~JJk MjÃJPRESS DURHAM BUSIINESS NEWS (905) 666-2300 or (90.5) 686-364 1, or drop înt our branch at 1200 Dundas St. Enst, Whitby, Ontario LI1N 2K(5 feature supplement Grand nz< New refleotS treatment phi Iosophy By Garret Dunne The sept. 15 officiai opening of the new Whitby Mental Health Centre (WMHC) marks the completion of the largest construction project in Durham Region in the past 25 years. When it originally opened in October 1919, the hospital ushered in a new era of psychiatrie care. The progressive design, incorporating 16 cottages, took full advantage of the hospitalle lake- shore location. Patients who had formally been housed in dark facilities had acoess to fresh air and sunshine in an environment that was conducive to healing. With the design of the new hospital, the Whitby centre remains at the forefront of psychiatrie care in the world. Bill Bergstrom, one of the Ministry of Health planners who has worked on the project for six years, says "the overail design concept was to produce a residential style building that would reflect our facility's philosophy of treatmnent of providing psychiatrie services in a humane, safe and therapeutic SEE PAGE 6 E T.mýeIeh p TM 1b3 Brock St. N., VhÃŽi Cali ayi ONTagRIO tdjj tby to the' on yourý Officiai Openig 4 f 4*t 1 ~I I i j m W17 tm, rd,= Errico rper mon + tax 803 il: -fi