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i taerw i inside opinion j 6 pf tw lrwprs intiwn mftfnirrv ratpntar pfw 1 t tl il tlie wriife for community calendar vwhere parkview village auditoniiitf 1 o the reci for opening this week serving whitchurchzstouffmildeisinge 1888i 50 cents including gst 20 pages tuesday march 16 1999 to reach us 905 6402100 g y r t province commits375 million to improve patient care nurses idverwofked rnsjiope 7v fihinngpgejyvillease healthdare crisis tby jennifer brown- i staff writer t usie hillis hopes the provinces decisis- to hire more nurses v means she wont go home iritears f j- 1 for 32 years hillis has worked vias registered practical nurse but in the iastfewyears7theyork county hospital nursenasfound hefselfgoihghomeso r yt r hefonlyresponse v has been to sit down and cry- r j l ifound i for lah while iwas going r through a reallydinicult time said hillis 5 nnm i xi it j4 i ii2l f j ji s sm threedifferent- directions at once feinsteadjoigivingmycomplete attention ttconetaslrwas fflvingthyattentiohto three tasksand wenthpineandodntfeel fe mrhillis even considered leaving the pro- v fewweeksvadministratorshavej even t v been makingf announcements- overthe a hospital public address systemasking iv nurses tofill m forshorttaffed shiftsv v some 4nursesf arefconcemedy such t i r- nnnnnnrftttipntsvmav malnatients feara i i i i i i i i i i i i i i 1 i a i 1 i i r i i i i i i i i i c i i i i i i i v i i i r i i i r i i i i i i i i i i i i i i n- l r i i v 1 amalgamation proposed for 2000 byijsa queen staff writer v on the eve of approving centralized fire dispatch for york region some councillors are afraid parochial poli- tics may derail the initiative again the region recognized the need for the more efficient r system 29 years ago but political squabbles have scuttled plans to mrroduce the new jkre system vi fire trucksareriow sentto emergencies fromdis- patch centres in newmarket richmond hill vaughari andmarkham ft 7 theregionis expected to approve a single dispatch centre next rhbntlvwith the goal of having central dis patch opejational by april 2000 but because fife dispatch is theresponsibiutyof local governmentsyq1tksniriemuhicipditie havethefinal say n at last thursdays council meetirigr markham mayor i w r rj ease their concerns about thecostarid qualityfpf service x xousehs aastiieadded pressureoftrying todealwith markhams dispatch centre which isnty2r compliant vthe town has set aside180000 wifiitthe comr puter bug v- i f s- v i jackson said vaughan wont be strongarmed into j approving central dispatctfwimouf allthe facts v i how can you yote for something you don t know at chp citin x jt s sz im oiitsdiu i i v y ic- itlooked like thepfocess of getting municipals jbiitirichnioridhill mayqribiubeand maridiamt tv i councillor gdrd laridofi accused jaconaiid staff ph0tosj0erd witteveen tfeatedmemergericyanamehdirectedto emergency nursearienevicaaams ngni reaus uie rest resulfeof pattenf meappropriate ward forexpfertvofteri t eric bulpf ofbauahtraejwhile emergency patient care coordinatorru f 1 r r v taggar takes his pulse bulof was in markham stoufieville hospitals emer- b3p- see ministry page 5 gericy department early yesterday morning j i think ifs great to sit around this chamberaiid discuss things but when it conies to domg anymmg we dont do utlfyouwantaguaranteeyoushoiildbuyaremgerator study after study has recommendedadoptingcentral dsf seeregionalpage5 tjw