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30 economist suntribune news thursday july 25 2002 hospital staffers take emergency room to world youth day in toronto by kathleen griffin staff writer twentyfour men and women staff at markham stouffville hospital will offer their medical expertise to world youth day pilgrims this weekend in a field hospital at the events downsviewsite eight local doctors nurses and support staff will cover three shifts this saturday and sunday expected to be the busiest days of the sixday international gath ering dr jim maclean presi dent and ceo is team leader if we can provide as much care as we can at the site of the major events downsview and exhibition place there will be a minimal burden on hospital emergency departments he explained thats better for the people involved and better for the area hospitals world youth day organizers asked every gta hospital to help with medical coverage for the event and markham stouffville rose to the challenge maclean said i volunteered first to try to encourage others he said the staff who came forward are real ly committed he said the field hospital has been set up by the wyd health services department and is equipped to handle almost any emergency from dehydration to heart attacks markham stouffville staff were given a twohour orienta tion and training course last week and will follow medical directives issued by the organiz ers not their own hospital policy it will be like running a mini emergency room dr maclean said i think it will be a real mix of potential problems a large number of people from all age groups we really have to be on guard for heatrelated illnesses and dehydration for more informal ion please retiring police chief will give advice on replacement from page 1 the transition will be seamless he said chief middaugh said his retirement will be just that spending more time with his family and pursuing his hobby of building and renovating when i signed my contract in 2000 it was for three years he said it was subject to some flexibility but there is no reason for me to stay the chief said he will not select his successor but i am giving advice i dont have a candidate in mind but there are several officers within the organization who are qualified to suc ceed as chief he said const john miskiw president of the york regional police association wel comed the news the new chief will be an internal appointment were glad to see them promote someone from within who knows our people and our problems he said under chief middaugh the associa tion and management worked hard to resolve all issues const miskiw said one of the things he did was open the lines of communication he said his door and telephone were always open to us chief middaugh said the high point of his time in york was working with the tremendous people in the organi zation and the region thats not politi cal its how i feel he said his top achievement was giving the police force a degree of stability after the dif- robert middaugh york police chief will retire in february to spend more time with family and hobbies ficult times in the 1990s i was able to unify people in the organization he was referring to the rapid turnover in york regional police chiefs julian fantino stayed as chief only 15 months after replacing acting chief peter scott in 1998 acting chief scott in turn had been filling in for bryan cousineau chief since 1992 who left the job after pleading guilty to two counts of breach of trust middaugh has a long history in policing beginning as a constable in peel region in 1967 after 13 years there he served as deputy chief in halton region for 11 years before becoming chief in hamilton- wentworth from 1991 to 1998 ooniloryetlfflasitalioaitfflibr october 56th 15 pm to 3 pm october 57th io am to 5 far more information please call 905h5b4g7b jth en october 2005 publitmoucoottjmtshct hi v i mefra easl rparjk ciynifi- gg njfdtw tirdck km1 pick iriniy iiriliimii w