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m Yuletide Cheer ‘ l l Inspiring ideas for the holiday Si lvn Mathers said you Gwnuldn'l know it by the tunstanl head- lines in newspapers that talk alum: long wait times. physician shortage and the like, but therv'r, wnrk s,till being done In rvrruit more physicians In Kitchvnvr- Waterloo. Mathers, who is the chairman of the Kitchener Waterloo Physirislns Jivcruitment task [mun spoke In Waterloo city (nun cil Monday night about the rising an“ in health care Doctor recruitment still a work in progress By RYAN Comm For The Cjtrsruicle Iltars taking place both in Canada and thrnughuut the world, "is spending mum Hnmwyl the solution In pro- viding hvtter healthcare to Citizens?" Mathvrs ash-(l city council. before sharing statistics which showed Mathers. who heads up the task fort? launched hy the Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber of Commerce in [998. said while healthcare (this have slowed down in Irrms of the rate of growth, there is still a rise in (nah when compared to thc ris, ing grass domestic product {GDPL Fill your home With cheer this holiday season' Thrs year. we've got all kinds of Christmas gifts & home decor accessones to stimulate all your senses' See Our wonderful selection of home accessories. one-of-a-K+ ornaments and unique gift givung ideas. (at; ..n....~::.r .... _..r" w,.,,a,_...,,ih.t,h, CITY 1,i")/lj'ls//,l,/('S" Inspiring ideas for the holiday season Japan ranking highest of (nunlries for their life oxpot‘lancy rate while spending a significantly less amount of mum-y nu health (are pvr persun. Mpart's awragv lifespan is, ranked at hving 74.5 years on average per pmsnn. while Canada rates at 12m place at 72 yvars. In the United Mates, a large amnunl n! money fur health ram is also spun on dealing with insuram‘v and maintaining medical n-cnrds. A study published in the Health Affairs inunml rvlcasvd last month illu» tra ated that ill pf'l’ ctutt nl Firrrr7rrCiri7rGrii7 ~ (hf? "rti/icutrs arc mm available WISH grqup plans ttl hire a tundralsmg coordinator muru'y in Attwricart health care was mum on insurance administration while anoth- or ly pvr Uettt was apem an the upkeep of mmliral records. "This is fih ccnh an the (lnllzir spvnt on actual health rare." Mathers said. "In Canada, umwwhvrc ht'vacn 15 m 20 years ago. there With a decision made to limit the number (If vnrollvvs [mm medical schools). so n would mean fewer doctors which moans [own "ills.., an now wv'rv suffering from this, .. group of local church, A25 trying In turkle thc rowing homeless- nvss problem hopes to raise $15 million In build transi- tional homing in Watcrloo. and is looking in hire at pm- l'vxxiunal fundraiser m spearhead the drivel Waterloo Interfaith Sup- portive Ilousing, (WISH) recently received a $10,000 grant from the K-W Com- munily Foundation to hire the grouris first employee - kl profcssimtal fundraising campaign coordinator. The goal is m raise Sl .5 million by nut Docenlber. find an appropriate site In build ii Clit-ttttit building in Water- hsss's uptown core, and have a shawl in the ground by March 200?. Mathers has been work, mg for the past several yrurs [have an anlbilinlh timrline. but the chair at WISH. Dick ’lyssen. said his. group has made a quick transition from identifying a need in the cttmmtmity u year ako in actually to doing something m gut people off the streets. In the past year the group has hcen irworporat- rd, received its charitable tux-eximpt status. and identified the type (if project they'd like u) build. The board of directors of Wish, made up of H local BY Bun \r’lthNM I hroputie Maj] on the task force. which is cited among Camadis Hum successful physician recruit, mom cumpaign; The prw gram features an annual wet-kvnd retreat welcoming young doctors from Ontario's five medical schools to tour Kitchener- Waterloo with their families. The event takes physicians on a mm of the area through residential neighbourhoods as well as m Kitchvrter's hospitals as an attempt In lurc thom In the area faith groups. decided to build supportive transition- al huuslng as an intermedi- ate slop ltetwven emergency sin-hr“ and finding the hmm-lvva permanent hulls- ing. II hopes to provide resi- dettts with a safe place IO live from three mnmhs m three years. where the haunt-Ina will receive mun] \clliug and other supports ttt help them get back on their feet and rvintegrated into society. Waterloo has been slow to fill the growing gaps in the local social safely not. unlike other corr1ttumities in Waterloo Region. like Cam- bridge which recently opened The Bridges to pro- vide thy snow type of transi- xionnl housing. In fact. of the Limo housing spaces that Waterloo Region is cur- rcntly creating to address thc lack of affordable bons- ing in the area. only one of thy projects on the books is in Waterloo. Mathers has :usistml in n-rruiling more than 70 physicians, hmh family (Imv lnrs and specialists. In thr [yawn said he knows the vitizetts of this community would like In helps; they just havvn1 been given an nppurlunity 10 do so other than 1he mppnrl they have shsswn lo the Inna] Out Of the Laid program. WISH got its Mart out of the three Out of the Cold programs run out n! First Ilnited Church. 5|. [.nuis Roman Catholic Church and 583 King Street N.. Waterloo (519) 7724127 F}? Bolmnm Aug W , ' PO Vrrtnrm St N KITCHENER KIHJIENER i519l6N1 SW) mm: 575 .1er H?j,rriJ,,T,'fj,, J. A.Iyrtt:oRATINt --" luv.» 1 INih.rs-- Miti King St, N, " Northlield In GTO Gas Bar -, - tyte.gtxriripaictp, 180-1471 St. John's Luthvmn Church. lyswn and others “no longtime voltmtvers, who saw people nmu' ill suffer. ing from the trauma of life on the sum-h but with no way to get the cotutwlling or job skills they needed In get in") mum stablc situation. WlSll has since approachcd city council with their plans, and has a real estate agent actively looking for a property close In the Core and the services ttceded, such " public tran- ML While silt xeleeliun is unguing. the fundraising will be important in addressing home of the cap- ital cm“ and programming emu us the WISH prujecl. Waterloo Region's social ser- vices and huusiug division will also he a future partner in the pmjeet: 1vhile the pro- iecl migln also receive money recently announced by the federal government. community in the past mm ple of wars. (2mm Mark Whaley addressed a growing Curl- L‘cm In Mathers about immigrant doctors who t'mm- In Canada in search of work "My In find that [hair training and experivtwv is not up In par. farting their medical skills to erode because they have hot-n (ml of their field for m long. "As won as we have a location and raise some finances and put at budget together, WU will hopefully be (mm the next phase," said 'l V3501]. People ram help and receive a lax receipt by dropping of! or mailing a donation to Waterloo Inter- faith Supportive llnusing's new office at Norm Dame Home. Is? Allen St. r.. Water- Int). NL'l H3. "The provincial gnu-Hr mum has begun to addrvss that pmhlvm." Mathvrs affirmed. 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