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stouffville suntribune thursday aug 16 2007 7 markham stoufiville hospital expansion to start in 2010 new er area may be moved by michael power staff writer theres no backing out now markham stouffville hospital took another step toward completing its expan sion announcing two archi tecture firms will design the new facilities the two firms bregman hamann and perkins will will lead the master planning along with other aspects of the hospitals redevelop ment this marks another important milestone for the markham stouffville com munity its an early but significant step infrastruc ture renewal minister david caplan said monday bregman hamann which has offices in toronto vancouver and the united arab emirates has worked on several hospital projects including mount sinai otta wa general and sunnybrook perkins will has offices around the world and has worked on several hospitals and health centres the firms work at markham stouffville will include planning whether o not to relocate the expanded emergency department and where inpatient beds should be hospital president and ceo janet beed said the firms will also design clinics so patients can get in and out quickly the announcement mon day included unveiling a sign near the hospitals main entrance announcing the redevelopment 9 7 z js fllllb s t i 3 y the rubiks cube of the 21st century yorkregion com it clicks home mm mm by lorraine kennedy vosu clinical directorowner ma reg caslpo audc audlologist averting moisture related problems if you wear a hearing instrument take note of the fact that the humidity level in and around the ear is in the 8588 percent range as warm moist air migrates from deep within your outer ear canal toward the cooler metal components of a hearing instrument it condenses over time this can lead to moisture accumulation in the battery compartment and the volume control as a result instrument users may experience intermittence increased distortion reduction in gain and a general decrease in instrument performance to avoid these potential problems instrument wearers are encouraged to take their instruments out overnight to dry out instruments should also be kept away from humid environments such as the shower drying cases are also available we are committed to providing you with better hearing from your initial evaluation and digital hearing instrument selection to regular checkups and cleaning of the instrument simply put we always go the extra mile for you call us to schedule a hearing evaluation that includes an audiometric test of frequency- specific sensitivity speech reception test word recognition test and loudness test we offer custom ear and noise protection devices including musician plus and swim plugs as well as drying cases for every new hearing system you purchase well give you a 35day evaluation period ps the use of a drying case can reduce the incidence of repair of a hearing instrument threefold markham 9054714327 mmiam sttvfm hmrtng bntol umm rko 177 chun su m xo etobicoke 4162338581 wtsf end hmnnq c tubmvfd l iso mneloo ar mm 7i i north york 4164984151 ths auototooy centre ctuuwmtf ims 1u am arm e fciftm mo its a strong commitment minister caplan came up for the announcement mf beed said the community has been promised an expansion over and over again and it has never been delivered this says were moving forward its not just a thought its an actual plan this is a huge step forward the hospital expects con struction to start in 2010 ms beed said and while theres no firm price tag connected to the multimillion dollar project the hospital is hoping to hear b about funding from the prov ince soon she added queens park covers 90 per lent of construction costs while the hospital must raise the remaining 10 per cent along with costs of equip ment but the cost will be set tled in talks between the two architecture firms and the hospital foundation presi dent suzette strong randall said the foundation is putting together details for the cam 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