The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

2 - The Canadien Champion, Tuesdey, February 29, 200 ~//d~ IDoctor's office sign testament of 7Vobady has Fros/ier Mel or Deli Prodsi We manufacture/lt, We control if, 0 town's health care crisis:, Maley 8v IRENE GENTLE The Champion At least one sign of an ongoing health care crisîs has arrived in Milton and it reads 'One coin- plaint per visit.' The sign hanga hoth ina/de and outaide the door of long-t/me fam-ily physicien Dr. Walter Kos/owski's office. Dr. KosloWski recently returned from vacation, hut was unahle to return ca//s from The Champion on the matter. But the sign outs/de hie Main Street practice is juat one of the times, said Ha/ton Medica/ Society president Dr. Garnet Ma/ey. 'In increaing numbers, there are people comning to the doctor w/tii e shopping Iist, he aaid. "Ini tome situations, it's appenpri- ste to have on/y one or two complainte per v/ait.", And thse po/icy cen be hrrtken. qI don't think thie is an aheolute invio- late rule," he said. -I t/iink it's a guide- line." A one complaint policy puis the onus On patienta to narrow Uhi/r focus and concen- trate on the moit important issues, said Dr. Maley. ."When you say one complaint, it's not a- crushing headache, a pain in my chest and a hangnail," sad Dr. Maley. But capping compleints; haa hecome an issue duc to numbers that don't add up. Take Milton's doctor-patient ratio, for exemple. Currently, there are t5 family doctora in town, serving a population of 33,000. That ho/la down to more than 2,000 patienta per phyaician, wr/I above the provincial average of 1,314, said Dr. Ma/ey. As a reau/t, doctors are acramh/ing to keep up with the demand. on average, family phys/ciana set side hetween seven and eight minutes for a patient visit But t/he timing geta out of whack when a patient arrives with a laundty lista of ai/- mente, said Dr. Maley. .It's just not fair to the other people in tdie waiting room," he said. "You have to use your trne effective/y." So far, Dr. Ma/ey has no p/ans to put a lIm/t on hie patienta and ia aware of on/y one local physicien who dors. And the Region's medical officier of hea/th, Dr. Boh Nosal, is a/en unaware of ese MILTON on page 11 Photo by GRAHAM PAINE An ongolng health cars cr1818 la behind th[$ slgn, found henglng at the office of long-time Milton physicien Dr. Walter Kosioweki, somne medicel experts eey. we .&~ARH EREAK 2f oro ila1<1 Tune'-Ups <MARCH 1 -7) SKI CLOT1I1W OREALV UCED . Eg9: SKI PANTS Reg. $350.00 froml 4 Milton Chamber of Commerce Community Awards Here they are M1ILTON! Your 1999 CITIZEN 0F THE YEAR NOMMNES Heather Penman CI Heather Penman is a thirty year resident of Milton and is actively involved in many fundraising events for the ' Milton District Hospital Foundation. She is the present chair of the MDH Foundation and devotes her energies to supporting Blazing Saddles, Hike for Health anid Strawberry Fair. Heather is also mnvolved with the Cancer, Heart & Stroke, and United Way Campaigns. She gives generously of hier time for the betterment of the community. Paul Scherer J3 Paul Scherer has been a major contributor as a coach, organizer and fundraiser for many sporting events and leagues over the years. More recently he has been the chair of the following community committees: Milton Santa Clause Parade, Canada Day Celebrations and the Milton Mîllennium Committee. Paul is also the President of the Ratepayers Association and is a Board Member of the Knights of Columbus. He is a tirelesa volunteer for the Milton community. Kim & Craig Thomas CI Kim & Craig Thomas are the organizers for the 'Ibrry Fox Run held every September. They and their 45 volunteers have successfully raised more than $100,000 for Cancer Research over the past 5 years. They worked with the Cancer Research Foundation to bring Betty Fox to Milton in 1999. Their daughter Jenn was Terryi teammate in 1992. They make run day a fun experience and full of camaraderie. Pleese choose one nom/nee and ma/t, fax or del/ver to the Milton Chember of Commerce by March 8, 2000 et 12:00 noon. One bellot per pereon. Open to a/I M/tlon & area ras/dents anid bue/nasses. Muet ba 18 year of aea. AIt ballots that are /ncomplets w/tf be diaregerded. Pleese c/rda one nom/nee. Neme: M/lton Company Address: Phone Number___________ Postal Code ___________ Mail toi: Milton Chamber of Commerce 251 Main St. E. Miilton, ON L9T IPI or Fax toi: 878-4972 1,01-iz