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ritUitstiAi'. DECEMBER is. guts . wan-moo CHRONICLE- 3 ng t 9 pressure 0 - New Westmount walk in clinic hopes to alleviate pressure on local emergency rooms ’ BY SAMANTHA BEATTIE prescriptions or referrals to spetialists ~ ‘ Chronicle Nth” “More and riiore physicians are nearing ‘ l l I ' , l” l ,, ' retirement age." said McLean. “We have to ‘ . new walk~in clinic in Waterloo mil recruit seven or eight doctors ever year just . z ‘ ' ‘ y . .- A help students, seniors and evenoni- in to tread water." “- ‘ _ st . between avoid the energetics room v\nd the competition is stiff. . l ' > ' . “We're just so excited about what‘s hill! “What we know is when doctors graduate _____' Q ' lads“ petiing here today, it's something ewrv t min tlie_\ can go wherever they like. They're in “a {Z mutiny dreams about. having more iriedit al demand across the region the province, the ‘ . f“ -â€" . l l __ 34 l lat‘ilities and better medical lat ilitit-s.‘ said rotiritry and frankly North America,~ McLean ‘ ‘ ' . , -' .~.- ‘J a, , ~f Waterloo Mayor Dave laworskv at the t lllill ‘s said “We're. competing against everybody." ‘ ‘ it ‘ a,“ ‘. -_ > . “if 0 Q, ~} w npeninglast Friday. \\‘alk~in t'liniCs are a kind of a stopgap l ‘P a» g a; t I q a V v i . , Westmount Place Walk in (lion. at “in measure, 6. . '~." ’ " ”f . d i \\estmotint Rd . has good timing It has "lit the trt cit) there are deficiencies in V‘ "g ‘ ~ T‘ . ~' 1 i ; ready for business a week and a halt illlt‘l the tarntlv doctor practices," said Rex Mohamed, _ " _ auditor general's report was released trim h Iounder of the new clinic “Walkâ€"ins bridge ‘ 3“ ' ‘ described emerge-ties rooms that gap and take a load off of "' ‘ Q' _ f, ' f" < ' EN l)\'l'f(‘r()\~'de‘d and “kill llllll'N I‘lt'lltl’l (1()(s[()rs met’l'gellr'y l’l)0nl* ' ‘ ‘ ‘_ as too long (irand River Hos l'rom running several ‘ pital also recently ariiiourit ed gltldlllllt‘ they can gO other walkâ€"in clinics in the . b it vtouldbe taking the “ran" ll'llt’l't’l’t’r ”19V like \_‘Vaterloo region, he expects ' 0 ‘ - ‘ ' step ol asking for donations in v F > ’ at) to 80 people will Visit the ‘ order to hire another t'llit‘l lll’ It" (‘()NI])6’llllg Westmount tlan every day. . ‘ 4: ' term room resident ‘ . . " that‘s 30 to Ht) ieo ile who'll , ll “We kiioit we are in a t ti (lglllllfil ()l,()’-V1)Ody' avoid the enielrgetltt)’ room \ ' ' sis from an emergency room iamMeli-an and tree up much»needed - . r perspet live if our hospital is f'll‘fltli'f” tum/m Atttirmer space. 4 fundraising for an emergentv “Mir/loot hummer“Honinwrce Auditor general Bonnie ‘ Q _ "f,.' _, , . ._ ‘ room resident,“ said “fill Lysyk reported at the three , p > , _ " 21m if?! ' ' loo NDP MPP (Iatherin le hospitals she visited, patients -' 1" ‘ Fa" ""“ -' ' fl . at the opening. “Having urgent (are tt'iilli‘s were placed on “uncomfortable stretchers Delegates including MPP Catherine Fife and Mayor Dave iaworsky, centre, gathered at the like this, which are community based, is an or giirneys in hallways and other high~traffic Westmount Walk»ln Clinir for its grand opening last week. slthN'mt mum. 9mm important asset we need to have in more areas that were never designed for patient communities at ross the protint e " tare " .. A .~â€"-,¢~. \ A, ‘ Waterloo Region and Woolmi h township Nine out of every 10 patients iii the emer , t "‘ have about 14,000 residents \'s‘lll|tlill lain gency room went home after being treated \@ ilv pliysit tans. said [an Mt lean, president oi lhe majority were released between three ' an the Greater Kilt hener Waterloo ( lldtlilit'l iii and six anda halfhours :' (oinniert e While that may st't‘tti like a lot. But for the one out of every 10 patients n u be rs - 14 years ago more than 44.0th residents were who needed to be admitted to the long term Without lainilt phvsn tans or intensive care units for further treatment, ' “l he shortage ol tl()l tors “as lll't tinting wait times in the emergency room (or in hall» Them-chroflodrm a problem lot business leaders looking to wayslcould he as long as 28 hours. ’ ma'mm ‘ ", , recruit and retain talent in the tet h senor Dr Terry Polevoy and Dr. Richard Irvine Adore than 44,000 residents were withoutafamily physician ' a and also at ioss other industries like art oiirit are among the physicians who'll be work I4 we“ at!" - i ‘ mg. law, banking and insurani in" said trig at the Westmount clinic Both have long ‘ . t ‘ ‘4 Mt l mu “l‘eoplt' weren't interested in ltllll careers in medicine and have watched the MMMWWPMM it ' ,, trig to Waterloo it lll('\ totildii‘t ill-i priiii.ir\ healthtare system change 28m wwnhflmmm ”at" “It" “if" " “It‘s almost impossible for new people mug-mummczem ‘ A faintly Phys“ tan is the ruin point iiito to Waterloo Re ion to find new physicians,’ . _ the health (are system It tlit'rt"s a shortage l’olevoy said. “fuckily for them, they'll find MWWMWaMW‘M” of those. more people have to resort to the services here " WWI-MM emergent y room to treat Illnt'sst's and get 7 “5? 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