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inside opinion 6 calendar 10 infoguide 14 classified 17 16 its back to hie future for die stouffville soccer club executive community calendar event boy scout apple days when friday and saturday where plazas and doortodoor flf bruce willis arid it michelle pfeiffer explore the ups and do wiis of matrimony serving whitchurchstoufeville since 1888 em tnfedjbnggstvrv2 pacss tuesday oct 12 1999 tuesday focus inquest slated into girls death at hospital for sick children staff photosjoerd wltteyeen sharon and william shore in the bedroom of their daughter lisa who died in hospital two years ago searching for answers b y rick vanderlinde staff writer for a york region couple the bottom line in their 10-year- old daughters unexplained death is no medical mystery lisa shore was admitted to torontos hospital for sick children oct 21 1998 to control chronic burn ing pain that had plagued her after she broke her leg six months earlier the syndrome reflex sympa thetic dystrophy is rare and diffi cult to treat but its never been known to be fatal so why did sharon and william shores little girl die we took our childs life in our hands when we went there sharon said did the hospital kill her we think so if we had kept her at home 10yearolds death no medical mystery parents say and not gone to the hospital she would stiil be alive the shores who had been coping with their daughters bouts of uncon trollable pain for months are con vinced of that but theres a greater mystery to be solved how could one of north americas foremost childrens hospitals have failed their daughter so badly the thprnhill couple hopes a coroners inquest scheduled to begin in toronto nov 8 goes a long way to answering that question deputy chief coroner dr jim cairns will oversee the inquest which is designed to find ways to prevent a similar death from occurring officials at the hospital for sick children will not comment on the case until the inquest is complete sharon shore wants hospital staff especially nurses who cared for her daughter to tell their stories pub licly its going to be very difficult to live through but its something that we have to do she said if we dont go through with the inquest then it gets swept under the rug about a month after their daughr ters shocking death the shores demanded hospital records relying b3p see treatment page 3 to reach us 905 b40210q patients will suffer in budget crackdown provincialjunding wont cover population growth by jennifer brown staff writer york region hospital offi cials were outraged friday when the province ordered them to balance their budgets but provided no extra funding to cope with massive growth the three hospitals are pro jecting deficits this year of between 35 million and 6 million which they blame entirely on the growing niim- ber of patients and the provinces refusal to increase funding the ministry of health has ordered all hospitals to balance their budgets over the next two years which could force yorks hospitals to reduce services and increase waiting lists were disappointed we thought there would be addi tional funding for hospitals in highgrowth areas said markham stouffville hospital president dr jim maclean i dont know the answer he said we have to think about what it means his hospitals projected deficit is 4 million this year dr jim maclean 4million deficit projected for markham stouffville hospital but maclean said that will only provide basic services the growing community needs including extra beds and out patient services were just providing ser vice you cant cut service and were not going to do that said a frustrated maclean weve been told there is no more new money we just dont believe residents ofyork region should suffer because of ineffi ciencies elsewhere york region residents shouldnt have to bearthe brunt but they have been and will continue to do so according to york central hospital president b3p see hospitals page 8 ken prentice cfp f ringwood dr stouffville 6429507 w f