Bed sho FROM PAGE A1 patients have to wait more than a year for elective surgery. Bruce told the meeting that the hospital has in- troduced a ‘day care program’ to help alleviate the situauion. Under this program a fot of surgery and therapy is done on a day care basis. saving acute care beds for more senous operations. Four thousand of LGH's 11,500 operations were done this way last year, he said. “Without this great ad- vantage, the elective surgery waiting list would be even more disastrous,” said Bruce. Until other accomodation Wednesday to Friday Special age could vanish is found for the long term “but frequently they cannot care patients the waiting list surgeons, All - Wednesday, Sept. 9, 1981 - North Shore News SOME PEOPLE arrive back at school the classy way — in a chauffeur-driven limousine. Dave Meller steps out of the car at Sutherland Secondary School after Donna Hanuse. They were among six students who got the first-class treatment on the first day back after summer. One of the girls’ mothers paid for the stylish transportation, (Terry Peters photo)’ IMPORTANT NOTICE FROM Wolw A Woolco Anniversary Flyer appeared in the September 9th issue of the North Shore News. The prices of the plants on page 14 of this flyer should have been reversed. The price of the Hanging Basket is 9.99; the price of the tropical plants is 18.88. Woolco sincerely regrets any inconvenience caused to its customers. LGH- Ad- will remain long, he said. “A major difficulty is the number of long term care patients occupying care beds.” “HE those beds could be released for elective surgery, and everything else clicked, acute leave the hospital because they have no place to go. “They need and are en- tiled to more home care. not a hospital environment.” Bruce said the number of long term care patents occupying acute care beds will be reduced soon, as 125 ministrater John Borthwick has suggested. People who wait very long for surgery are usually “waiting for a_ particular surgeon to work down his or her hst.” Borthwick told the hospital board of directors in July. we could ehminate our more beds are added to The long wait “is not waiting list ina year.” Evergreen House. LGH'’s’ caused by operating room The long term patients extended care unit. availability or bed = shor- don't need the same kind of Another reason for the tages,” he said. nursing attention that acute long waiting list is_ the care patients need, he sasd. popularity of certain Is fitness Important? 5 Ask any body. as PARTICOIPACTION ® foamed Sepi. 9,10 & 11 Open 9 A.M. Daily Serving Cottee and Donuts DELUXE BURGERS EVERY TUESDAY 5:00. 10:30 PM both the freezer and tresh food Compartments in this 16 9 cu ft PROS) Metigerator Other teatures you will enjoy are 9 |iCombined Services 1590 Marine Drive North Vancouver a , \ ‘| cy Elegance REFRIGERATOR CONStructon Means extra large capacity in NO) in place Thin wail BSc there Cyto dite eee bo wordt bocereeese SPvectf “egodet C eseitiber ver hiedlves Taster? Sseres thie, Maret Cit ewer dra ee Cates Leper web t bogey ays , . tou \ Voereets Varrdercd veres Pee bor cath catered WV Tees Veqgetatte Ccimpeans t hietrgy retest Soweto F & Furniture First = _». 987-2251