C2 - Sunday, August 29, 1982 - North Shore News

“The cutbacks in hospital funding have placed a great strain on everyone.

Fortunately, the Medical Staff, Board and Administration have all worked

together to make the best of a bad situaticn.’’

* Financial summaries are extracted from
statements reported on by our auditors. Full audited

1981-82 President, LGH Medical Staff statements are available for inspection during

Ken Bruce,
President

Highlights of
Presidents report 1981-82
Following are highlights from the 1981-82 President's

Report to the members of the North and West Vancouver
Hospital Society.

Accreditation report

We were delighted to receive the report from the Canadian
Council on Hospital Accreditation awarding us a further
three years’ accreditation, the highest rating a hospital can
obtain. The report commends Lions Gate Hospital for our

excellent programs and the high standards that we have
achieved.

Government restraint program

Last October, halfway through our fiscal year, the Ministry
of Health requested that we reduce our annual costs by
$1.3million and be able to show within six months that we
would achieve that goal. With the tremendous effort and co-
operation of the entire hospital we reached the year end right

on target with the potential $1.3 million deficit reduced to
$607,000.

Therefore, it came as a severe shock in April when our
budget request for the current year was reduced by nearly $4
million. This forced us to layoff 144 full time employees and
close 55 beds.

The North Shore has always had a very low ratio of
hospital beds for its population and this made the closures
extremely difficult We can not close any of the 169 extend
ed care beds and 40 of our 456 acute care beds are, and
have been for some years, occupied by long term care pa
tients who have nowhere else to go We must have beds
available for emergencies, maternity, etc. This means the
burden will fall on our elective surgery waiting list — which
already has some 1700 names

We can not blame the Ministry of Health for having limited
tunds during a period of recesston We can and do blame the
Ministry for not using more skill and care in the distribution
of the available funds

The summer months generally show a lower bed occupan
cy rate so we will feel the full tmpact of the cutbacks this fall
Use of our day care programs in surgery, medicine and
therapy has greatly increased and we will continue to butld

these programs to relieve some of the pressure on inpatient
beds

The Board ts very gratetul to all the staff at the hospital
and especially to John Borthwick and the administrative
staff for thetr efforts during this difficult pentiood | am confi
dent that working together we will weather the storm
without any decrease tn the high standard of health care pro
vided by Lions Gate t tospital

Abortion issue

Two members of our hospttal Board who support the
philosophy of the Pro Life group have launched a sult in the
Federal Coun of Canada against the doctors who have serv
edoon the hospitals Uherapeuttc Abortion C omimittees and
against the ( ommittees thernselves They are basing thetr
action on the definition of “health” in the section of the
Criminal Code which gives hospitals the authority to per
form abortions Hf successful they will ask the court to order
that all abertions performed at | (141 between September
1979 and the spring of 1982 were unlawfully perforned
The defense of this case will be long and costly It ts unfor
tunate that Board members who were elected to quide and
assist the hospttal should have commenced this action

Good news

| would like to end this report by centioning a ounniber of
pleasing events

The renovation of the acute bed buthding is Canplete and
at $4.500,000. is under budget We thank everyone whe has
putup with the inconventences

The © To Seanner has antved and wlll be in serve very
ee AN

Dre urgendy needed 125 bed addiittgn to the boatenaded
Care Ontt has nex etved all the necessary approvals and work
will begin imunediately

Dr. A.M. Clarke normal business hours.

SUMMARY OF OPERATIONS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED MARCH 31, 1982

1982 1981
(Restated)
REVENUE
Day rate earnings $ 38.177,379 $ 33,623,482
Outpatient services 3,074,251 2,378,040
Other operating revenue
Laundry referred services 968,208 804 336
Pay cafeteria 534,189 464 323
Sundry 169,681 201,742
Donations, interest and membership — 321
TOTAL REVENUE 42,923,708 37,472,244
EXPENDITURE
Direct patient care 27 361,872 23,626,551
Dietary department 3,320,565 3,031,400
Laundry 1,444,802 1,461,227
Bedding and linen 158,372 159,416
Housekeeping 1,894,412 1.742.659
_ Physical plant operanon 2,308,403 2,113,328
Administration, general and unallocated 6.896.953 5,606,775
Room differential transfer .145,440 124,166
TOTAL EXPENDITURE 43,530,819 37,865,522
EXCESS OF EXPENDITURE OVER REVENUE $ 607,111 $ 393,278

SUMMARY OF FINANCIAL POSITION AS AT MARCH 31, 1982

1982 1981
(Restated)
ASSETS
Cash and investments
Revenue funds $ 24,464 $ —_—_
Plant funds 681,147 596.709
Endowment funds 280.700 335.208
BC Hospital Programs accounts
receivable, less advances 351.133 1,617,134
Other patients accounts receivable 849,738 645,616
Capital grants receivable equipment 397 897 201,879
Construction grants pending 558.910 240,607
Sundry accounts receivable 441.807 308.904
Supplies inventories 681 867 597,519
Prepaid expenses 57.735 47,747
Deposit on purchase of equipment 289 729
Property held for development 1 027.829 928,040
Construction tn progress 4 058,205 639,444
Land, buildings and equipment 28,756,721 _ 29,357,793
$38,457,882 $ 35,516,600
(JABILITIES AND &§ QUITY
(Cheques issued in excess of cash on deposit $o- $ 453.612
Accounts payable and accrued 4 148 708 4369 843
( apttal grants rex etved in advance 67 297
f quity
Revenue funds (deficiency) 11 O78 286) (471 175)
Plant tunds 45 O39 463 $1 B29 112
b ndowment funds 280 700 335,208
$ 38 457,882 $ 35,516,600

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN FINANCIAL POSITION
FOR THE YEAR ENDED MARCH 31, 1982

LOK? 1081

(Restated!

PUINDOS PROVIDED BY
(Operations onrevenue fund $ OO Lhd) $ 6 $94 2/48)
Operations plant fund 4 3606057 1128 50)
(Spetations endowment bund A458) Al YA?
$699 O38 "10572

HUINDOS APPL Ibi 10)

Acquisition of land buthdings and equipment (net) o51 310 B94 4/74
Coonstnac thon costs $418 761 192 748
VOTO OT 1087 226
DOE CKRE ASE IN FUNDS DUKING, THib vb AM 371 O33) (S10 6'A)
HUINDDS BE GINNING, CF Yt AK 141 a7 1 ON? 641
PUINTOS (OBR ICIENG Y) ENDO On yt AK $ 379,954 wha (41 98)

NOTED bands is defined as (hose assets readily convertible to cash less accounts

payable and accned and BC Meosptital Programs advances