday, June 8. | On June 15, the Hospital held a special Vice President Nursing 1994, it was gratifying to see so many f of our staff receive long service awards. Without prejudice, many of these people were nurses! We talk consistently about (‘change,’ ceremony to recognize the many generous donors who have contributed to OTMH over the years. The Historical Wall contains the names of our founding families and those who contributed so generously to the develop ment of OTMH prior to 1985. The Donor Wall includes the names of all onors who have made cumulative contributions of more than $5,000 since 1985. Other donations are listed in the Book of Honour and the Inâ€" Memoriam Book. All funds raised for the New Equipment Campaign will go toward making OTMH a superior facility, one designed to help patients get better sooner, more comfortably and at less cost. Each donation places On June 15, guests who attended the special the Hospital one step closer to providing better health Donor Recognition Ceremony were escorted are. It is a worthy investment for the community, the on tour to see some of the new equipment. future, and you! and, of course, Te is is true of nursing and * patient care at OTMH. Shortened length of stay, increased patient acuteness, improved technology and financial constraint have all impacted tremendously on the service we provide. All of this results in the need for increased team effort â€" and this we have at OTMH. The staff work closely together on a daily basis to manage efficiently and to improve patient outcomes. After all is said and done, this is what patients, families and staff alike really want: to have our patients well looked after and to get home again in better health. We are constantly in the process of improving outpatient care delivery. From time to time, we do receive criticism and when this occurs, it is acted upon promptly, solutions found and improvements made where appropriate. Of one thing our community of Oakville can be sure â€" the patient care at OTMH is high quality and can be comâ€" pared more than favourably with other hospitals in Ontario. For this, OTMH staff deserve one huge vote of thanks. They are truly devoted, dedicated, competent, and caring people! â€" and this means everybody â€"â€" physicians, nurses, administration, and all the professional and serâ€" vice people. HEALTHY OAKVILLE PROJECT * In the Fall of 1993, OTMH became one of the first hospitals in Canada, and one of a few in North America, to take the lead in estabâ€" lishing a "healthy community" initiative. * A healthy community is one that is constantly creating and improving those physical and social environments and expanding those communiâ€" ty resources which enable peo‘ale to mutually support each other in performing all the functions of life and in developing to their mqximum potential. * A healthy community approach requires multisectoral involvement, com:â€" munity participation, healthy public policy and local government comâ€" mitment. * After hosting two workshops, involving almost 100 individuals repreâ€" senting a variety of sectors, a Healthy Oakville Steering Committee was formed to identify issues and encourage community participation through promotion of the concept. * Existing issue grour)s are addressing issues related to the natural and built environment, leisure, local economy and interpersonal connecâ€" tions. What iS fh'e” :New.Accent Reduction Program? @This new program is designed to assist adults to improve speech patterns or reduce . strong accents associated with . English as a second language. Services are provided by a Speechâ€"language Pothofi;gist with specialized training in forâ€" eign accents. The focus of this Program is on pronunciation, stress patterns and rhythm. _ @This program also assists with skill develoinmem, upward mobili?/, selfâ€"esteem and qualiâ€" ty of life i @Services are primarily individâ€" i _ val, but small groups for those with similar accents may be arranged. Sessions last one and a half hours each week and involve written and audio tape exercises, conversational ractice and several hours of fiomework each week. A small fee covers the costs of the evalâ€" vation and the program. For more information, contact: Lorraine Farrow, OTMH Health Promotion 338â€"4147 On this occasion of my retirement, I wish to take the opportunity to say a very sincere thank you Best wishes to all of you, keep up the good work, continue to move ahead, and i5 Health OTMH DRUG STORE "Committed to Your Health" HOW TO IDENTIFY A BROADâ€"SPECTRUM SUNSCREEN UVA é:nd UVB radiation ge both suspected of contributing to skin malignancies and skin aging, and recommendations for general use of broad spectrum sunscreens are now comâ€" mon. s For more information on the New Accent Reduction Look for the following in the_ingredient list: \ J QOOd health| OVX Absarbers: _ Parsol ?fggr(bllgimghoxydibenzoy/methone or avobenzone}; dioxybenâ€" Program call tip from| zone, oxybenzone, sulisobenzone; menthy!l anthranilate Y Speech-l.anguuge PdhOIOgY â€" OTMH UVB Absorbers: octylmethoxycinnamate; PABA esters (Padimate O.A.); homomenthyl salicylate OTMH L / Also look for the Canadian Dermatology Association l%o on the label. 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