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Wednesday, April 15, 2015

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“Nightingale” queen of LDMH Leamington District Memorial Hospital has always been blessed to have many volunteers with unique talents. One such volunteer is Agnes Dick. Agnes is part of a group of women who knit items for Inspirations Gift Shop at LDMH. While most of them meet once a week at Jo Parson’s home to knit items, there are some, like Agnes, who find it more convenient to knit at home. While Agnes has made her fair share of baby and toddler sweater sets, hat, mitts and scarves, she has become infamous in the group for the number of nightingales she has knitted in the last two years. Nightingales can best be described as shawls with sleeves and are given to patients in Continuing Care who find them warm and comforting for what often turns out to be an extended stay in the hospital. At last count, Agnes estimates that she has knitted somewhere in the neighbourhood of 70 of these unique garments. She says she finds it therapeutic to knit and likes knitting nightingales because she can almost knit them without a pattern. Agnes has always liked “handwork” and is skilled in a variety of needle arts, including embroidery, crewel, crocheting and knitting. Husband Bill is no slouch either, producing lovely works of art made of wood. Their talented efforts can be found on display in their home. Agnes and Bill have lived in Essex County for the entire 66 years of their marriage. Before they retired to the town of Leamington, they farmed. They raised three daughters and one son on the farm. Their family is now scattered across the province, the country and even the United States. They have six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

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Ontario NDP leader Andrea Horwath visited Leamington District Memorial Hospital on Friday, April 10 to meet with families, nurses, doctors and frontline care workers who are fighting to ensure babies can be delivered in Leamington. Horwath is calling for the Premier to reverse her cuts and to ensure the Obstetrics program at Leamington District Memorial Hospital remains open. “Kathleen Wynne promised she wouldn’t cut healthcare, but because of Liberal cuts the Leamington Hospital may be getting out of the business of delivering babies,” said Horwath. “I’m a mom; I know firsthand that expecting parents want to start their families in their home communities. Kathleen Wynne’s cuts are going to mean moms and dads from Leamington are going to have to drive nearly an hour to Windsor to deliver their babies. Every time the Liberals find themselves facing a scandal they can find the money to make it go away, but when it comes to parents in southwestern Ontario they say the cupboard is bare.” The government has slashed $2 million in annual funding to Leamington Hospital forcing the hospital to consider the closure of the obstetrics program, which currently delivers around 300-350 babies annually. Ironically, on the day of Horwath’s visit the obstetrics unit was experiencing a higher than normal occupancy with six babies born over two days with another due that day. According to media reports, Ontario’s Better Outcomes Registry and Network says since 2012 seven Ontario Hospitals have stopped delivering babies. This represents a significant hollowing out of rural obstetrics.

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