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ER relapse: HGH a victim of its own success?
HGH was tops for its improvement and rapid turn-around. However, since then, the wait ti m es at the local hospital have increased, m aking officials wonder if the HGH has beco m e a victi m of its own success. Since word got out that the HG had i m - proved its wait ti m es, the volu m e at the ER has shot up dra m aticall y , reaching unprec- edented levels last y ear, when m ore than 36,000 people were treated at the ward that was designed to handle 12,000 pa-
tients annuall y . Most recent figures co m piled b y the On- tario health m inistr y show that the average wait ti m e for a co m plex case has increased fro m 19.4 hours in 2009 to 19.9 hours in June of this y ear. A nu m ber of factors contribute to that change, observes Mariëlle Heuvel m ans, vice president of clinical progra m s at the HGH. The nu m ber of ER patients has gone up b y 24 per cent since 2008 and b y six per cent last y ear. The workload at the ER reached a re- cord high last y ear. The nu m ber of patients rose fro m 34,586 in 2010-2011 to 36,549 in 2011-2012. Plus, m an y elderl y people show up in the e m ergenc y depart m ent for treat m ent of chronic illnesses instead of m aking use of co mm unit y -based services. “We have had excellent results over the last few y ears and we are co mm itted to i m - prove,” sa y s Heuvel m ans.
RICHARD MAHONEY richard.mahoney@eap.on.ca
HAWKESBURY | When it comes to wait times at its emergency department, the Hawkesbury and District General Hospital has been considered a model. In 2010, of the 46 hospitals in Ontario that received financial support from the health ministry to improve their ER service, the
The hospital is working with the Lower Outaouais fa m il y health tea m to reduce the stress on ER. The HGH is not the onl y hospital in east- ern Ontario that has seen its wait ti m es rise. During the sa m e period, between 2009 and June, 2012, the wait ti m e for co m plex cases at the Glengarr y Me m orial Hospital in Alexandria has also increased, fro m 8.8 to 10.3 hours. The provincial objective is eight hours, however, the average for eastern Ontario is about 11 hours.
Farm worker hurt newsroom@eap.on.ca The Ontario Ministry of Labour is investigating a farm accident Tuesday which resulted in a North Glengarry suffering serious injuries. The m ishap occurred at about 10 a. m . on a Count y Road 10 far m when François De- coeur, 26, was working in a silo and beca m e entangled in an auger. He was transported to Glengarr y Me m orial Hospital in Alexandria and subsequentl y airlifted to the Ottawa Civic Hospital with serious but non-life threatening injuries, reports the Stor m ont-Dundas- Glengarr y Ontario Provincial Police detach m ent. U.S. investment worries Hawkesbury workers
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The fir m m akes containers for the phar- m aceutical, cos m etics and food industries, as well as ink m arkers. So m e e m plo y ees sa y the y were told the la y offs could last three to six m onths. About 30 unionized e m plo y ees, repre- sented b y the United Steelworkers, re m ain at the factor y . The affected workers were alread y par- ticipating in a job-sharing progra m . A division of the Ji m Pattison Group, Montebello Packaging also has operations in Lachine, Québec and Virginia. Dunvegan in The Times Dunvegan and the Glengarr y Pioneer Museu m have attracted the attention of The New York Ti m es. The m useu m ’s re-enact m ent of a War of 1812 skir m ish was m entioned in an arti- cle, entitled, “ Canada Puts Spotlight On War of 1812, With U.S. as Villain,” which was published October 8. The article looks at the debate over the federal gov- ern m ent’s expense of $28 m illion to co m - m e m orate the war.
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HAWKESBURY | A layoff of about 50 work- ers at Montebello Packaging in Hawkes- bury has raised concerns about the long- term future of one of the region’s oldest industries. While the work force at the Aberdeen Street plant has been shrinking, the co m pa- n y has been investing heavil y in a Kentuck y facilit y . A y ear ago, the fir m announced it would invest $24 m illion in a Lebanon, Kentuck y plant, where it e m plo y s about 135. The co m pan y has had a Kentuck y operation for about 14 y ears. So m e Hawkesbur y workers fear that Mon- tebello Packaging is graduall y m oving all operations south of the border, despite the acceptance of unionized m e m bers of m od- est pa y increases in their m ost recent collec- tive agree m ent. The co m pan y has re m ained unavailable for co mm ent. Two weeks ago about 50 Montebello Packaging e m plo y ees were laid off for an in- definite period after the fir m lost a contract with a m ajor cos m etics fir m .
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