B10 - Sunday, June 29, 1983 - North Shore News SORES NN Sor Se & “id Li eee Srey Hospital a major N. Shore ‘industry’ demanding and expensive ing staff imposed on it last By JO DUNAWAY task. LGH has a busy inten- spring. In-patients. both LAZENBY sive care unit, a coronary adults and children, have care unit, a special care decreased by seven percent A HOSPITAL seen as a neuro unit, a psychiatric during the past 10 years toa community service iseasy to unit, a physical rehabilita- present average of 373 pa- take for granted. Itisequally tion unit, an intensive care tients per day. With beds easy to overlook Lions Gate nursery, a palliative care reduced to 401, this means GER ay od G ee ‘Sp x Peers Peete oo Son Bi &S THE HOME TEAM Hospital’s place in the pic- unit, and many medical and that the hospital is running at H . ture of industry on the North surgical day care services. “Full” most of the time. Effective Home Marketing Shore - but we shouldn't. New and more modern Over the same 10 years, + The health care system is a technology and staff trained daycare surgery has increas- very people-dominated in- in the latest procedures are ed by 167% (to 5,700 cases dustry and hospitals are the in constant demand. The in the 1982/83 fiscal year) as most costly area within that hospital's $960,000 CT Scan have other daycare and out- system. (Computerized patient visits (from 26,000 in With 1800 employees, Tomographic Scanner), and 1973, to 93,500 in 1982/83). most of them North Shore _ its highly trained operators, During these 10 years, the residents, LGH is one of the which, since November, has total staff at the hospital has major employers on the been providing doctors with increased by only 13%. North Shore. Last year a wealth of detailed The struggle to continue $38,800,000 (84%) of the diagnostic information to meet the health care hospital's total operating ex- without subjecting patients needs of the community and penses were devoted to to invasive techniques, is an to constantly improve the employee wages and example of technology that quality of that care with benefits, and fees paid to an earlier generation would limited staff and funds is medical staff members. have considered “science reflected in the increased Total operating expenses for _ fiction” and 1s now becoming _ pressure placed on hospital the fiscal year were an essential part of modern personnel. With a full house $46,200,000. hospital. of only the most acutely ill Operating expenses for The demands for health patients, nursing care is 1982/83 were 288% above care advances are curbed by more intense and deman- the $11,916,000 spent 10 the available resources. Ex- ding. Proven Listing Service Appraisal Consultation Service Financing Advice Investment Advice * + LEADERS IN YOUR NORTH SHORE COMMUNITY years ago. The increased pensive technology and With the hospital's elec- operating expenses at LGH highly trained personnel, tive surgery waiting list stan- SUSSEX RE ALTY reflect a composite of in- funding cuts and reductions ding at more than 1700 cases creased activity, emphasis in bed allocations must be and with more’ daycare on more complex equipment balanced by providing alter- surgery than ever, there is a CORPORATION 2996 Lonsdale Avenue and procedures, wage set- natives (to expensive in- heavy burden for the Central North Vancouver B.C tlements and inflation. patient care. Sterile Supply Room which V7N 355 _ Health care has moved LGH's well established prepares and sterilizes sup- from house-call medicine to ambulatory care program of plies for the operation space age medicine in one medical and = surgical rooms. 984-97 1 1 generation. The public ex- daycare services is one of the The hospital's pharmacy is pects the best and latest reasons that the hospital has dealing with an increased de- medical equipment and _ been able to cope with the mand for sophisticated, ex- treatment. Keeping pace is a severe cuts in beds and nurs- CONTINUED ON PAGE B11 As if feeding a hungry world wasn’t enough, this building does much more than that. 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