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044bIs t It :1 By JLSSIE ROBINS eney treatment •and the out -pa- elevators for the future will be tient department, will move to incorporated in the new build INGERSOLL — Early sum • what is now the first floor. ing. mer will see the sod being turn- Emergency treatment will be The main entrance, which now ed for the much -needed expan• expanded with this service. staf- aces Thames Street S o u t h, start of Alexandra hospital. fed around the clock. will be changed to a front entry Growing out -patient demand, The second floor will house the on Noxon Street. At the present cramped quarters, and over obstetrical section with renova- time, the main entrance will be taxed facilities are the p r f m e tions such as a fathers' lounge, the emergency entrance will be reason for the proposed repo- and a classroom for nursing stu- built side -by -side in order to cut vation and expansion. Physio• dents who will be receiving in- costs. therapy and occupational thera• tractions in the hospital begin- Alexandra hospital is set in a py, steadily growing with Alex- ring in 96 picturesque park -like acreage : andra's emphasis on patient re- Intensive care emits the habilitation, have been operat- third floor will be expanded grounds, with venerable maple on top of a bill from which the d and and shrubbery plantings, slopes ing in makeshift quarters. advance ln enmenpand with therno• downwards, To the north of the EXPANSION vation of a supervised playroom hospital is the historic Smith's The base area of the present for child patients. Pond which supplied w a t e r hospital - which now provides power for mills of early days. most of the out -patient services as well as laboratory, kitchen 19SURVEY(15 takensurvey in 1965 for In- WILL PRESERVE and storage facilities, will be gersoll and area gave the pro- The expansion program will preserve the Present grounds expanded to e, a contra staff, with t for years ahead together with the building area taking in needs, storage, a central sterf- with the services which will be lization area, new large mbu required for pile local hospital. what Alexand a Hospital, long the rking lot. en facilities, cafeteria, a anti Thus, the expansion plans take proud possessor of a fine record lance, patients' dining area and into consideration the al rovi- of dedicated and efficient ser- allied needs. siins o basic structural provi- Service, such as laboratory sions for future expansion. vice to Ingersoll and district, is X-ray, physiotherapy, emerg- The Alexandra hospital of the taking another step forward in future will soar to seven ries, this expansion program. Their and for this reason, the footings aim is to provide Chia area with and foundation will be built of a a hospital which is up to date strength to carry this weight. and able to meet all needs of Inability to bear additional the present while still having all weight on kilt Present fouada• eye oil the future. x Lion is the reason today'a build- - _--- - "- "-_ a - ing cannot rise beyond t h r e e! floors. it ELEVATORS u4g,. While one main elevator will service the new expansion, thel".- } ` (pads and shafts for a bank of - INGERSOLL — "Despite be' operating from the hospital by expenditures, $633,456 was spent mg plagued, by labor problems April or May which would be on salaries for hospital am - a shortageof materials and an improvement f r o in the ployees. es in tanning, the new present setup whereby both In- Officials, on the hospital changes P gersoll and Woodstock are ser- trust estimate that the anticip- addition at Alexandra Hospital viced from ambulances station- ated cost of the addition when should be completed by April ed in Woodstock. The Grabill- completed will be $1,904,013 and 15, said Jack Hunt�sberge, ance service idea is a result tUet total revenue will reach Chairman of the Boar r a the of the Regional Planning Coun- $1,897,498. To date $1,602,324 Hospital. The statement w a s cil, a new organization of has. has been paid off by the ties - one of his comments at the an- pital personnel from the City of pital. Of that amount the Town nual meeting of the Alexandra Woodstock and the towns of In- of Ingersoll paid $250,000, file Hospital Trust, held at the 'hos- gersoll and Tillsonburg. County of Oxford subscribed to pital last night. G. L. Hayt�ter, who was ap- $205,000, and the Alexandra Has The noise, dust and confus- ,pointed seere£ery of the coun- pital committee paid $199,000. A ion has been a constant remind. cil, said one of the main ob• bequest from the estate of Mrs. or to both patients and staff jectives of the body is that any Jamee A. :de gave an addi•- during the past mouths but Mr. planned projects concerning any tional $21,973 to the project. Huntsber.ger has nothing b a t one of the three hospitals will Dr. J. W. _Rgw. om said few' praise for the tremendous at- be done through the Regional people in the community are `titude of all employees at the Council. The council is a is o aware of the fact that Alexand-I hospital. Even with construct- working on bulk Purchasing or- ra Hospital has one of the best' ion taking place during the past ders of medical and other mis- accreditation standings in On - year more patients were ad- cellaneous supplies. The basic tarfo. He said Ingersoll's hos- milted throughout 1969 than in aim of the three-month-o i d pital -has facilities on a par with 1968. council is to cut down on oper- cities of hundreds of thousands Mr Huntswas a 1 s o ating tests within the three hos- of people. "j distuiibe .a out the reluctance pitals. - The hospital trust also elect - of the public to make donations Total operating revenue of ed 10 Directors for the year and for the addition. To date slight• Alexandra Hospital was $1,395 those elected include; William ly over $13,000 has been given above the total cost of expendi• Bell, John Nada ,kin, B. W. Carr. I,by clubs and organizations. The turn I Chairman noted that 20 years oyle.. In 1969.. The 1969 revenue Blake C, - P. M. D__an, i ago people hthe community totalled $891,044 a sizable in- Jack Huntsberger, Norman " '�� o had donated over $100,000 foror crease over 1968's figure of McLe Robert McFarlane, ian addition to the hospital. $730,087. Rov Start, who gave Roy Start: an Ken Swane G j' FURTHER ADDITIONS the Treasurer's Report n o t e d L. Hayter was appoint secre- E The chairman brought a sigh that ox the $889649 spent on troy of the hospital trust. from the audience when he said -�'_ __���-� •�s=— — i that further he near future be '. Improvements i required in the near future to a ��.. Improvements I keep pace with new develop ments. Fortunately, he added *r } 1 s the. present project has been for hospital �q7/ constructed with future addi Lions in uund. INUERSbLI. —The bailing Ambulan;.c aciricc rm!d l"p I�ronimittee of Alexandra Hos- pital had a busy year duringti - 1,970, according to the eommit- rr '[eels annual report. &��y' A 12-foot addition to a smoke Ig stack tu�FunSes-nuEcf theI'. ail conditioning in -take, c o s i$3,350, the report states. k !--Te'rior signs were installed i, _ last year to direct persons toll', a desired departments within thet j ' '$hospital.i ��.. ` ` ', The committee also did t he l ; �$`C'��6Via, {;��� groundwork for the new two r`r Sq•si .4 s 1iI bav ambulance garage which 4a�,, 4 is expected to be ready for use t next week. t Total cost of the newly con u v structed garage was approxr r mutely $25,000 fqg. � `'&+ `P' er'