-- -- -w - - - -- -- Whitby Fre Press, Wednesday, June 1, 1994, Page 5 'Quick Response' aims to avoid hospitaizto The Ontario government wiI provide $250,740 for a new 'Quick Response' pilot project at hospitals in Durhamn Region, including Whitby General. Under Quick Response, people entering. an .. emergency department have the option of getting appropriate community basud care, rather than being admittod to hospital. Gloria Tuck, vice president of patient services at WhItby General Hospital, bas spearheaded the project in the ego n since cails for proposais cne from the Ministry of Health last July 1993. "The project will be managed and operated as a collaborative joint venture involving the three hospitals, Durham Region Home Care Prograrn, the Victorian Order of Nurses, the St. Elizabeth Visiting Nurses and the Hospital issues cycing challengeq Whitby General Hospital will hold a 'Get Cycling Challenge'on Saturday, June 4. The lO-kilometre route begins at the hospital. Participants can start at 10 a.m. Ail participants who submit an entry form will b. eligible to win a variety of prizes including air- fare for two to Paris, France, an off-road cycling holiday, one of 12 bicycles or a helm et. F or more information cal therapeutie recreationist Alastair Dickie at 668-6831, extension 2254. Canadian Red Cross," said Tuck. "The two primary target groups are those with acute iliness or crisis situation, and those with chronic ilînesa -- who may b. terminally ill, the frail elderl or disabled persons," she added. The QRP will encourage early assesmment of any person who is about te b. adrntted to the hospital with an e ye to the possibility of developing an individualized service plan te meet that person and their family's needs in th~e home within three hours of leaving the hospital. 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