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stouffville suntribune u saturday dec 22 2007 7 bum victim waits hours before receiving treatment by michael power staff writer a markham mother is angry emer gency room staffat markham stouffville hospital said the facility was too full to treat the burns on her daughters feet leaving the disabled 27yearold untreated for several hours bergen nutson was attending a respite camp when she was admitted to stevenson memorial hospital in alliston dec 7 mother leea nutson said bergen has rett syndrome a dis order that leads to slowed brain and head growth seizures and developmen tal delay among other symptoms the condition has also left bergen unable to speak ms nutson still unsure of how her daughters feet were burned went to the alliston hospital after getting a call from the camp lo and behold they unwrapped her feet and she had blisters the size of ham burger buns on each foot ms nutson said stevenson memorial had bergen moved to markham stouffville hospital dec 12 since she and her daughter live about two minutes from that facility ms nutson said but when the ambulance carrying her daughter arrived at the emergency department at 745 am staff there said the facility could not admit her because it was full she said staff at the hospital suggested she take her daughter either home or back to alliston ms nutson said bergen remained on a stretcher in a hallway in the hospital until about 5 pm that night when she was admitted she said the next morning bergen was trans ferred to the ross tilley burn centre at sunnybrook health sciences centre bergen will receive skin grafts on the seconddegree burns on her feet ms nutson said part of the reason for the difficulty in having her daughter treated in markham is the growing population has put pres sure on the system that the emergency room cant match she said emergency was a zoo said ms nut son indeed the hospital runs a busy emergency room said julia scott markham stouffvilles vicepresident of organizational effectiveness the hos pital plans to wrapup a redevelopment which will include an expanded v gency area in 2013 although she couldnt comment on any specific case at the hospital ms scott noted several other facilities across ontario face similar challenges in their emergency rooms were not unique in terms of wait times she said often health services outside hos pitals gan help ease pressure on emer gency rooms said tariq asrrii of the gta905 healthcare alliance for example community health cen tres which provide primary care and health promotion programs can offer an alternative place to seek treatment but the gta hosts about eight or nine such centres he said the problem of emergency room wait times exists in areas across ontario with booming populations he said ifs not just the 905 its other high- growth regions mr asmi said the province also kicked off a plan called the aging at home strat egy designed to help seniors remain in their homes until a later age said chris mcpherson director of public affairs at the ontario hospital association the plan includes expanded home care and support services for seniors which will help ease pressure on hospi tal emergency wards we believe that over the next four years this strategy will ease some of the pressure being reflected in emergency room wait times he said ms nutson isnt sure how long her daughter will remain at sunnybrook bergen could end up at markham- stouffville hospital again or even released to home care at this point everything is up in the air she said these are just a few of the over 100 liverrelated illnesses tbat threaten the lives of more than 2 million canadian men women and children for 25 years now the canadian liver foundation has been leading the fight against liier disease and to continue we need your help one simple act of kindness can go so very far 1320 yonge street suite 301 toronto ontario m4t 1x2 18005635483 this message brought to you as a cornmunity service of theecorxxthslsurrrune pbsitrftclvertising 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