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HERALD WetUtetdajr July MM Departing director described as a prince of a man ByBENDUMMETT The Herald When Mark the ex ecutive director of Georgetown and District Memorial Hospital and the Bennett Health Care Cen tre leaves his position this October hell do so knowing he accomplish ed a major goal the elimination of the health care centres million capital and operating expenditure debt But Mr Rochon said he couldnt have achieved the goal alone because it was so great The hospital staff and hospital board of directors deserves a lot of the credit in help ing the hospital over its financial difficulties he said in an inter view Monday After what Mr Rochon termed as 18 months of hard negotiating with the province the ministr of health and the hospital settled on a financial agreement in September in which the Georgetown hospital and the Bennett Centre were joined as one corporation As well the province agreed to help finance the Bennett Centres deficit The centres deficit resulted from there not being enough pro vincial capital grants to finance post office a vital part of community Nora postmaster Joan Carter said she felt sick after late last week from Canada Post Officials that the post office will be closed when she retires at the beginning of October The post office has been in Nor val since 1836 and its been a part of my life for the last 32 years said Ms Carter Monday It the post office isnt just for mail it is an information centre for newcomers to Norval said Ms Carter According to Ms Carter current overthecounter service will go to a franchise if one can be found The process of mail delivery has yet to be determined she said But the postmaster said a public meeting will be held before a decision on delivery is made Ms Carter wouldnt speculate what will happen to delivery vice after her retirement No one from Canada Post could be reached for comment before press tune HaltonPeel MP Garth Turner said I want the level of postal service to be maintained or in creased but not cut once Ms Carter retires YELLOW CAB HALTON HILLS HOUR SERVICE SERVING HILLS Airport Service 8732527 8732931 Trafalgar lid NEW IN TOWN Let Us Put The Mat Out For You ACTON I GEORGETOWN Jul I Dabble J NEWADDIT0N Welcome Wagon She will bring congratulation and gilt for family and the NEW BABY Mark the building when it w as con structed in said Mr Mr Rochon who is leaving his current position to become Presi dent and Chief Executive Officer for Memorial Hospital Toronto is doing so for career development Calling Mr Rochon a prince of a man the Chairman of the hospital s Board of Directors Graeme Goebelle said Mr Rochon will be difficult to replace To replace a prince you have to find a king and there arent many around said Mr Goebelle The board has hired an executive search company to help it find a replacement but Mr Goebelle predicted it wouldnt have a suitable candidate until early But we might be lucky and have someone sooner he added Mr Rochon said another during his tenure was to encourage the hospitals middle management group to become responsible and table for their Individual jurisdic tions Mr said he achieved this goal by Involving staff in the hospital 3 various committees I feel strongly that to do patient care you have to participate in the management of the organization Its this cooperative approach to health care explained Mr that will enable the hospital to plan for a range of ser vices to take it through the turn of the century Cooperation will be required not only on the part of the employees but also on the part of the hospital board and the public As executive director Mark along with the staff have made the community more aware of what it is doing Weve opened up the board meetings on a quarterly basis and used the media to inform the community of what it can expect as patients at the hospital he said As for the future of health care in Halton Hills Mr Rochon said as a primary care facility we the hospital can provide most com health 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