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Melodee Martinuk Chronicle Staff Local doctors voted Tuesday morning not to close either of Kitchenerâ€"Waterioo‘s.two hospital emergency wards, although they have not ruled out such action if the province does not back down on the proposed extraâ€" billing ban. "Calmer heads prevailed today, but it hasn‘t been dropped," said Dr. Jim Swann, president of the 244â€"member Kâ€"W Academy of Medicine in an interview following Tuesday‘s meeting. "They won‘t be closed today, they won‘t be closed tomorrow, but I can‘t say what will happen after that. We will reâ€"assess the situation at our next local council meeting," to take place this evening. In an escalation of the sevenâ€"day doctors‘ strike, emergency services were shut down Tuesday in 11 Ontario hospitalsâ€"â€"most of them in Torontoâ€"and further closures were expected to take place today. 131st Year No. 24 Mark Bryson Chronicle Staff Various contributing factors will make 1986 the toughest year ever for students hoping to find accommodations nearby Waterloo‘s two universities this fall, says University of Waterloo‘s director of housâ€" ing. m?ion Eydt feels stringent enforcement of regulations, both old and new, coupled with the growing reluctance of property owners to rent units to students, will cause major headaches to wouldâ€"be tenants this fall. "Trfflé-.situation this year is very, very sad. All these contributing factors converging at once will make things very tough," said Eydt. The contributing factors include Waterloo‘s proposed licensing of lodging houses, stricter enforcement of the Ontario Fire Code as well as the city‘s zoning byâ€"law, a major crackdown by Waterloo‘s new Property Standards Officer and the recent decision of a Waterloo townâ€"house complex landlord to switch his property to families only, ending a 13â€"year period as a student complex. wfil-:si-t-n;ni't -éélr;;ilex on S_unnyda]e Place in Lakeshore Village has already rid itself of 22 units full of students and has replaced them with families. L o i. â€" v'-Weâ€"‘ve had a lot of problems with students,"‘ said Cambridge land developer Peter Glaser, owner and manager of the complex. "I think families will perhaps take a greater p:i_de in the uni_ts." One of the more recent problems Glaser encountered came one month after he put in a new carpet, painted and "fixed up‘‘ unit 523 J . The student occupants decided to hold a beach party, complete with two tons of sand that quickly ruined the carpet and travelled into all the heating registers. If that is not enough, says Glaser, the party Although there was great support for closing one of the Students face ‘toughest‘ year ever for housing at universities Doctors don‘t rule out drastic actions Last Thursday St. David high school ended their year with a test of strength. Students and teachers picked up opposite ends of a rope and struggled to pull each other into a mudâ€"pit. Alithough the students claimed that they beat the teachers clean, the spectators, who enjoyed every minute of the contest, seem to be the ones who came out the real winners. MIGHTY MUDDY Wednesday, June 18, 1986 (Continued on page 3) Twin Cities‘ two emergency departments, Swann said, local Academy members decided to put off taking that step because it would jeopardize patient safety. Rodney Gilchrist photo According to Swann, doctor support for the withdrawal of services continues to grow as amendments to Bill 94 are approved. He reported that as of Tuesday, 85 per cent of Academy members supported the job action, up from the 82.5 per cent backing the move last Thursday. "At the moment, considering the numbers and volumes of patients using both emergency departments. we felt it would be unsafe to try to shuttle patients from one hospital to another,"" he explained. "‘There is no way support is tailing off," he said. "I‘ve had doctors come in and say they weren‘t ready to withdraw services last Thursday, but after the events of the past week they will go out now." Meanwhile, spokesmen for Kâ€"W‘s two hospitals report they are now beginning to feel the effects of the weekâ€"long strike. _ _ o o0 _ 'l{:w_figsbiiéi public relations officer Pat Cawley said Waterioo, Ontario 25 cents of the strike, by Monday people seeking emergency treatment were facing lineups of two and a half hours and longer. although it was "business as usual" during the first days Monday 247 people received emergency care at Kâ€"W Hospital, a sharp increase on normal Monday totals, said Cawley. She added that many of the problems being treated by the hospital‘s emergency physicians were ones which people would normally take to their family ‘"Monday was not the greatest day for us. Mondays are normally busy, but we never see more than about 210 patients. The average wait was two and a half hours, although some people with minor problems had to wait up to five hours for treatment,"" she said. doctor. As well, 211 patients have already had elective surgery cancelled and further cancellations will occur if the job action continues (Continued on page 3)