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campaign to attract Afhysicians to this hrunically underser- viced area got another shot in the arm last week with the announcement that four more doctors have decided to set up practice in Waterloo Region. Four new doctors come to town The Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber of Commerce's Physician Recruitment Task Force announced last Thursday that the husband and wife team of Dr. Haney Milio and Dr. Gehan Ghally have relocated to the com- munity from Ottawa to set up a joint family practice in the Westheights area of Kitchener. The two are still accepting new patients after putting up their shingle five weeks ago. In that time they've already attracted 2.000 new patients to their joint practice, with room for another 3,000 before their patient roster is With more than 100 pea. ple callinga day M ilio said he expects the practice to be full by the end of November. Patients interested on getting on a waiting list for new doc- tors can call 575-5000. or can call their practice at 578-5555. The fact that the two fami- ly physicians are still accept- ing patients is welcome news for the Kitchener-Waterloo area which is still suffering from a critical doctor short- age that has left more than 28,000 people without access to a family physician. And estimates dune by the task ftsrce suggest that an additional I6 family doctors are needed to make up for the shortfall. Without these new doc, (on. pressure for primary care service will mminue to fall on the area's overworked emergency rumm and clirr Its. Dr, Milio smd he has already witnessed what hap- DON“: In thow who slip through the cracks (If the local health-care network "I'm swing people who havent sn-n a doctor in five or 10 years." hr sand "Some of them have had dmhetes for four or Five wars and never knew about it "ll's mm to do slum-thing m hvlp nut .. And Glen Mathers. chair man of the task f, m1: said the problem could get even worsr m the nmr lulurr at. 20 local family donors are 65 and over and looking for can- didates to take (wt-r their practices Fd, they (HUM scale @115 M BYBDBVW FACTORY SHOWROOM 21 Allen St. W. 585-1000 gugmde 5mg I“ Wed 4, Thurs & Fr: 0-“, s" IO 4 Two of the newest doctors to come to the area. Dr. Haney Milio and On Lisa MP. were introduced to the community last week, back or retire, campaign have been That's why its important absorbed byadvertising done for the local community to at medical school campuses continue to recruit new doc- around the province. and by tors. The need to attract, special visitation weekends retain or replace doctors will held for interested doctors. That's why its important for the local community to continue to recruit new doc- tors. The need to attract, retain or replace doctors will be continuous, and the com- petition fierce, as there are more than 80 communities around the province that have been designated as underserviced areas by the Ontario Ministry of Health. The local campaign, which has spent $65,000 in recruitment costs so far, is being heralded as one of the best in the province with 23 new doctors setting up prac- tice in the area over the past two years. Kitchener- Waterloo is the only under, serviced area that has seen a net gain of doctors in that time according to informa- tion collected by the Ministry of Health. Most of the costs of the Fine Home Furnistti "Wrc're more than just tables and chairs!" . Livingroom Suites . Bedroom Suites . kitchen & Dining Sets . Chain . Office Furniture . iorops . Bar 61 kitchen Counter Stools . 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The other two new addi- tions to the local physician roster are both specialists Dr. Mike Solylo. an anaesthesia» ogist, has relocated to the area from ILC., while Dr. Usa Yip, a graduate of Eastwood Collegiate, has returned to the area as a specialist in allergy and associated dis- eases such as asthma and atopic dermatitis. Yip has set up her practice in Waterloo. and is taking patients on a referral basis from their family doctors. Cl"lFJifrirll[0ir l8 (iE,ii]?ilii0G]y, Lynne Woolstencroft "elieves m Waterloo Her 50 years of volunteer and clean! public Nervie has helped make our my a place where people are glad ity livc and work "/bc hum}: u/ ftttr murmur I , nm is u L ”Hull [mun/1 fur TIll my I " tll {mummy in [It-mi up and suHrt " nulmmu' to unprnn‘ wurmr lmnl Int/or "rrdrrmt/ualcarc "utilttr {4" mm‘ m “Mum An mph-naked my and Regional (kmnanr pus! mvmhur ol [hr Watcrloo Regional ychool than] .Ind d “(and Run Conservation Authnnlx' Build mvmbtt Lynnc has thc [In-um. 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