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October 31, 1993

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NORTH VANCOUVER resident Graeme Ross (middle) prepares one of his ghoulish friends for tonight’s show.
Ross and partner Darcy Rutherford have created an amazing robotic special effects display that will delight, and,
of course, scare, trick-and-treaters who dare to venture into Ross’ 616 East 6th St. haunted — for tonight only —
house. The back-yard inventor is hoping these who stayed away during last year's rainy Halloween will come out
in force tonight to visit his annual display.

NV MLA Schreck calls for examination of hospital spending, operating efficiency

NORTH VANCOUVER-LONSDALE

‘DP MLA David

Schreck is calling for an independent audit of Lions Gate

Hospital (UGH).

Schreck said a full-page ad run by LGH in the North
Shore News on Sept. 26 prompted him to act.

shreck sid the advertisement
wastes Laxpavers’ money in a time

en ohealdcare workers are
scrambling for jobs and the pro-
vincial government is in debt.

“To have been watching thea in
North Vancouver and ['ve bad
Ho seid Schreck, wha is a health
cCenormist,

“Every dime foo sce Ramses
(health minister Paul Ramsey), |
teH him f want to see that auditor
in there, P don’t have a commit-

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By Anna Marie D'Angelo

News Reparter

ment ooutoof hist but he is net
going to stop fearing from me.”
suid Schreck.

Sehreck repeated dis request tor
anoaudit in early October after
LGH Dr. Anthony Chan alleged
on CBC radie that a patient’ ad-
mitted at noon didi not receive
emergency appendix surgery until

Tip.m.

Sehreck said Chan created the
impression of bad. and perhaps,
dangerous medicine.

But Chan said Wednesday that
the patient had waited approxi-
tuately seven hours Tor survery.

“TH oT had desided the putient
needed to be operated) on sooner,
Pocouki have. Pho problent was
Ineonvenienee and discomfort to
the patient and oad danger to
health? satel Chae

He noted fiaspers,
strafied due to teased
transfer payments.

Meuishile. | Gi president Bob
Smith said be welcomes an audit,
saying the hospital is run. effi-
ciently,

fucihities are
federal

ay

sent

Schreck also criticized the hos-
pital’s board of directors and
senior staff for taking part in a
weekend Whistler retreat this
month,

“Whats the price tag on
Es that equivarint (GO a nurse
sear? asked Schreck,

He rejects (he argument that
public sector management should
have the same perks and
cquivident salaries as their
private-sector counterparts,

“hes day and night differenees.
Phe private sector could ve
bankrupt at any moment. | have
never sven a Canadian hospitad wo
bankrupt.

“Just because a person maniges
$100 million in the public sector it

that?
for a

is totally inappropriate to campare
that to a $100) million en-
trepreneur,”* said Schreck.

He said the government is at-
tempting to eliminate competition
among hospitals because, ins the
end, tinpayers must pay the bills.

He said some hospitals such as
IGE operate as ‘tone of 100 in-
dependent empires instead of
cooperating with each other ina
single taxpayer-funded hospital
system.

Megnwhile
staff members,
management, have a
weekend in November.

LGH management

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