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PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, May ?, 1989 -- 43 Nurses to buy birthing bed oil by Cathy Olliffe It's spelled "Shampain", but it could easily be spelled the more bubbly way, as in "the champagne of birthing beds." However it's spelled, the nurses of Port Perry's Commu- nity Memorial Hospital want to buyit for the maternity ward. R.N. Gail Verwoud ex- plains, the birthing bed can make labour and delivery a great deal easier for mom. One of the worst parts of giving birth, she said, is going from the admitting bed to a stretcher to the delivery room bed, back to a stretcher and back to a regular . bed again. It's a lot of moving around for a woman undergoing what can be a great deal of discomfort and pain. Nurse Verwoud a process is somewhat es the ike play- ing "musical beds." A birthing bed puts a stop to the music. Women in labour are admit- ted to the birthing bed, which converts to easily to a stretcher, and then wheeled into the deliv- ery room. She has the baby on the bed, which can be moved with the touch of a button to any position the woman finds com- fortable--sitting up, lying down or somewhere in between. When the baby is born, the bed is adjusted and the new mom is wheeled back to her room, where she can stay in the same bed throughout her stay in hos- pital. More and more hospitals are investing in the beds, which cost $12,000 each. Nurse Verwoud said the hos- pital will be buying five of the beds once the new wing is built. But in the meantime, to kick off Nurses Week in Ontario (May 7 to 18), the nurses of Port Perry have initialized their own cam- paign to buy one bed. To start the campaign, the nurses are hosting a craft sale, bake sale and tea room this Sat- urday May 13 from 10 a.m. to 2 .m. in_the Anglican Church allin Port Perry. All proceeds will go towards the birthingbed campaign. Nurse Verwoud said the ma- ternity ward at Community Me- morial is popular with mothers because itis so personable. "It's very homey. People will tell you they're more comforta- ble because they like the atmos- phere," she said. The bed, she added, will only add to the "homey" surround- ings. Bev Brown and Gall Verwoud are just two of the nurses at Community' Memorial Hospital who are campaigning to raise money to buy a $12,000 birthing bed for the maternity ward. Above, they pose beside the existing labour room bed. See story for details. GARDEN CENTRE (Port Perry Feeds) no 40 Vanedward Drive 985-7363 'MAY SPECIALS 33 2.49 PUBLIC NOTICE Regarding the Proposed Stopping-up, Closing and Selling of Cedar Street Unopened. Notice is hereby given, pursuant to Section 298 of the Municipal Act, RSO 1980 Chapter 302, that the Council of the Corporation of the Township of Scugog proposes to pass By- Laws to Stop-up, close and sell a portion of Cedar Street Unopened, now being Parts 1 and 2, Plan 40R-12041 in the Township of Scugog in the former Village of Port Perry. The parcel in question is no longer required for Municipal purposes. It should be noted that the affected parties, Robert Gordon James and Ray Marquis, Solicitor for the Roman Catholic Episcopal Confederation of the Diocese of Toronto, consented to the application. Box Plants (most varieties) Sheep & Cattle Manure 18kg Peat Moss 4 cu. ft. Pi B k The proposed plan and description showing the lands affected may be viewed in the Clerk- ine bar Administrator's Department, Township of Scugog Municipal Office, 181 Perry Street, Port 3 cu. ft. Perry, Ontario. On June 5, 1989 at 4:30 PM in the Council Chambers, Municipal Office, 181 Perry Street, Port Perry, Ontario, the Council of the Corporation of the Township of Scugog will hear in person or by council, solicitor or agent, any person who claims his lands will be pre- judicially affected by the said By-Law and applies to be heard. Any person who wishes to be heard should, as soon as possible, make application to: Earl S. Cuddie, AM.C.T., CM.C. Clerk-Administrator 985-7346 Marble Spredder Rental 1.00/day WW joi 1 to Mr. oo | H ] IT 7 3 2 ; Wg 2k 3 sa ast ian ly; L James FLAN i = P0272 IH NETO? 8 soon) rar i 7 193 t 3 bs i Li p-- - PERT 2 ---- p- _ We also carry at 1 Ty | A i. -- Wi # ~ ors TIO La. R Wi Lo \ Seeds, Potatoes, Hwy. 7A Eras i's " wore 1 wera 1 won ' : : ; : ' : Onions & Shrubs os i en OL MN bom sini Philp Port Ck : i SEPP --_-- ns Pontiac Perry " STREET PART 3 rersacisnce i NEW HOURS: (May) Buick MR Feeds ' | Sg pam Lu Mon. - Fri. 8a.m. - 8 p.m. Lake Part 2 to Roman Catholic Part 3 to Township of Souncs Episcopal Confederation 3 | of the Diocese of Toronto Sat. 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. Sun. 1p.m. - 5 p.m.