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economist sunstouffville tribune saturday march 24 2001 maricham si hospital iupcoming ir events msh2001 cf it 14 legacy learn-to- ruriclinic- february 19 7 5 aprir9726bi v- 600730 pm- sr hospital- v auditorium pm april 62001 imarkhamv i jstouffvillev hospital v foundation gala le pare dining and banquet centreffe u i department of cfamilyjpractice community cseminar april 10 700 pm8 pm hospital auditorium 7 v iaprir24200i prgartdonationf presentation fattpmhospital auditofiumr xpriloool- legacy 5 km runwalk 10 anu markham green if 3ts jdeas for mental weilnesmay 8 9am 330 pm r ospltalvx f auditorium 5 f nja1tp3 j iuidueies vaie may3l 7 pmhospitair auditorium uhe02001 t -x- tiphcoray v fwaik x c registration at t p iwalkiftlzooamfe w iat richmond rs- f rrilljiood annual m vvjcornfieldshindig iaugi ishi aannual golfea jj tournament york w t 4 a ri vvhats new markham stouffville hospital 7 future growth and development the scope of the hospitals services are driven by community needs balanced with a realistic assessment of the kinds of services a community hospital of our size should be offering to its community markham i stouffville hospital sees its role and mandate as being a community hospital providing a full range of primary and secondary hospitalbased care as the community grows the hospitals range of services and specialties will by necessity change to respond to the population growth aging ahddiversjty the communities surrounding us are among the fastest growing neighbourhoods in canada it is estimated that the towns of markham and whitchurch stouffville will reach approximately 310000 by the year2016 a 40 growth from the year 2000 as the population increases we are seeing important changes in the demographic makeup of the community recent projections indicate that the 65 and over population will increase at a rate of over 5 per cent per year forthe next fiveyears and the number ofpeople aged 75 and over is even higher 6 per annum this change in the age structure will increase pressure on the hospital and other community health care providers in april 1998 the health services restructuring commission hsrc released its directives to markham stouffville hospital the commission was established by the provincial government to make decisions around the restructuring of ontarios hospitals their recommendations includedan increase in total beds from 200 in 1997 to 231 beds in 2003 they also called for an expansion in ambulatory care emergency and diagnostic services the hsrc however called for a decrease in acute care beds as the hospital began to undertake more detailed planning of how to implement the directives rt became obvious that something was wrong a growing and aging community needsmore not less health cafe and hospital services as a result we undertook- a detailed assessment of our current v future needs and opened negotiations with the ministry of health and longterm care aboutthe gapthavexisted v vv hospitals like alp health care services are designed to serve people therefore the first part of research was concentrated on understanding how the markham stouffvillcommunity will change in the next 15 years what we found wasbothstartlingjandextrernelyvaluable in understanding the r gap behveenthehsrcscalculations of nejeds and what we believed tobe the case- inthisaydcleesharewhatwe found about the changing faceof thecommunity figureland 2 in future articles we will describe hqwtfiis affects our hospitals redevelopment needs i markliam slouftvihe hospital foundation vjgv j nominations for the friendship garden closes soon jlmarch 31 2001 is the deaaline for submission of nominations for recognition into the friendship garden at markham stouffville hospital the garden is partbftheponor recognition program of markham stouffville hospital foundation and honours extraordinary voluntary contributions to theh6spital made by individuals organizations and businesses recognition is awardedfor exceptional service outstanding acts of kindness and hurhanitariariism and jor significant- monetary contributions x j c for nomination packages please contact the foundation office at 905 4727059 stem of life save give loyalty card program a new organization stem of life- is introducing a save and give loyalty card program to thecornmunitywhenyou use card at participating york region merchants a rebate will be generated fifty percent of the rebate will be held in trust for you and a portion of the other 50 percent will go to the three york region hospitals stem of life will forward your rebate to you once each year so use your card often it benefits you local merchants and your local hospital application forms are available at participating merchants and at the foundation office additional program information complete rules and regulations and a list ofparticipating merchants is available by calling 9057621714 or 1866225save 7283 or by visiting their website at wwwstemoflifecom veiw ssp sr tin j i jimst xa w 1 suj awi yt 4 volunteers required ffiriviriianiinmra on friday april 62001 the markham stouffville hospital foundation annual gala will be held at le pare the theme for this years gala is on safari volunteers are required to help from 5pmlam there are various shifts available these positions would be suitable for senior high school students lor adults a lovely dinner will be provided to those who work the dinner shift please kelp us make this the most successful gala yet to volunteer your time please contact valerie sheppard at 905 472 1 v f ri it v v i v dlmj plans are underway for me4th- annual bill hood imjm cornfield shindig the shindig will be held on saturday wrliyrjl june 23rd at markham fairgrounds volunteers are vxmftrarcums4 required to ensure that onceagainthis is a successful tzu event these positions would besuitable for high school students needing to complete their mandatory community service hours if rjlyoujwoulcl like to volunteer your time please contact kathydownes at 905 1 14727395 or email her at kdownesmshonca 1 f i i community fund raising events last year the annual bradmgolttournament successfjullyiraised6000 towards the purchase of a dinamap compactmoael t monitor forthe matefnarchiidsy5tsnffia1isam hospital vrjv v piturjlat right isdaryl may presenting the cw giriarosen president- markham sfmelospitalfouridationr i fproudly hosting a fundraiser on behalf of the ma5rc2j8ul20q til m1tchldonssrtowardsthe hospital madeduringtfiist therewillsibemanyftecitingftthings ethis exciting grand reopenmgonv rjpicturetakenfree with elmo from ioj srelehratinnann sunnort lneimarknanv 1gvtwtwww 3 ill ii j