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The Canadian Champion, Tuesday, July 28, -1998-17 Our Communities & OAKVILLE-TRAFALGAR MEMORIAL HOSPITAL Our Mission Caring Today Growing for Tomorrow We are committed to providing quality, compassionate care and services to meet the diverse needs of our population in a timely and effective manner. We will constantly seek innovations to improve our ability to deliver care and services and to be leaders in working towards a healthier community. Amalgamation Questions & Answers Why are our two hospitals amalgamating? pp The Health Services Restructuring Commission Foundations 0f each hospital? (HSRC) directed our two hospitals to The Auxiliaries and Foundations of the two amalgamate by August 1, 1998. The Boards of hospitals will continue to be separate both hospitals determined that it was in the organizations with their own Boards of best interests of our communities to proceed Directors. They have agreed to work with the amalgamation process. co-operatively on mutualIy beneficial projec Dono.rs may stili direct their donations to eitl Why is the HSRC recommending hospital or for specific purposes. amalgamation? The Commission's mandate is to help build a Witi the name of our hospitals changi health care system that is capable of dealing No! In recognition of the feedback receivec with the changing needs of the province's from people associated with both hospitals population and, at the same time, respond to with respect to the significance of the mean the demands and costs of changing technology of each site name, the new Board of Directo and treatment methods. in selecting a corporate name, unanimously supported each hospital retaining its curreni What are the benefits of amalgamating name within its own community. The new our hospitals? corporate name, Halton Healthcare Services This amalgamation is not about saving large Corporation, has been chosen for the amounts of money. combined organization to simplify legal transactions and officiai business. The main benefit is to improve access to heaTth care services by the residents of both By adopting a new corporate name, the communities. An increase in the combined organization is allowing for theintegration population wilc be a factor in attracting new partners and facilities such as the plano pro fessional staff, including physicians, and long term care facilities to be built adjacenit provide the necessary justification for both OTMH and MDH without the necessi expansion of services or the purchase of new of re-naming the organization again at a equipment. Efficiencies - and therefore some later date. cost savings -can be achieved by consolidating some administrative services or changing the Questions? way services are provided to reduce waiting Additional information about the amalgame times or accommodate patientsneeds. wili continuously be shared with both communities through advertisements in toc Examples: papers, community events, speaking Lasier transtfer of patients between sites and engagements, etc. accessibility to services at either site. caCooperativepartnershiparrangementswith If yo have A iistionopiesocaI other heaith care facilities based on the ommbiontheAdmdatinoes ri larger patient volume from the combineda meaeoteuo tdRercri organization ie. cardiac care and oncology. prowingcTomorrow Services Corporation reducewaiting ts. her ýe? and ing ors, ýs of ned t to ty ation cal the eave Board of Directors 1998-1999 Sandra Farley, Co-Chair Norm Flemington, Co-Chair Barbara Burton Carol Chudleigh Len Didur Doug Hopkins Carol Kirkwood, Auxiliary representative Dr. Walter Koslowski, Vice-President, Medical Staff Assn. Councillor Cindy Lunau (Milton) Shavak Madon Dr. Mary Manno, President, Medical Staff Assn. Dr. Lorne Martin, Chief of Medical Staff John Meek John Oliver, President & CEO Hania Ornstein Councillor Tedd Smith (Oakville) Jennifer Thompson Sean Weir Christa Wessel Ruth Anne Winter Sheldon Wolfson Medical Advisory Committee Dr. L. W. Martin Chief of Staff Dr. D. Robertson Associate Chief of Staff Dr. R. Amy Chief, Ophthalmology Dr. H. Awad Chief, Psychiatry Dr. A. Byrne' Co-Chief, Surgery Dr. T. Chan Co-Chief, Family Medicine Dr. G. Egger Chief, Paediatrics Dr. P. Garrod Chief, Laboratory Medicine Dr. G. Hui Co-Chief, Medicine Dr. J. Kirby Co-Chief, Medicine Dr. W. Koslowski Vice-President, Medical Staff Assn. Dr. M. Manno President, Medical Staff Assn. Dr. R. Morrow Co-Chief, Obstetrics Dr. G. Peers Co-Chief, Obstetrics Dr. R. Singal Co-Chief, Surgery Dr. F. Smith Chief, Diagnostic Imaging Dr. T. Stanton Secretary, Medical Staff Assn. Dr. S. Stern Co-Chief, Family Medicine Chief of Anaesthesia (to be announced)