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Lorraine Graham Bus 519 853-1839 (Acton) Cell 905 702-2411 lorraine.graham@clarica.com www.clarica.com/lorraine.graham New doctor welcomes patients By Frances Niblock With a philosophy of patient-based medicine and a desire to help a commu- nity in acute need for more family physicians, Actons new family practitioner, Dr. Dhanya Jayalath appears to be a good fit. T h e d o c t o r , w h o began seeing patients sev- eral weeks ago at the Acton Medical Centre, is slowly settling in at her new prac- tice as her family settles into its new home in Acton including new schools for two of her three children. Her husband works at the airport. Dr. Jayalath said she looked no further than Acton for a community to begin her practice after vis- iting the community as part of a physician recruitment tour last summer. I said to my husband all the way home that I have to serve this community that they really need me and I can do a good job here, Dr. Jayalath recalled during an interview last Thursday. The mayor was very keen and the real estate lady (who drove her around) could not do enough to help us. The physician recruit- ment person had all of the information I needed and I got a real sense that Acton was where I was needed, Dr. Jayalath said, adding Acton is a good fit be- cause although she is not a city person she did not want to go to a totally rural community. Dr. Jayalath said her first patient in Acton was an easy one a man who needed information about a lump on his skin and she hopes to see a variety of patients and issues. Asked about her style and personality, Dr. Jayalath said she is not very quiet, but also not low key with patients, but tailors her ap- proach to the patient. Sometimes you have to be quiet and let them talk and sometimes you have to take the lead. I believe in patient-based medicine, Dr. Jayalath said, adding its not what I want I will tell the patient what I think is best, and if they are unhappy with that, we will see what we can do. Dr. Jayalath, who worked as a physician in Sri Lanka for 15 years, came to Cana- da in 2001 with her family, and was accepted as part of a Ministry of Health inter- national medical graduate program. It obligates her to work in an under-serviced community for five years. Halton Hills is an un- der-serviced community using the Ministrys for- mula of one doctor for every 1,380 people, the town requires five addi- tional family practitioners, three for Acton, to meet the target of 35 doctors. Haltons physician re- cruitment team has lured 50 family practitioners to Halton in the past three years 13 to Halton Hills but this is the first doctor for Acton since Dr. Nather Alshakarji came to town, first as a fill in and then permanently, three years ago. Doctors locating in un- der-serviced areas are eligible for special incen- tives including grants and tuition coverage. Dr. Jayalath has privileg- es at Georgetown hospital. She is welcoming new patients and can be reached at 519-853-4449. Police/Fire Report Crack arrests A 31-year-old Longfield road man was charged with possession of a controlled substance after police found a crack pipe with residue fol- lowing a routine traffic stop on September 19 at 1:20 p.m. in the Highway 7-22 Side Road area. The man was a passenger in the car. He appears in Mil- ton court on November 7. *** Last Wednesday, police, acting on information that an unlicensed driver was be- hind the wheel, pulled over a driver on Brock Street. A search of the car found two crack pipes with residue and half-a-gram of cocaine and crack cocaine. A 20-year-old Church Street East woman was charged with possession of a controlled substance and appears in a Milton court on October 17. Case continues The court case of two Acton women charged with leaving their 97-year-old relative, Phyllis Arnott, in a sweltering vehicle on one of the hottest days of the summer while they shopped will be back on a Milton Court of Justice docket on October 10. During a brief hearing on Monday, an agent for Bon- nie and Kimberly Bouclairs lawyer asked the court that the mother and daughters case be put over to the Octo- ber date to be spoken to. Arnott was taken to hospi- tal and the Bouclairs agreed to have no contact with her as part of their release, but Ar- nott was apparently back at her Peel Street home, which she shares with her daughter NEW DOCTOR: Actons newest family practioner, Dr. Dhanya Jayalath is settling in nicely at the Acton Medi- cal Centre, seeing new patients and learning about her new home. Frances Niblock photo Continued on page 2