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v f c v- v jetan6mist8tsunrrribune j fem iwww iitkitisf r ac ioncom i i mergerin the transition oluxbridges hospital from oshawas lakeridge health corporation to the markham stouffville hospital corporation has fallen off the tracks due to almost 2 million in unexpected technology costs in an internal memo sent out to lakeridge health employees recently uxbridges chief operat- trig officer garth johns explained the board of markham stouffville hospital msh decided to with- x draw from further transfer dis- cussions because they did not want to pay the estimated costs lakeridge also does not plan to pay the costs the information technology costs were particularly discon- certing to the two hospital cor porations johns outlined in the memo though he did not go into details dnjim maclean president of v msh said atechnology working group has pegged the technolo gy costs at 18 1 million about three times more than msh had expected the transition to cost maclean said the technology costs include the need to create j high speed communications link between uxbridges hospital and msh licencing fees associ ated with the transition increased hardware costs and labour costs for employees to work on the transfer if uxbridge cannot become a fullscale branch of msh maclean said he believes there is an opportunity to at least improve the communications linkage between uxbridge jand markham in order tbimprove the transfer of patient files l but both garth johns ahd lakeridges ceo brian- lemon said they have not given up on me transfer taking place 7 lemon said lakeridge would be asking the ministry of health to cover the transition costs v r 1 dont think for a moment markham stouffville is walking away from the transfer- uxbridge mayor gerrilynn oconnor lemon pointed out that it was the provinces durham and areas district health council that recommeridecpthe transfer of uxbridge take place he said the costs should there- fore be borne by the province the district health council made die decision- last december fol lowing an extensive public con sultation in november reasonable independent people have determined this transfer is in the long term inter- ests of uxbridge lemon said- john letherby a spokesman from the ministry of health said the ministry is unable to com ment on whether it is prepared l to pay the transition costs because it has not even been notified that the transfer has fall en through s wewt6omrhenroifspme- thing we dont know about he- explained j j h at v recent uxbridge council meeting mayor gerri lynn j oconnor receiyedurianimous support from council to lobby the ministry of health to cover metransition costs she said she was unsure if uxbridge jjwbuld come to the table with money if the ministry rejects the funding request i dont really uiink tax dollars at the local levefshouktpayfor something like this she explained f the mayor saidsliewas irii- tiajlystunnedupon learning c the transfer talks hacl broke down however she believestrie funding issue is asmall hurdle that must be overcome in order to continue the transition t 1 dont thinktora moment markham stoufrviuejiswalkirig away from the -transfer- the mayor told council its concern is financial arid i understand that however macleari said msh would probably let lakeridge lobby the government if it wants to continue the transition maclean added i think given the economic realities that are facing the province of ontario and all of us one would have to ask the question should this transfer go ahead or should that moneybe used more wisely on other things from the uxbridge times journal s prk yrnphofiy rchestrti rqberto de cltira music lirector cenductor v presents iwinitph aiid tragedy featuring beeteoyen tghaikovsky fiaricescadarimihi burton auditorium markham theater 416 4100860 905 3057469 york university 4700 keele st 171 town centre blvd sat dec 1 800pm sun dec 2 730pm fickets adults 20 seniorsstudents 1 5 under 1 2 s5 in partnership with the economist a sun beachcomber s the- information superhighway unlsri1ted internet 595 30 hours of internet fori is y- no busy signals q no commitments fj nosetupfees c lovyest unlimited v price in the gta t j free tech support q free setup cd q fasf easy access ci the same day mbstfea isbssbbm z- iity vb sign up today t 1 f j when you buy a new j beachcomber hot tub you can get extra options worth over 140000 for a limited time now only r- r i j sy 1 j iv v rf i v hoursv mon wed 96 1 thursfri 98 sat95 u ianditiqnal ptitul m i markvilu h mwy t t s l pools billiards hot tubs jtwjfff 25 heritage r at mccowan markham u j0 1 j i 3 i a t v i i si 4 warn 1 vis 71 v f