Drayton Festival offers a musical ride of hilarity. The all daruse on " 13,495 Viewpoint You said it Waterloo Minor Baseball renews old rivalries. Saturn ION Saturn of Kitchener Waterioo 663 Victona St. N. 744â€"5811 WATERLOO CHRONICLE WHAT‘S INSIDE Hygrade Roofing* *Selected Distribution feanh purchase . plue Ireight) SHUO nE \SHHRI S Page 18 AATCRLOO PUBLIC LBRki, 10 Hospital not in crisis, president says fter a rash of resignaâ€" A:'(I)ns and threats of ithdrawal of services by pediatricians and palliaâ€" tive care doctors, the presiâ€" dent of Grand River Hospital said it was the normal growâ€" ing pains of getting more than $160 million in renovaâ€" tions up and going. Torrential downpours weren‘t enough to keep some loyal baseball fans from cheering on their teams at the Junior Men‘s Canadian Fastpitch Championships at Hillside Park in Waterloo Sunday. Prior to a rain delay (from Left) Mary Lou McCarthy, Sandy Fifield and Barb Rigney of St. Mary‘s, and Cathy Alcombrack and Doug Kennedy of Kincardaine, toughed it out under their umbrellas. The tournament continues through Aug. 9. And trying to characterize By Bos VrBanac Chronicle Staff WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6, 2003 + WATERLOO, ONTARIO Serving your community since 1856 it as a crisis is wrong, said Dennis Egan, the CEO of Grand River Hospital who has overseen the reconstruction and revitalization of the hosâ€" pital that will add the Grand River Regional Cancer Care Centre to is growing roster of services this fall. Staff turnover is part of that hospital revitalization. And while Dr. Brian Dingle, Dr. Shaun Costello and Dr. Nabil Bechai have been inteâ€" 99iJY 3ngst4Wr3 Grand River Hospital CEO gral to the development of the cancer centre and the radiology and medical imagâ€" ing programs that will be an essential component of it, the hospital has the people in "I think we have to take a broader $1 INCLUDING GST And the consternation caused by revelations ghat two of the hospital‘s palliative care doctors and seven of its pediatricians are also talking about the withdrawal of serâ€" vices is just part of the maneuvering that goes on during contract negotiations, said Egan. And he won‘t negotiate in the media. place to ensure an orderly transition in managing those medical services. "Because three people made a career move, and other groups are negotiating contracts... suggests that there is a crisis here â€" I think we have to take a broader perspective," said Egan. "I‘m prepared to be accountable for things we can do better and prepared to be chalâ€" lenged if we were to do so, but not when we‘re still negotiatâ€" ing." Continued on page 2 DEBORAK CRANDaL1 PHOTO