Land O' Lakes Medical Centre Grand Opening : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Land O' Lakes Medical Centre Grand Opening / Cloyne & District Historical Society
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| 説明 | This article in the March 5th, 1980 edition of the Napanee Beaver, highlighted the Grand Opening of the Land O' Lakes Medical Centre. The nearly full-front page spread was photographed and written by Rod Dawson.Thanks to Ken Douglas for contributing this edition of the Napanee Beaver.Further, Ken Douglas and Tish Butson contributed the following document October 7, 2020RECOLLECTIONS OF THE NORTHBROOK MEDICAL CLINIC AND THE “FLY IN DOCTORS” AND TRANSITION TO SUBSEQUENT CLINICS & SERVICESBy Tish Butson and Ken DouglasOur recollections were triggered by Jane Scott from the Napanee Museum and notes of a discussion she had with Dr. Jim Berry of Kingston, sent to Ken Hook of the Cloyne Museum, who subsequently forwarded them to Ken Douglas.Tish and Doug Butson are former residents of Northbrook. Doug operated the general store and Tish worked as a public health nurse in the area. Ken and Elaine Douglas are also former residents, with Ken operating a building centrelumber yard just south of Cloyne, while Elaine was a stay-at-home mom with four sons. The four of us were very good friends and still are although Doug sadly passed away a few years ago.Tish was the one with the extensive nursing experience and Ken owned some vacant land in Northbrook. Back in the 70’s, Tish was aware of Dr. Richard Milne operating a clinic in Parham with a team of Doctors from Kingston using a churchbasement as the centre. Due to population growth in our area and travel distance for medical treatment, Tish met with Dr. Milne to explain the need for additional medical services in the Northbrook area. The following five events happened rather quickly:1. Need for Dr. Milnes group going to Parham become expendable when a permanent medical service was established in Sharbot Lake.2. Dr. Milne met with his group of doctors regarding travelling to Northbrook -all were agreeable.3. With the air strip in Northbrook, they would possibly fly in three mornings a week, instead of driving from Kingston.4. The new K-13 school at Cloyne resulted in the Land O’Lakes Lions Club ultimately purchasing the closed school in Northbrook.5. The P.S.I. (Physicians Services Incorporated) was dissolved with the introduction of government health care in Ontario. P.S.I. received a payout and they agreed to fully fund the fly in service for three years with the hope of providing sustainable services that could attract permanent medical service.It was incredible how organizations and people stretching from Kaladar to Denbigh, Plevna and Flinton worked together to get the “Fly In” Doctors program, providing a needed service in the area. However, we still had the principle piecemissing - a permanent doctor. The P.S.I. funding was coming to an end. We worked diligently but eventually had to approach Dr. Copeman of the Ontario Ministry of Health to seek assistance from the ”Under Serviced Medical Program”. After lengthy discussion it was the conclusion that we required a new facility that would accommodate two doctors, but who would build it? Dr. Copeman agreed to continue medical service at Northbrook during the transition.Ken Douglas owned vacant property across the street from the medical centre, and after much discussion and because no one else would take any part of the risk, not the government, the municipality nor any organization, Ken agreed to build it.Dr. Copeman participated in the layout plan, a couple of doctors reviewed, and the conclusion was that the centre would be very functional. Three doctors’ offices with three separate examination rooms, and an emergency room were the key ingredients.Dr. Copeman agreed to the government paying a nominal monthly rent to cover heat/AC, cleaning, snow removal, etc. until such time as a permanent doctor arrived. The new medical centre was completed and still no permanent doctor. The Lions Club took on the responsibility of supplying furnishings and the official opening took place.The P.S.I. grant for the “Fly in Doctors” had expired and Dr. Copeman organized “Locums” to provide medical services at the original centre and then relocate to the new medical clinic until such time as a permanent doctor arrived. The definition of a Locum is a physician temporary replacement in an office or clinic while a regular physician is unable to be there due to vacation, illness, etc. The Locums provided five day a week service and agreed to set terms ranging from a month to three months or more and were paid by the Ministry of Health on a flat fee basis.Members of the “Get a Doctor” group continued to canvas University Medical schools and advertise in medical publications. Finally, over a year later, the phone rang at the Douglas residence and the caller identified himself as a doctor practicing at Rocky Harbour Newfoundland, wondering if we were still attempting to attract a permanent doctor for the newclinic. Elaine was very excited and called to tell me. After hearing his name, I responded, “You sure it’s not Tobin?” “No, it’s Tobia and his wife is a registered nurse”.The rest is history.7 October 2020 Ken Douglas |
| 撮影日 | 2020-05-03 15:00:50 |
| 撮影者 | Cloyne & District Historical Society , Cloyne, Canada |
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