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3 5 i i i pi js t i k frv ft i- j -v- v- j a- t v health patient amhermbm u fis kirs l- cjvstf ijk development growth in gormley must be accompanied v y carejul planning councillor warns r s2 ans in vsi v- by jennifer brown staff writer s she waved to her husband from the helicopter a pregnant and scared laura kirk won- defed why shewas being airlift ed to a london hospital to have her w j the 38yearold york region resident was just 33 weeks pregnant when her water broke nov 13 insight i qtkpr te x yorkjconnty hospital says york central should know about neo natal care unit patients live the designation gave york county the green light to devel op the service more than york central or markhaih stouffville but right now i believe there are no fundamental differences in the level of training of pedia tricians at york county york central or ftlarkham stouffville hospital york county officials strong ly disagree and say the medical natal centre up and running allowing it to look after babies as young as 30 weeks in the future certainly i would consider it its a heck of a lot better for the mother to r butvhe wasnt in labour andlv be cared for locally she said f community should be well couldnt understand why doc c- fhey would have been mad aware of their capabilities iorstomofrnonitor her from she delivered and they had- s if that lady arrived at our aldlhmiriairoff r emergency departmentwe being flownhburs away fr6m mad andatthe erfd oftheday j have assessed her and her sofi and husband rbbu 1 have a perfectly hbppy babya- depending on her needs we her wonder turned to angerv nicholas saicl v could have cared for her here six weeks later when she kirk saidnicholas per- said pat norman vice-presi- learned york region hospitals- formed an ultrasound and x de of york county nowhavetheamitocarefor- cautioned her thafkaylas lungs women and their6abies at 33 arid kidneys may not havebeen i orrhansaid all pedi weeks but td keep vfully formed arid would require her dose tohdme was never a feeding tubeandneonatal considered by her doctors- care at first theywere talking but the kirks said if york about gomg to toronto and central then they said there were no and york j beds there arid we were gbirigi county tplbndbnrarid an hour later are the helicopter wasjeady i was equipped- crymglwas hysterical all 1 to handle- did ineondpnwas cry i could premature down tojit arid say ihis has to be debated j clubiinks plan caus for the leslie street trunk sewer to be extended north tdgormleyi but sewers should go to areas where regional planning balls for such urban developriientto happen carroll said tv j but besides an environriierital assessment on extending the sewer the proposal must pass several other tests before the region could approve unchanging gormley inits official annual sporting attraction some day plan from an agricultural policy area v by mike abler lstaffwriter the rural hamletsf gormley has just 50 or 60 homes and just one restaurant famous sams- tennis canada and a developer clublink properties ltd want 1000 new houses there the national tennis centre including a stadium with 12500 seats plus a hotel restaurant and retail facilities it might give this part of stouffville quiet but close to hwy 404 a major v rif even eat she said i babies they would have pre ferredto glim er medical journey did m nt en0 i eithefthe next day sheswas jrarisported from st v f stay in the ji josephsiri london to womens region college hospital mtororito i it had vwhprp shp snpntifmmnjws jk i i i i i i i i i i cant imagine why physicians at flic other hospitals would not be aware of our services y 1 atric arid obstetrical chiefs of staff in the region know of york countys ability to handle mothers and babies at 30 weeks or more in fact york county has been accepting women at 30 to 134 weeks of pregnancy for two years now from 1997to 1998ydrk cbunly saw 35 women who were 34aveeks pregnant or less and- of those 12 babies were delivered the other 23 were delivered elsewhere but arid maybe the olympic games but would such a big develop ment proposed to york region by clublink last month be good for gormley if tennis canada doesnt come in sometfiirig else will said stouffville councillor peter dobfich whose ward 3 includes the woodbine avenue community i dont see a way of stopping it j and i dont know if we should stop it a few things will change in i j gormley but tennis canada and the new businesses that come with it will bring jobs to the area so the residents could work close to home dbbrich i argued but ward 2 councillor mark carroll said putting 1000 homes in the mid dle of nowhere and near the sensitive oak ridges moraine goes against all efforts to plan york region sensibly it doesnt sit well with me he added im hoping that people get to a towns arid villages designation according to a report to die regions planning comhiittee this weekit must f justify thevloss of topquality class 1 agricultural land although most of it is not being used for-farm- in gauge its impact ori f local environment including tributaries df the rouge river andgofmleyshign water table development on the moraine is also subject to provincial rules estimate the traffic the tennis centre would produce and see what road improvements are needed estimate the potential- noise study drainage and surface water management andlook for archaeo- logicalartifacts in the area public meetings arepromisedori the proposal but clublirik has told the region it wants all planning approvals ready by march 2001 pi t lurigs lr have taken me it angers me- ii i i-r- sorrietliirig cshehad also f despite york countys level returned to york countys spe- york cpuntyvp cial care nursery ftit norman j the i hospitals specialized illiau role wasmade official in april r to bedbriel suppose but now lwhen it was designated alevel j thati know york county could il pfirinatal regional centre by ui ija the health services restructuririg commission k hospital l ilidesignatibriyork central level ii cenfrescari provide infriciimbnashiubefore beirigf president frank lussirig said j resuscitation and stabilization i ransferreaicfc jx vhisdoctbrs wiu continue to of newborns for unanticipated ushmslnwi sent ckiot i maketheirbwn decisions about r emergencies anclcare of mpd- iybrkcentrar6nnbvi8and- f r riskmpthersandmfants vtwoaayvlatsenthmeto- f rifea clinicians decision riot r certainly auhospuals are ahadrruriistrativedecisionhe aware of our designation and neobleare ub toi capabuitywevetriedifbmake griificant way prej the information available said tghtfeferralswiu nbfmannotingthatthe chiefs rt- i r of obstetrics arid pediatrics sit minister revisits laws legislation will make it easier to prosecute d3t frompael- people who will- fullyinjure or kill an j animal wilfert i said weve had terri- s ble cases in this country- f mcxe llanos paper stated that 5heuggested most transfers ynetwrark tfdmyorkgentrafwiirprobabiy i cantjmaginewhy physi- penalty is not stiff enough wilfert said vlts not enough laws need to pro- vide an effective deterrerit therejs one law dealirig with cow and- horses arid adiffererivlaw dogs andcats andyet adiffererit law 0 for birds t hhjb9hr modernized there are iaws for dorriestic pets bsvawunrccin- animal abuse law and separate laws for wildlife and j could makeit eas- major criticism is there are incorfc j do f iertp prosecute vsistericies and gaps in the animal pro offenders and section laws wilfertsaia f i a serida message prohibiting v convicted abuser tkatj animals from owning an animal again could should be treated with respect j beconsidered vvilfert said v i it could function asa more effec- putting therri bri a lifetime ban is tive deterrerit fo rnorauyreprehensi- the recommendation ble behaviour behayibur which mclellan also questionedthe threatens riot only the welfare of ani strength of laws we need to come down onthese mals but also die nioratandjdhysical welfare of society i 1 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