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ii3lsv stouffville hospital needs help with its growing pains in place since last year the short stay unit was launched in response to a growing health care trend towards inhome recovery for patients who do not require longer hospital care like mr wasmund above the opening of markham stouffville hospital in the spring of 1990 marked the culmination of a longheld dream for many people in the community now just threeanda half years later it is hard to imagine life without this excellent facility whose philosophy of high quality patientcentred care and community involvement has produced a warm and caring environment for patients and families alike on sept 25 1993 the hospital launches cam paign 93 wishing well ness to our neighbour hood to raise funds for the expansion of services and the purchase of capital equipment for the birth place ambulatory care and short stay unit the birth place which is regarded by many as a model for other such facili ties was built to accommo date 1000 births annually with totals now running at close to double that figure another birthing room is taking part in the door-to- urgently needed to ensure door fundraising cam- full access and continuing paign will provide resi- quality of care for mothers dents with the latest infor- and their babies mation about the facility redevelopment plans and its services have also been drawn up they will explain the for ambulatory care ways in which the hospital which deals with outpa- continues to provide high tients and the immense ly successful short stay unit which has been in place since last year the short stay unit was launched in response to a growing quality care despite decreasing financial resources and a growing pop ulation base residents will also be invited to par ticipate in a 11 survey to wishing wellness assess their health carei a k i iperception of trend towards l0 ullf neigndoumoott the hospital i n h o m e and their level recovery for of satisfaction patients who do not with the services it pro- require longer hospital vides care markham stouffville hos- with assistance frpm the pital has a proud tradition medical professionals at of meeting both the physi- markham stouffville hos- cal and emotional needs of pital many such patients patients and their families are now able to go home in this community in order within a day or two follow- to continue this tradition ing a variety of surgical the hospital urgently needs procedures thus maximiz- your support ing the use of beds and in recognition of the cam- allowing patients to recov- paign and to focus atten- er in familiar surroundings tion on the importance of with their family and charitable donations by friends it is estimated that the cost of the planned expan sions will be one million dollars of which 500000 markham have proclaimed is the target for campaign september 1993 93 the total amount will markham stouffville hos- individuals and business groups the town of whitchurchstouffville and the town of cover both architectural changes and new equip ment needs in keeping with markham stouffville hos pital month campaign fundraisers will be canvassing for donations from sept 25 until the grand finale pitals commitment to the which takes place sept 30 community the volunteers to oct 3 at markham fair built to accommodate 1000 births annually the birth place at markham stouffville hospital is now the site of close to double that figure in order to provide quality care for parents and their infants like mary and steve mathews above a sixth birthing room is urgently needed with the rising cost of inpatient stays and the increasing demand to provide services for less money hospitals are incorporating many more outpatient programs in order to expand the ambulatory care unit of markham stouffville hospital so that more outpatients such as cindy wetmore shown right with her daughter kaitlynn can be cared for expansion is essential and that costs money our campaign 93 fundraising goal is 500000 your contribution will bring us that much closer to realizing our goal be a part of something good for you your family and friends make your community hospital the best it can be for those times you may need us