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THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, JUNE 13,2001 PAGE A5 r.i ffa-l mm.-/' iW/nIMfwii '■ 'Æ. Im «0/V PIET RON I 110/ Statesman photo The hospital court entrance at Lakeridge Health Oshawa, currently under construction. Work will begin soon on a regional cancer centre at the site. Work to start soon on new regional cancer centre k S K.' hi & s Construction is progressing at Lakeridge Health Oshawa BY CHRISTY CHASE Staff Writer OSHAWA - Construction at Lakeridge Health Oshawa continues this spring, although although it is a bit behind schedule. "It looks overall we might be behind three weeks," said Brian Lemon, chief executive executive officer of Lakeridge Health Corporation. "We're three weeks behind on a year-and-a-half project. The work is basically on schedule." schedule." Right now, much of the highly visible outside construction construction work on the south side infill, the new main entrance entrance and massive emergency emergency and critical care expansion expansion has been completed, he said. Large equipment, such as cranes, have been removed, as it is no longer needed. Workers are busy now working working indoors. Construction has also started on the new loading loading dock at the southwest part of the site off Golf Street. But work will soon start on the preparation of the east end of the site for the new central utilities plant and the cancer centre, Mr. Lemon said. Site clearing, excavations excavations and other work should be started later in the summer, summer, once all provincial approvals approvals are received. That should have things looking busier again, he added. Lakeridge is now back on schedule with its payment of the general contractor, Mr. Lemon said. For about five or six months, Lakeridge "was slow" in paying the contractor contractor due to changes in construction construction and the necessity to get more provincial approvals. approvals. ' During construction, Lak- eridge's consultants and engineers engineers advised the hospital to take the opportunity now to do other related work, not scheduled to be done for some time, Mr. Lemon said. Because of this, the hospital had to get provincial government government approvals, which slowed down the process and delayed funding, he said. "We were slow to pay the general contractor and he was slow to pay the subcontractors," subcontractors," he said. "I think everyone thought approval would come in faster." Since then, Lakeridge has extended its line of credit to accommodate such situations and is up-to-date now on payments, he added. In a related matter, Lakeridge Lakeridge is now looking for a director of development after Liz Rosenberg, who spearheaded spearheaded the redevelopment for years, resigned on June 1. Mr. Lemon said the reason for her leaving is a confidential confidential matter between the corporation corporation board and her. Her resignation", and also board chairman Bev Oda last month, and hospital stocks, were targetted by Oshawa Councillor Cathy Clarke at a recent council meeting. She said the hospital's investment in Nortel Networks stocks was losing money and questioned questioned why the hospital was investing in stocks. John Callum, chief financial, financial, officer with Lakeridge, says the stocks, including BCE, Clarica and Nortel, were donated to Lakeridge on the condition they not be liquidated and dividends be used to fund continuing education education for nurses. "The donor wanted them to go to the hospital and not the (Oshawa General Hospital) Hospital) foundation and didn't want us to liquidate them," Mr. Callum said. "He wanted them to be a long-term investment investment for nursing education." education." The fact the value of Nortel Nortel stocks has dropped drastically drastically recently doesn't affect the hospital, since the hospital hospital did not buy the stocks but was given them and can't sell them anyway, he added. He noted BCE dividends have been providing bursaries for nurses. Mr. Lemon said the hospital hospital has a strict policy that prohibits it from investing in stocks. Other hospitals have similar policies, he added. He noted Ms. Oda resigned for personal reasons, having to do with the heavy workload workload of the position. 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