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dentistoakville.com 905-842-6030 SNA NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR 2010 ontario's top newspaper - 2005-2008 Mason anxious to play Sports FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2012 353 IROQUOIS SHORE DRIVE, OAKVILLE A member of Metroland Media Group Ltd. Vol. 50 No. 128 "Using Communication To Build Better Communities" 40 pages $1.00 (plus tax) By David Lea OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF Mock-up rooms provide a peek into new hospital NIKKI WESLEY / OAKVILLE BEAVER / @halton_photog CREEPY FOR A CAUSe: Oakville resident Mike Wilson, seen here looking out from behind the wall, is holding his annual haunted backyard maze at his 119 Walby Dr. home as a fundraiser for the Canadian Cancer Society. Haunted house a freaky fundraiser By David Lea OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF Trick-or-treaters young and old are invited to get freaked out for a good cause by attending a haunted house for charity at 119 Walby Dr., Halloween night. For more than a decade, homeowner Mike Wilson's diabolical domicile has brought chills to the neighbourhood on Halloween, but, for the second year, the scary fun will also serve as a fundraiser for the Canadian Cancer Society. Those brave enough to enter Wilson's labyrinth of spooks and frights can make a donation to the Canadian Cancer Society to support cancer research and support services for cancer patients. Wilson said the haunted house has grown over the years to encompass his entire backyard, which will be converted to include a hangman's noose area, a guillotine area and an underground tomb. "We usually have a running average of about 10 volunteers, so there are people everywhere ready to scare everybody." In keeping with Halloween tradition, Wilson will give out candy, but is hoping trick-or-treaters will return the favour by donating enough to surpass last year's total of approximately $400. Wilson said his haunted house attracts nearly 200 kids each year and became so big it made sense to help out a charity. The haunted house runs from 6-9 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 31. While the new Oakville hospital is still years away from completion, some people have already been given a sneak preview of what a few of the rooms will look like. As part of its contract with Halton Healthcare Services (HHS) for its role in building the hospital, the Ellis Don Corporation has created mock-ups of a single patient room, work station and postoperating room recovery bay, as they are expected to appear in the new hospital. The mock-ups were created at the Ellis Don Iroquois Shore Road office about six months ago to give nursing staff an idea of what to expect once the new hospital opens. They were also created so HHS staff could suggest improvements to the designs to make the rooms more efficient and patient friendly. The improvements over John Oliver Oakville-Trafalgar Memorial Hospital (OTMH)'s existing rooms ranged from subtle to the extreme. "Some of the features that were important to our staff were the location and the number of electrical plugs. That is a challenge in our current environment," said Sylvia Rodgers, Chief Nursing Officer, HHS. "When (OTMH) was built, we didn't have all of this technology. We didn't have beds that plugged in, we didn't have electric IV pumps, pain pumps, all of this equipment. Having the right number of plugs and having them at waist height is really important See Mock-up page 9 ceramics porcelain travertine marble glass natural stone mosaics slate granite quartz FACTORY TILE DEPOT 1360 Speers Road (East of 3rd line) Oakville We shop the world so you don't have to! book Call and design your free on consultati Follow us on Open 7 days/wk! 905-465-1650 www.factorytiledepot.ca BACKSPLASH · BATHROOM · KITCHEN · FIREPLACE · FEATURE WALLS