PAGE 22, WIIITBY FREÉ IPRESS, WEDNESDA'1 ANR4, 1989 .88 REVIEW '88 REVIEW '88 REVIEW '88 REVIEW '88 REVIEW Protest over negotiations at Whitby Psychiatrie Hospital The Whitby Psychiatric Hospi- tal had an eventful 1988 year. Psych workers wore black and pins with "Up Your Offer» when their 1988 contract was slowed up in negotiation stages in February. More than 800 employees affected struck up a protest committee. Those affe- ted were registered nurses, regis- tered nurse assistants, ward secretaries, occupational therap- ists, recreational staff, main- tenance staff, child care workers and housekeepers. In July, a consortium of con- sultants headed by the IBI group was awarded the contract for a study into redevelopment of the psychiatric hospital. The contract was for $615,000, and the planning study includes preparation of a functional pro- gram, master site and facility plans, archaeological and hen- tage studies and a capital budget assessment. The study is to be completed by this summer. A new administrator was appointed in July to guide the hospital through the redevelop- ment period. Ronald Ballantyne, formerly employed at Toronto mental health institutions, took up the reins. The history committee of the Whitby Psychiatric Community Advisory Committee began research into the history of the hospital in 1988, building up an archival collection, resurrecting artifacts, interviewing past employees and looking to take on cant building before they one of the architecturally signifi- subjected to redevelopment. CORPORATION OF.THE TOWN OF WHITBY NOTICE OF INTENTION The Council of the Corporation of the Town of Whitby intends to pass by-laws to stop up, close and seil those portions of D'Hillier Street, as shown below. The portions of D'Hillier Street to be closed and sold are no longer required for road purposes as a result of the realignment of the street. The Council of the Corporation of the Town of Whitby also intends to pass by-laws which will have the effect of changing the name of certain portions of D'Hillier Street, as shown below, to McQuay Boulevard, Nettle's Court, Balsdon Crescent and Fawn Court, as the case may be. BONACOICD .AWN COLMT T BADO rRjE7 NAME 0 E CLOSED DUNDAS ST. W. The Operations Committee of Council will meet on Monday, January 9, 1989, at 8:00 p.m. in Committee Room One of the Municipal Building, 575 Rossland Road East, Whitby, for the purpose of hearing any person who claims their land will be prejudicially or adversely affected by the by-laws. Any person wishing to meet with the Committee is asked to advise the Town Clerk accordingly no later than Thursday, January 5, 1989. Donald G. McKay, Clerk The Corporation of the Town of Whitby 575 Rossland Road East Whitby, Ontario L1N 2M8 Phone: (416) 668-5803 WHITBY PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL one day last March with an informa- employees who are members of the tion picket and protest of govern-. Ontario Public Service Employees ment offers during negotiations at Union held up traffic on Gordon St. that time. Free Press photo Budget cuts made at general hospital Despite a difficuit year of budget cuts and restraints, Whitby General Hospital has retained most of its services, and plans a two-story addition to provide more space for acute care beds. The hospital was denied 43 beds in the fall of 1987, and a petition with 13,000 naines failed to reverse Minister of Health Elinor Caplan's decision in Janu- ary of 1988. Mayor Bob Attersley wrote to Caplan, and his letter was read in the provincial legislature by MPP Saim Cureatz. Attersley asked Caplan to consider new population figures, and said that the number of acute and chronic care beds did not address the increasing population's needs. However, Whitby General went ahead with plans for a two-story addition at the hospital for more acute spaces, and the hospital foundation began fun- draising to pay the community share of the cost (one third). In April, a new chief of medical staff was appointed. Dr. Scott Henderson has been a family physician in Whitby for nine years, and will serve a two-year term in the position. He is also chairman of Whitby General's medical advisory committee and an ex-officio member of the board of governors. In the spring, the Province announced that hospitals would have to eliminate their deficits in order to receive more provincial funding. Hospital administrator Jim Miller said that budget cuts would affect all areas of hospital service. Cuts were to cause the closing of some beds, cuts in hours of service and the operat- ing room, charges for parking and telephones in patients rooms, and a hike in prices of cafeteria food, as well as a freeze in hiring of new staff. At the annual meeting of the hospital board in June, board members were confident that the hospital could overcome pro- blems posed by insufficient fund- ing. LIFELINE In April, the Lifeline prograi at Whitby General Hospital cele- brated its first anniversary. The program enables seniors to remain in direct contact with the hospital. A device is worn around the neck or wrist of a senior and if they need help, a button on the device is all that needs to be pushed for help. ..e CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF WHITBY NOTICE OF INTENTION Street Name Change The Council of the Corporation of the Town of Whitby intends to pass a by-law to change the name of Graymar Avenue, west of Elizabeth Crescent, as shown below, to Winter Court. R fIGKSON SUU AMAYAR AV E The Operations Committee of Counicil will meet on Monday, January 9, 1989, at 7:30 p.m. in Committee Room One of the Municipal Building, 575 Rossland Road East, Whit by, for the purpose of hearing any person who claims their land will be adversely affected by t he by-law. Any person wishing to meet with the Committee is asked to advise the Town Clerk accordingly no lat er t han T hursday, January 5, 1989. Donald G. McKay, Clerk The Corporation of the Town of Whitby 575 Rossland Road East Whitby, Ont ario L1N 2M8 Phone: (416) 668-5803 are