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The third option would be similar to the first option in that St. Mary‘s Queen‘s Boulevard site would close but there would be a greater inteâ€" Under the second option, none of the region‘s current four hospitals would close and each hos pital would try to make do with the 18 per cent cuts by 1999â€"99. There would be some attempt to rationalize services between hospitals. Under the first option, St. Mary‘s Queen‘s Boulgvard site would close, St. Mary‘s would take over administration of Freeport Health Centre and exclusive control of longâ€"term care in the northern part of the region and Grand River‘s Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo Health Centre would take over exclusive control of acute care in the northern part of the region. Cambridge Memorial Hospital would still proâ€" vide both acute care and longâ€"term care in the southern part of the region. described Monday the three new options the task force is considering. Lobbyist calls "They (the public) will understand a little bit better that there is no plan at this point to close St. Mary‘s but rather it‘s part of an overall feasiâ€" bility study," Graham said about the campaign. Graham also said the task force announced a new public relations campaign last Thursday to try and better explain what the task force‘s intenâ€" tions are. The task force is looking at restructurâ€" ing the area‘s hospitals based on the criteria of quality, accessibility, affordability and commuâ€" nity input. would be providing acute care in the southern half. Freeport Health Centre, under the adminis tration of St. Mary‘s, would likely be the only facility providing longâ€"term care in the region, gration of services between hospitals, Graham The Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo Health Centre would be providing acute care in the northern half of (Continued from page 3)