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economist sunsuntribune health saturday dec 4 2004 new health networks cut markham out of york region by roy green staff writer the boundaries for ontarios new health delivery program will tear york regions health system apart according to regional offi cials the ministry of health has created 14 local health integra tion networks lhin designed to enhance and support local capacity to plan coordinate integrate and fund the delivery of health services at the community level but the boundaries drawn by the province divide york region into three separate health net works and remove markham stouffville hospital from the regions catchment area much of the region is in the central netyvork along with parts of simcoe county and the north end of toronto but a large part of markham including markham stouffville hospital is included in the cen tral east network which also cov ers peterborough cobourg and haliburton and the western part of vaughan- is in the central west network along with parts of grey bruce shelburne and orangeville joyce frustaglio chairperson of the health committee called the new boundaries hogwash half of markham and the western part of vaughan is gone and theyve nioved one hospital into another catchment area an angry ms frustaglio said at thurs day healm committee meeting its like cutting up your fami ly you have six kids and theyre saying three of them will be eat ing dinner somewhere else it threatens the regions work to coordinate health services regional chairperson bill fisch said we spent five or six years get ting our hospitals working together including offering them 62 million five years ago to sup port expansion he said if markham stouffville is no longer in our lhin why would we give them money weve got to tell the ministry not to break up york region mat all of the region must be in one lhin markham stouffville hospital has also asked to be reunited with southlake regional health centre and york central hospital in the central region 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adminstiation lee ol 69 southlake clarifies cancer flipflop southlake regional health centre is trying to clear the air after health min ister george smitherman contradicted a provincial document that indicated york region should be a priority for a cancer centre despite a cancer care ontario report showing york as having the highest provincial increase in cancer mortality rates projected at 24 per cent mr smitherman suggested in the legislature cancer centres in niagara falls kingston and ottawa ranked ahead of southlake southlake isnt worried we remain very positive about the cancer care report because we had an opportunity to clarify that we were understanding the report as originally received southlake spokesperson tammy larue said but ontario progressive conserva tive leader john tory called on mr smitherman to clarify hisremarks i think mr smitherman is really going to have to reconsider if he really meant what he said you simply cant take the fastest growing part of the province and with all the planning work that was done and then dispas sionately let it fall off the table mr tory said in an interview he characterized it as one of many things approved by the previous conservative government that have been stalled by the liberals the evidence is so overwhelming and the need so profound in terms of people who need treatment and need to get it closer to home mr tory said ms larue confirmed the plan con tinues to recommend 10 radiation machines operate north of toronto by 2014 with the first ones being provided in the 200809 fiscal year chris traber wmm 1 all lamps on sale now give a loved one or yourself the perfect holiday gift this year with a new lamp for the table floor or desk we have countless designerinspired styles to choose from on saie now not sure which to choose just ask a living lighting home decor expert who can help solve even your most daunting design challenges for the gift that keeps giving all year long living lighting its light for living 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