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WATERLOO lliF2,'acii tri'""'-.' i; ' w " . an. ' I 'd - T , _ _ " _ , - ff? .. - 2741,59» i I !lllMillN e ElgltiiE,:r'. xi _ " c. " Stag; e 7: 'lar?,,, _. -. iti',cu. p" . P: Bk A”; 2- . 4. - Hi Fuvr, V Advertising supplements de- livered with tonight's Water, loo Chronicle: Diet Centre', Beechwood 'haveP, Royal LePage'. ‘Selected areas only». .. Sports mums ...0......... ”marine Newcomb lost her Kitdittsiurtista studio in a fire [at fa1I.8tt0eg-arehfNgpacsorum ghtesttldtxrettinutttermauttlivitttraptt Wu.“ '9- wt 'er.- W an! mm beams of the local real mm. Aw“ 'tnallroufmmdrrtotninttte01otse Firmi1atmlFiikrtrtdtmthmltart1tmetirt l',,ttt,tdlAt "tuut'ggrif, building, tttB o emu reetudiitj.-h'i6i1tmahousiitgttrsd City" studies future- of feat No 10 16 l? 35 Wedn "Theomrrart0opetmmtstobegone." _ A proposal for a women's health centre for the Twin Cities was killed late last year when the two primary proponents - K-W Hospital and Waterloo Region Health Unit - withdrew their proposal before the Womloo Regional District Health Council could consider it. . , The health council had been bombarded by opposition from well, organized "prrrlife" factions, as well as from family physicians who claimed the centre would duplicate alreadhex'uting services _ such la their practices. S _ A Not so, according to women interviewed" by the Chronicle, The centre was intended to provide a range of services to immigrant and refugee families, newcomers to the area, and poorer women. They point to 1_8 Pont.ht of study that fonehyied a peed is required. I Some of the dermient aieaa of service include: prenhtal classes, genetic counselling, coposeopy, Post Menstrual Syndrome, menopause and living alone. " A women's health centre is nuded more now than ever, awarding tn tt number of am women, including those working with the tn!gtieulturpl groups within Wtttfrloo-Ki_tchener. _ _ _ _ “The health Em'symm is negligent of anyone who is encumbered hr language or culture," aid Laura Bishop, executive director of the " Multicultural Cantu. Ian kt Need never greater for clinic nesday. Jam Bean-a the lease in the building expires at the and of next month, Arden In reluctant. to rent to Newcomb, the gold mpg] Monday. However, she said, has new _..". an eitr's/trpnosrsie' demiqrmrstdimet-gurxsdherdte asttldamtmtooe-rtmturrsonthe in. So Numb span: time and money trrtdsritttgurmsr_toallowhsrto "lt2'g2hT Now “lanthanum artertginmeirtgattMrusm-tedttt. Naterloo, On ( Gl¢be Furniture building ' '. ttuildingmaynotbesafe.Infaet, it 'mta.muettatrtuutillionto the unnatural ability ef the . ,tm'ginailybuiittrsitr06., ' while the.eity my next week . toemurktmtuoamomieatudy tn whetherthebuilding shouldbe amirtidted,tuiirmnmmtasd,-tultr renovated at a can of Approximately $ui0,000totmrdeeitftmtmtFrto two yum. current tenant. worry they ,flitettreqttbrthe,endof "Ntte&ad-tifNtkieUdotatnt "What can we do at the community level to address these problem?," asks Sotiriou. "Other cities have dealt with this We havent yet." While Bishop in Angry at the decision to withdraw the proposal, she said she is not totally surprised. “(The medical profeulom seems to be mills} Won _to White the changing free ofthe corru11unlty, FT She his I plea for othir residents to'spéak up. "As we English speaking residents of KitchenerWaterlon snugly tut back and agaume everyone has equgl Imagesl thi? Is f matter where Inequalltlef convenience." The multicultural community had agreed to have a pool of tnnslntors available to help women who cannot speak English communicate with their doctors, said Bishop That 18 not poamble when women are scattered amongst doctors throughout the commun According to Karen Sotiriou, immigrant settlement councillor at the Kaufman YMCA, "the female "mmgrant 1s Mum Pat-want m ewes: the health system. In some countries, physunarw are mstru ments of state and will torture people. And then then 1.- thr language prgblem. These are rea) barriers " ' Because these and other problems will remaln. Solu'mu and Blshop are involved. along with others, in forming a multicultural, health coalition. um man Cai'" , m 22 B! ein mean iife and death " AWtype buildingilhe‘far artietndtrttum-dingtop.itr teTlt6erBurnsomiU-dWrma, ,htrpure-onthethir0oordthe the end ofl’ebrunry." said Numb. “I don't have anywhere to go." Her {an were echoed by potter Vera yirme/"lhiarett_'t my wan- hon-1mm. wunIwanoikinetar w. I looked at industrial warehouses. I midi! find any." It's not Just a miner of (Commm on one. 3) ems I IS)