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st tribune august 18 1993 p3 health shortterm stays help hospital serve more julie caspersen staff reporter redevelopment at markham stouf- fville hospital will allow more patients to be served without being admitted the hospital opened in the spring of 1990 and is already feeling the need to change some services and expand oth ers as funding is cut and the popula tion grows more birth rooms are in the blueprints along with an expansion of the ambulatory care unit where patients are treated at day clinics but not admitted to hospital john barker director of planning and corporate services explained that the hospital is allowed to open 245 beds but by admitting patients on the day of surgery instead of the night before and focusing on shortterm stays instead of longterm care the facility can operate with just over 200 beds wed be serving more people with the same amount of money barker said longterm care patients who would normally stay at the hospital full time will be provided with support services and rehabilitation on an outpatient basis to release beds and allow the patients to live at home plastic surgery fractures chemother apy and diabetic treatment are some of the clinics offered at the local hospital on an outpatient basis but dr stephen mcmahon manager for ambu latory care said last year his unit treated 16000 people and the estimate for the coming year could reach 24000 with the redevelopment plans mcmahon hopes to add a chronic pain control clinic as well as a womans gynecological unit where abnormal pap tests can be analyzed on site instead of sending the samples to a scarborough facility and moving certain procedures from the operating room into ambulatory care would cut costs at the same time as cutting a persons time spent at the hospital but this change calls for a 100000 outlay toward laparoscopic surgery equipment which can be used for gall bladder removal hernia repair and hysterectomies other items on the markham stouf- fville hospital shopping list are a holter scanner for the early detection of heart disease 75000 a remote controlled patient lifter for the smooth and safe moving of chronic care patients 6500 a temporary pacemaker that is connected with wires leading to a per sons heart to regulate the beat 2500 an ultrasonic sensor for easier detection of a fetal heart 1500 director of the mother child program joanne maclean said her area is in need of two more birthing rooms so women in labor wont have to share rooms none of these changes can be made without the help of the community wishing wellness to the neighborhood is a doortodoor campaign aimed at raising half the 1 million pricetag attached to the entire renovation and equipmentbuying proposal community and hospital volunteers will canvass markham and stouffville neighborhoods between september 25 and october 4 asking for donations while providing information about the hospital and its services and how the economic environment is affecting health care they also want to hear back from res idents good or bad we want to hear it all said lisa mckeen vicepresident of the markham stouffville hospital foundation service groups and local businesses can get involved in the fundraiser remax agents have already pledged support through a donation of a portion of their commissions and are looking to host a fundraiser dance in the fall mckeen said residents can look for wishing well donation bins at the hospital and the fair with smaller versions scattered in shops throughout the towns anyone wanting to volunteer can call the foundation office at 4727059 garbage collection not open for talks from page 1 even though negotiations have already taken place with miller waste however following the close of last tuesdays meeting officials had not publicly scheduled talks regarding the issue ward 6 councillor ken prentice who said he was hushed regarding the issue since the march decision to waive the contract called the decision an outrage prentice said council had robbed the taxpayers of receiving the best possible price when it waived a competitive jobbidding policy you just cant waive a tender policy worth millions of dollars this whole thing council did flies in the face of its policy which requires business to be handled in a formal open and business like manner prentice told the tribune last week dewing said officials may still decide to call for tenders but will likely discuss the issue in private tennis courts upgraded local officials approved spending about 48000 to resurface and upgrade two pub lic tennis courts it was decided recently funds to repair both the stouffville memorial park and ballantrae park courts will come out of the 1993 parks and recreation capital budget the intown courts require 30465 worth of major resur facing replacing of fencing and gates and new net posts while ballantrae courts require 11235 worth of resurfacing both courts will also receive a fibreglass membrane substance to seal the cracks in the court surface two different contrac tors from mississauga and richmond hill were awarded the jobs money saved an article in the aug 11 tribune entitled taxpayers spend 7500 to fight 3200 tax bill may have been unclear to some readers it noted that the towns tax appeal will save more than 60000 in a five year peri od through a successful bat tle with revenue canada the tribune regrets any confusion kiss from the king photsolori emmerson deke rivers aka elvis meets dartene oblends at the stouffville sales barn uxbridge and stouf- and baby ashley gallagher of claremont sunday fville elvis fans flocked to the allday event jhwwwwiiwhwwhwsbbiffi kids earn extra money become a carrier today call 6402100 stouffville mmm attention flyer advertisers we can deliver your flyers for as little as 4t a piece so far this year i we have delivered 18643574 flyers doortodoor in markham unionville milliken stouffville uxbridge claremont dickson hill locust hill gormley goodwood victoria square brougham 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