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PAGE 14, WHiTBYRRPM PRESS8, WEDNESAY, APRIL 11, 199 Formehairrmn says. health care uiser. fees macpy ho neoessary Eby rMie KowISk User fees may honocessary te help pay the sayocetting cmet of health car. iOntario say aa formerchaimanIlof' Whiby General Hospital. Bill Nurse says the provincial govrnment should consider im- poaing some form of user ýf.. for medical services in Ontario. Such a f.. would help.drive home the reality of a "criis in health car.» which now exista i Ontario, says Nurse. Nurse issued his'cal! for healt1h cae user feos during a reception last wook te kickô-ff the. business and professional phase of the hogtal'scurrent $5.5 -million Noting that moat money 9 edged at the recoption was te :sread over a fivo-yearperid Nurse said hos iltal officiis inI again ho faces with financial problems five years hence. -Ini a subsequent interview, Nurse expanded on. his com- menta. "lei;getting harder and harder te. finance the ri'sinjenat Of health services," aaid Z "There should ho user fées acros the board. I don't know where else the. money should corne from.» Nurse aaid fees should not b.- viewed as a penalty on health car. recipients. Nor should fees'b. intended to pay the full coat of Ontario' multi-million dollar health car. system, ho aaid. 'Tv. no auUestiors on how it should b. applied, there; May even b. a botter syatom,' aaid Nurse. «But we've, got te do something.» Nurse said that if people were fiorfd epay even a amali por- toofteïr medical billes, "it would make you, aware of jut .how much itfs costing ail of us He added that people on low or fixed incomes could recover their expenses from income tax cre- "It's not a case of taking money from indigent people." .Current hospital chairman Hugh Swain termed user fees as «'an issue that has corne up, several times*in the past.» Swain said the concept was a «sensitive issue which gets ite different aroas» such as a per- son'a ability to pay. "'As a hospital weýre there te provide car.. I don't think w. want te get into, that issue," said Swamn. However Swain did acknowî- edge that Lospitai officiais have discussed ways %t rais. the Pub- lices consciousness of what it Costs for medical c re.» .One idea under coideration lasproviding patients, upon clýckU, from the hospital, with a Computer printeut.ofthe coat of their atay. "TePrinteut would show their costa, wiiich would not ho very much i moat case as oppoeed te tthe cost of tii. sys- tom," aaid Swain. Swain said the t'hinking hohind the. proposai was not te accuse patienta of intentionally abusing tho syatem. Yeth e did admit that "there is a feelig people are demanding more from the system than what they should ho gettig "However, it may just b. a feeling and utes not justifled.» Hospital executive directer Jim Miller said the computer prin- tout proposai arose from discusl- sions wfth health ministrY offi- ciais and is flot imminent. "We're looking at it i maybe four or five years,» said Miller. Speaking porsonally, Miller said -the. phlosoghy hohind user practise would ho difficult. He said there would ho a problem witii people wio are experiencing financial difficul- ties. "You can't just say te someone 'put up tiie mogeY~ and thon say you'l get it back i a year.» BD BUFFEIT of the. Witbly Genmeral . jospitaI Ffrnt Claa Fud Cmag organmizii team pointe out the dntinfigures as the campaiga'. business sector phase began April 5. ATouch of Elegant Dining in Ajax Pi ckering BROCCO STEL RESTAURANT ,"CATERING TO YOUR FAMIL" Canadian or Italian Cuisine foin us for Casual or Tonna i nig Sunday Brunch Full Course enu If you have tried the rest, "Corne in and try the Best" Buffet and Salad Bar in the Durham Region. ........... . FOR RESERVATIONS CALL 428-0888 1660 Kingston Rd. Pickering at Brock Rd. & Hwy 2. Banquet Facilities - up to 120Opeople. iim31r as ]DaxaLli=a Spm ta Midlrlgt IDUMOI]'g 9:3Opzm ta 2a= Gina's Dining Loungerà.. 335 Bayly St. W., Ajax 427-0337 A RESTAURANT 0F DISTINCTION The OUd LIVERPOOL HOUSE ïtHE JOU H . REu ' 7ý BUILT1 1294 KINGSTON ROAD* PICKERING OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK LUNCHEONS: MON. THRU FR. - 11AM TO 3PM DINNERS: MON.THRU FR.- 3PM TO 1AM SAT. -4PM TO1AM SUN. -4PM TO11PM *ROYALOAUMER SOUD PICKMEIN 831-1000 683-1010 I~AS OFTENI IJAYOUCAREI TO "DINE-OUT' Ff au TORIONTO Eit 401 WNk.s Rd. N. b FHwy. 2 Em.kiUvpocl Rd. Rom OSHAWA Eit401 Uvwpod Rd. N. Io Uvwpad Ilwo- wy2 Dining Out 1990 To advertise ini the Ajax-Pickering DINING GUIDE please cal! Carol at thie Whitby Free Press 668-6112 .'g. I *imiiI II~CLL ICHINESE RESTAURANT 325 Westney Rd. S.. Ajax CANADIAN &MEXICAN FOOD SERVED DAILY 427-3567 686-4468, SUNDAY BRUNCH il AM - 3PM Banque FacIItltIs AvaJiable We Accept Competitive Coupoins -New concept in dinlng, *Free home dellvery on orders over $15.00 10% off on al pick up orders over $15.00 AJAX 570 WmtaoyBd TO. 428" OPEN 7 DA YS A WEEK M188188AUGA 9.& 25RBathburn Bd. L H10 clutd) (Tmkn ppngCuit> u M TeIM7-8aS Ti O8HAWA O0 Slnwm &St.N. reIPIuam -,a m