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10 stouffville suntribune thursday dec 4 2003 holiday clearance sale up to mrsp friday dei 5th 300pm900pm saturday dec 6th 900am600pm sunday dec 7th 900am600prn guess mjoa nautica timex opex bbdwwiii expedition rmtmjotr 445 hood road markham on s days only quantities are limited while supplies last no strollers please all sales are final no returns no exchanges hwv 3 407 uth av s c 1 2 1 rimex denkon st stttfoc av york region offers additional community flu clinics get the vaccine not the flu its not too late to roll up your sleeve and get your flu shot york region health services is offering thrcemore community flii clinics on the following dates monday december 8th 400 i to 800 pm york region adminiscrativecentre great hall 17250 vonge street newmarket thursday december 11th 400 to 800 pm markham civic centre 101 town centre blvd markham tuesday decetnber 16th 400 to 800 pm vaughan civic centre hearing room 214 1 major mackenzie dr vaughan tay healthy this winter experts agree that getting a flu shot is the best way to avoid the headache muscle aches cough sore throat fever fatigue and weakness caused by die influenza virus and getting a flu shot means that you wont spread the virus to those around you especially to babies the elderly and the chronically ill who could develop severe complications some could even die did you know since the beginning of october influenza outbreaks in europe and north america have been attributed to a new variant of the influenza virus called afujian experts agree that this years flu vaccine will offer some crossprotection against the afujiari virus as well as other flu strains active in our community get yout flu shot from your family physician walkin clinic or come to one of the community flu clinics for further information call york region health services health connection at 18003615653 or visit wwwregionyorkonca a message from the war amps safety is no accident so playsafe for more information call 1 8002503030 thb message brought to you at a community strike of the economist sunsuntribunc iff a council to work on doctor shortage from page 1 care practices are partially or completely closed to new patients doctor shortages in other communities are affecting vvnitchurchstouffville dr lzso said when residents move away from wwtchurchstouflville they soon learn they cant find a doctor in their new community the solution is to continue to visit the doctor in stouflville the shortages in other places makes it even more diffi cult to serve the new people moving in here dr izso said the shortage of doctors could be an issue facing the new whitchurchstouffville council in the coming year mayor sue sherban said theres a need for more doc tors she said we will have to address that in the next year well have to look at ways to bring new and young doctors to our town attracting doctors to a new area takes some doing she said doctors like a turnkey setup she said they like to come into places that are equipped for them well have to make sure there are places available helping young doctors estab lish themselves in a community poses a problem dr izso said if you do for one group youll have to do for the ones that are already here if you dont there will be some sort of upset he said the results of a recent ministry of health and dang term care survey of more than 400000 ontario residents indi cate the top priority for improve ment in our health care system is increasing the number of physi cians and nurses the shortages in other places makes it even more difficult to serve the new people moving in here there is ample evidence of widespread discontent among patients regarding access to gen eral and family practices spe cialists and new medical tech nologies crowded emergency rooms long waiting lists and transportation of patients to the united states for treatment have become the norm the oma reported many stouflville doctors are also approaching retirement age the local doctors have addressed the issue that our doc tors are aging mrs sherban said dr izso said the average age of a stouflville family doctor is about 60 years yes were get ting older he said aging doctors is not an isolat ed problem the oma reported that in 1995 60 ontario physi cians retired five years later in 2000 this figure skyrocketed to more than 400 national data maintained by the canadian medical association shows family doctors retire earlier than specialists and female physicians retire much earlier than male physicians the average age of retirement for a female doctor in 2000 was 59 years this combined with the fact one in four family doctors and one in three specialists are cur rently 55 and older bodes poorly for future physician supply its estimated the shortage of 1585 physicians in ontario affects more than 900000 resi dents this shortage is expected to increase to between 2400 and 3400 physicians by 2010 depending on the degree of gov ernment action the oma report says ontarios current physician shortage is projected to almost double within 10 years as a result it is anticipated that between 14 million and 2 mil lion residents will be seriously hindered in their access to med ical treatment it said stouffville kinsmen club sggk would like to thank the following for there support of the 1st annual lawnmo wer rage key enterprises yrng sm landscaping for all your landscaping needs wwwsmlandscapingcd trudelsons roofing ltd eocac also thanks to franmac construction terrace green comxactmo hb5h trybuilt contracting mckenzie rv sales greenland irrigation markham mower ltd the pet stop markham outdoor power stewart c mcelroy assoc markham property services the enchanted spa phone directories co advanced automotive bags of bargains barthau jewelers bouwmeister landscaping em automotive emco disposal services falstaff electric hulshoff masonry robert bell engineering schell lumber steves automotive stouffville bowling centre stouffville furniture the other office walker equipment wine 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