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Page YEAR END REVIEW Wednesday December 0 1S Board denies Fords privileges By BRIAN MacLEOD Herald SUff Dr Jack Ford has been denied all pnvileges 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 to revoke the pnvileges of the gynecologist and obstetrician It la our finding based upon the evidence that Fords knowledge In both the areas of obstetrics and gynecology Is outdated the Board wrote His presence at the Georgetown and District Memorial Hospital poses a significant threat to the com munity served by that hospital and cannot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 tux knowledge and practice Fords lawyer Gavin MacKen- argued during the bearings that Ford was never made aware of concerns about hut practice But the Board said Had we found that Ford 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 be was well aware of serious doubts expressed by bis peers and by toe Chief of Staff of bis hospital and that be took no steps to alter his practice or to upgrade himself In light of these warnings The Board concluded that there it a serious gap in Fords knowledge of modern medical and management in the areas of surgical a obstetrics The Appeals Board found pro blems in five areas of Fords practice Dr Ford extensive use of dllalage and curettage ID and C operations for disfunctions uterine bleeding was common during bis training but has been found almost totally discredited urrnodern Canadian gynecological circles His use of tubal repairs and tlllty operations without the use of a microscope again demonstrate a technique which baa been discredited Fords tendency to perform hysterectomies and stress in continence procedures without In vestigating to see If medical management of the problem was possible again reflects a school of gynecological thinking which is now outdated the Board wrote The doctors failure to prepare for a section also came under criticism from the Board Hla readiness perform such potentially dangerous procedures as midforceps deliveries and vaginal birth after Caesarean without adequate preparation for emergency Caesarean sections reveals an Inadequate appreciation of the possible consequences of his actions The final area Fords use of mid in deliveries alio represents an older school of obstetrics which has now largely been replaced by a more conser vative philosophy the Board said Throughout the decision the Board Fords approach was ex iremely aggressive surgically and the documentation for surgical In in many cases was somewhat questionable The fivemember hospital board struggled for some lime to recon die the contrasting portrait of a surgically aggressive doctor who op- Bums Transport named the Award The company run by four recipient of the lBff Chamber of brothers has been a family business Commerce Business of the Year for over SO yean Serving You Since 1965 caring genial physician who dearly commands tremendous loyalty and respect from his patients colleagues and the nurses with whom be The reaction from the hospital Is very cautious because Dr Ford can still appeal the decision to the courts Executive Director Mark He read a prepared release say we are pleased with the fin dings of the Hospital which upheld the deck of the Hospital Appeals Board upheld the decision of the of Directors to restrict and subsequently revoke Ford s hospital privileges In obstetrics and gynecology while the Board appreciates ihe difficulty that this situation has created for patients medical staff and employees it has been the tlon of the Board that the central issue pertaining lolhe matter was and continues to be the provision of quality patient care Mr said the hospital has been interviewing applicant or another gynecologist and clan at the hospital or some time and it will continue to Interview until a suitable applicant Is found Town calls for hearing changes The town of Htllon Hills declined to attend bearings looking into the proposed dump in Acton unless the ground rules are changed Councillors laid down seven lions which had be fulfilled before they would agree to send a represen tative to the Acton Quarry Landfill Advisory Committee which started March I In Milton The conditions ranged from changing the structure of the com mittee right down to Its name and location The meetings were not to be open lo the press or the general public Regional councillors hired con sultants Tom and Cam Wat son to help with first phase of the Environmental Assessment Act which was necessary before an energy waste plant can be built Halton Redefined roles for the con from the original study resulted In considerably in creased costs according to a report Commissioner of Public Robert Moore Ballon was the first region to go through the Environmental Assess ment process In scorch of a landfill site The longer were out Ihe more ugly its going to get said Local President Gerry Klatt ship Secretary Kay In In January of 1967 the made AIDS Acquired of 1987 the province Immune Deficiency Syndrome education compulsory for students In either Grade or a physical education In Halton the decision was made to teach the course in Grade fl Parents for the most part voiced their support for the program and of fered their own advice to strengthen the curriculum About per cent of the people at educational meetings with parents arc strongly behind the AIDS program in Halton schools said school board at off member Grant Clatworthy Packers announced plans to rehabilitate acres of land belonging to the Beardmore Tan nery Proposed plans called for a industrial park on the southwest comer of the property and some S3 acres of possible residential development on the northern part of the lands A huge recreational park perhaps a golf course on ISO acres of land which can not be safely used for any other purpose is also pro posed The tannery shut down in September of lsee putting pleoutofwork Joe was elected as the new federal Liberal association He was elected at a meeting at St George s Anglican Church March The new executive elected was made up by Mr Hewitt Executive Vice President Frank Allen The Canadian Auto workers union set up picket lines at Standard In Georgetown About iso workers from Standard Products guarded the entrance for first time in the IByear history of Local Demands made by union were Two candidates lost their election Peel to Caledons Ian Fraser Well over 100 cardcarrying Con servatives attended the inaugural meeting at the North Halton Golf and Country Club Mr is the owner of his own pharmaceutical company and has been associated with the vative Party for close to years He moved in 1973 and has been in the York Peel riding for A tank containing gallons combustible liquid burst open In a of the biggest spills ever Georgetown Photography Serving You Since 1970 8730570