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So far the main cost of the situation at K-W Hospital's emergency department has been patient convenience. It takes a lot longer to receive treatment today than it did 10 years ago. The question is, how, long can this continue before patient care begins to suffer? What price do you put on that? Major dollars are needed. That won't come without greater public support; directly,through donations, and indirectly, through pressure on our provincial leaders to increase funding to our hospitals so they can provide the care we all demand. The $1-million renovation is a beginning-but it's nothing more than that. What's desperately needed is a tntdl reftrign of a grossly-outdated facility. But mere growth doesn't account for it all. Our population is also aging, which means that patients require more extensive care, more often. Patients are more sophisticated, quicker to seek medical attention and demanding the best care. Greater numbers do not have family physicians and turn to hospital emergency departments as their main vehicle for medical treatment. Add to this formula the fact that other hospital departments are experiencing tremendous bed shortages, which means it takes longer to move a patient out of emergency, and you begin to understand the extent of the crisis. Although renovated 17 years ago, K-W's emergency department remains much the same as it was back in the 1950s when it was opened. Then it was state-of-the- art and more than sufficient to meet the eommunity's needs. Unfortunately, this isn't the '50s anymore. K-W’s population' has grown tremendously, and projections show that trend will escalate as we approach the year 2,000. It's a fact that while the department was designed to accommodate only 150 patients each day, as many as 220 are being treated Anyone who has had to visit K-W Hospital's emergency department knows there?s a serious problem there: too many patients, too few nurses, a facility that is too small and poorly organized. That's why Monday's annodncenient that the hospital will invest $1 million to upgrade the department is welcome news indeed. hams all eoe-deeeetoWate+oadSee. 'sEgttttt. E., Waterloo, 0m. HN ILT, Telephone at... News and - line “an Waterloo Chm-Ick- otnee is located in the Haney, White law odnee building (rear entrance. - floor). Parking " an mar of the twining. Open Monday to Friday ' I.II. to s pm, Finisher: Paul Winkler Waterloo Chronicle is published every Wednesday by Fairway Press. a division of J EMCOM Inc., owner. Publishing address 225 Fairway Rd. S., Kitchener. 0m. Emergency Glenna“: Jerry Fischer 'yresettgrttr ind Calm: Fairway Press * Sedor -tee: new Manlnuk Mrs: Park Bryson (news) My “View: Helen Smiley, Pauia Hummel. Gerry lattice Chum-i Mum: Mm McNab Richard O’Brien tnie rts) In: Rick Campbell 't Bill Karges 59“?”- JULY U. "wr, 1:_qietp_essty Locally, the University of Waterloo Biology Department is involved in a fisheries project in Ethiopia, the Department of Mechanical Engineer- ing is working on a wind harnessing project in Niger...“Wearealsointothesecondphaseofa computerized financial systems project in Bra- zin," says Vera Leavoy, International Programme Officer. A lot of business is done by CIDA each year. Hundreds of millions of dollars worth of the best services and expertise that Canada's private sector can offer are contracted to CIDA. Our Kitchener-Waterloo area could be a potential source of business. My constituency office can provide further details and put interested compa- nies in touch with CIDA. Most developing countries have a requirement for new and more eftleient technology, a field in which Canada is a world leader. Because the environment in the Third World is often different. there are high "frmtt-eetd" risk costs. These include unexpected start-up costs " well as the high cost of investigating business opportunities in developing countries. CIDA, however, is prepared to help through its Industrial Co<tperntimt Pro. through several channels, and it is designed to allow many Canadians through universities, volun- tary agencies, companies and as individuals to play their part in responding to the needs of our development partners around the world. The past so years has seen social and economic changes in Africa and Asia that took our Western industrialized countries no years to achieve. Canada has been contributing to these progressive changes in "third world" countries for more than 30 years ... but, our contributions are only a small portion. What is not generally known is that the developing countries finance so per cent of their own development. The Canadian International Development Agency, (CIDA) is the principal federal depart- ment responsible for implementing Canada’s Official Development Assistance (00A). CIDA assistance to third world countries is delivered "The hard feelings will (the a long time to get over. Nobody’s ready to kiss :33 either way." l It is written Guest column Rick Campbell Chronicle Editor Walter McLean - (P.C., Waterloo) . . . Is on vacuum l. Viability Studies - Assisting with indepth analyses of all factors relevant to the establish- ment of a long-term business cooperation arrange- ment and its likely impact on the economies of the Qdeveloping countries and Canada; 2. Project Support - Providing financial support to offset certain costs which a Canadian company persuing a long-term business collaboration might incur during the start-up phase of the operation; 3. Starter Studies - encouraging Canadian businesses to conduct a preliminary analysis of the factors relevant to establishing a long term business cooperation arrangement in a developing country; 4. Technology Transfer Assistance - Providing Zlateglop postal union spokesman. The opportunities for Canadian business to compete on the world scene are growing steadily. Business contracts with CIDA. or with internation- al development hanks, UN Agencies, and gM3et- governmental organisations (NGOs) can be tttart- ing points for 'srxtfttabie links with Third World Third world development can no longer be ignored by industrialized nations. As a nation dependent on trade, the future health of the Canadian economy is linked to the expansion of export markets in the Third World. By 1800 developing countries will account for about 30 per cent of internatlonal trade. miirketa. oping countries, when; were is a likelihood of a good developmental impact, and a potential market for competitive Canadian goods and ser- financial assistance to offset certain costs which a Canadian company persuing a long-term business collaboration might incur in testing and adapting its technology; and s. Canadian Project Prepara~ tie. Facility - This supports Canadian companies undertaking a project preparation study in devel- gram. This program offers financial support to Canadian companies wishing to transfer their technology to counterparts in the Third World. For example. CIDA can offer support for the follow- SEE PAGE 3