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Brutal Treatment Charged

At Ont. Home

LINDSAY, Ont. (CP)—A for- mer employee at the Victoria County Home for the Aged here says: she quit her§job at the in- stitution because she could not ptand the brutal treatment pa- tients were receiving.

Several other Lindsay resi- Gents, including a present em-

ployee at the home, support the | members of the management charge that patients are abused |board at the monthly meeting and mistreated by some of the | The latest incident occurred

ginstitution’ s orderlies.

Mrs. Robert Aldrich, who/| worked there for 18 months un- til she quit her job as a nurs- ing assistant two years ago, said today she witnessed on one

occasion a crippled person be- |

ing kicked along a corrider by an orderly.

Mrs. Aldrich said the orderly fe still employed at the home and residents there are terri- fied of him. Incidents involving iN treatment of patients on the second floor of: the building oc; curred almost daily during her employment, she said.

She said- she is willing to tes- tify at a judicial inuiry or- dered by the county home for the aged management commit-

tee CONFIRMS CHARGE Mrs. Joan. Charlebois, now employed at’ the home eal a cleaner, said Friday it is “‘com- mon___knowledge"’ around the | home the kind of treatment be- ing given to patients by order- lies. o She said she had seen one or- derly drunk on duty and had - heard others shouting obsceni- ties at residents. It is a common occurrence for elderly men to be placed in empty bath tubs and then have

Ontario Doctors Make Bid For School Progtam Role

OTTAWA (CP) — Textbooks, pamphlets, films and records for_teaching health —_in—-Ontario schools should be developed with the co-operation of the me- dical profession, the Ontario Medical Association said here. ._ The association made the re-

endation in a 19 - page brief the committee on aims and objectives of education in the schools of Ontario which ended a two-day public hearing here Friday.

The —— also wants

ained in the health

twto the methods and content of teaching and imto maturation @nd the behavioral. sciences. The association recommended this content of health education. Kindergarten — Good dietary habits, good hygiene, accident

Primary level — Elaboration of the aforementioned, with ele- mentary knowledge of microbes and tnfection and their preveu-

troduced.

Junior level—More theoretical knowledge in elementary bio- logy, eare and prevention of in- fections and common diseases should be taught along with more advanced instruction “in accident prevention.

Elementary anatomy and physiology should be taught at primary and junior leveis. FIND INACCURACY

The association brief said some of the books being used as health texts are inaccurate and unnecessary detail in mat-

ters of anatomy ‘and physiology

is being taught.” “Great caution’

agnosis should be made eta

qualified persons.

The brief said the association “considers that at junior level, sex education may be intro- biology including mammalian reproduction.”’

Another suggéstion is that “adult education classes be made available to parents in or-

der to assist them to uct | their children properly” pre- paration for' puberty and in |

eex.”

jally uqalified individuals em- ployed to teach the psycho-soc- jal and emotional aspects of sex

‘where they -might- want to~ go.

“| * but no injury is intended.”

For The Aged

|heot water poured over them, |Mrs. Charlebois said.

| James Growden, 64, of Lind- |say says he has seen four inci- \dents of brutality during the last { year while visiting his brother, |Fred, 64, a resident of the |home. ‘He described the inct- dents of alleged brutality for

'Dec. 2 when he saw an orderly punch an 82-year-old man in the \head, he said. He smelled alco- hol on the breath of an orderly

| BOTH STORES

connected with the incident.

CLAIM HIT ON NECK

Mr. Growden said he saw or- derties bump one man’s head egainst the wall and knock down a patient with a punch to the neck. He also charged a broom handle was broken over the neck. of one patient.

Mr, Growden said he twice re- ported incidents to the home's superintendent, Laughie Keeler.

beatings and called Mr. Grow- } den’s charges ‘‘unjust.”

In en interview, Mr. Keeler | said: ‘We have types of per- sons who have to be area |

. We don’t drag them but we shove them or arm. them | allong.”’

“I suppose called ill-treatment,”

that could be | he said,

The home, located about a | miles west of Peterborough, has

|briefs at its Ottawa hearing. |

“|@ has been authorized |

The association wants ‘‘spec- |

% residents and a staff of 20.

education and or ‘educatton for | liv: ing. ” The committee” received six |

The 21 members now move ‘o | January hearings at London, Toronto and Sudbury. 4 Copies of Friday's briefs were Teleased to the press im advance | of delivery.

Plant Planned

OTTAWA (CP)—Atomie _En- ergy of Canada Ltd. cniowiued | |

4o enter into negotiations with | Canadian General Electric Co. Ltd. about construction’ ef Ca- | ada’s second heavy water plant. | The plant, to produce not less | than 400 tons of heavy water a | ear,) originally was te have been built by Western’ Decter- jum Ltd. of Calgary. But the | company withdrew its bid be- | cause it feared it could not com- plete its plant within a specified | 31-month deadline.

Atomic of Canada |

fs Energy Ltd. would underwrite the ‘sale |

of up to 4,000 tons,- the first 10 years of production.

Canadian General Electric | has indicated it is confident it | will be able to set up a delivery schedule and offer heavy water for sale at an acceptable price. |

Negotiations are expected to | be concluded within three months. In this time, CGE will | with adeuate supplies of water | and energy. |

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