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1 12 stouffville suntribune thursday march 4 2004 liit with hospital patients dr sheldon lazier drwaeema ah d edwards dd- family dentist family dentist denturist dental care for the entire family new patients are always welcome evening and saturday appointments are available 6212 main street just east of the train station stouffville 905 6427474 by martin derbyshire staff writer while the number of patients using markham stouffville hospitals emergency depart ment has grown just as fast as the population around the facility it seems wait times havent hospital records statistics for its fiscal year from april 1 to march 31 and in the 200001 year 37752 patients were treated by the emergency department in 200102 that number jumped to 40613 and rose again in 200203 to 44767 in fact lip to dec 2003 31176 people had already been treated by emer gency staff with another three months to go but despite the exponential increase in the number of people walking through the doors since 2001 hospital staff say the aver age length of stay for emergency patients including treatment and wait times has stayed con stant at 3 1 to 33 hours to what does it attribute this tremendous efficiency the hospitals doctors and nurses and recent technological advancements in medical equip ment deserve some credit so does the hospitals fast i track clinic the clinic opened in 2001 ensuring those patients with less urgent needs still receive treat ment in a timely fashion patients at the clinic still have access to all the hospitals servic es in fact everyone who walks into emergency is initially diag nosed by the same triage nurse as to the urgency of their prob lem those with less urgent needs are simply tunneled through to the clinic if you break your arm its not a lifethreatening problem so you might otherwise wait but it is an issue that needs to be dealt with so we want to try and decrease the waiting time patients suffering from any thing from an ear ache cough or sore throat to minor lacera tions fractures and sprains are all pointed towards the fast track clinic behind the hospi tals main lobby dr dave austin the hospitals chief of emergency says the clin ic has been positive for both patients and hospital staff in the overall scheme of things if you break your arm its not a lifethreatening problem so you might otherwise wait but it is an issue that needs to be dealt with so we want to try and decrease the waiting time the clinic allows us to do that plus having the clinic frees up room in main emergency department to deal with sicker patients he said the nice thing about it is it allows us to continue to keep patients flowing through the department hospital spokesperson pam brodie said feedback from patients has been nothing but positive we can continue to keep the flow moving and offer patients a service in which they dont have to wait for a prolonged period of time before they see a doctor dr austin said people like that the clinic is open tuesday to saturday from 2 until 10 pm and sunday and monday from noon until 10 pm and is staffed by an emergency department physician and a nurse practitioner i bloomington gospel church 13660 ninth lirien 9056424414 dr john b howarth pastorteacher sunday march 7th 2004 930 am sunday school 1100 am morning worship service communion service the love that hates god 1 john 21517 630 pm evening fellowship service acts of the holy spirit everyone welcome stouffvilles lighthouse baptist church 6273 main street 9056402911 remember he did it for you welcome to st james presbyterian church 6432 main st stouffville 9056403151 sunday march 7 2004 civic appreciation service 1030 am friday march 5th world day of prayer service stouffviue pentecostal church 730 pm si friendly family church the anglican parish of christ church 254 sunset blvd stouflfrille the rev robert a shields 9056401461 sunday march 7th 2004 second sunday in lent 800 am holy communion 1000 am holy baptism choral eucharist i church school nursery 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worship 600 pm evening service friday march 5 at 730 pm world day of prayer service adventure bay for kids age 5 to grade 5 on wed at 700 pm cat church 9056405696 for information 6853 main st stouffville st marks catholic church 345 glad park ave stouffville 9056406665 masses saturday at 5pm sunday at 9 am 1 1 am weekday masses monday wednesday friday at 730 pm r v to advertise your place of worship contact susan berry 905 6421 908 ext 221