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By HOWARD MOZELI QOakville Beaver Staff While the family of an elderly stroke viectim who was refused a bed at Oakvilleâ€"Trafalgar Memorial Hospital is delighted her ordeal is over, they wish the matter could have been resolved without all the publiciâ€" tv. MATrC By SAL BOMMARITO Oakville Beaver Staff Still, Ted Grove â€" whose motherâ€" inâ€"law was transferred from Tucson, Arizona to Oakville on Sunday â€" believes the means justified the end. "Going to the press worked out very well," said Grove on Monday. "If the hospital administration had been more sympathetic ... this would never have happened. We would have not gone to the press." Bernice Lindsay â€" the 84 year old mother of Anne Grove of Oakville â€" had been recovering from a massive Hospital‘s OTHS rezoning application criticized Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital has yet to purchase the forâ€" mer Oakville Trafalgar High School site, but already residents in the area are up in arms over the hospital‘s handling of its rezoning request for the property. Area citizens turned out to planâ€" ning and development council Monday night to voice their concerns over the hospital‘s plans, even though council was told a rezoning applicaâ€" tion from the hospital for the site won‘t be forthcoming for two more months. Hospital president Dieter Kuntz told council the hospital "will transfer a considerable amount of money to the school board" to purchase the Stranded stroke victim gets bed at OTMH Oakvilleâ€"Milton Reform Party Candidate Allan Somersall is holding a "town hall" meeting tonight at 7:30 p.m. at White Oaks Secondary School, 1330 Montclair Dr.. Tonight‘s meeting is the secâ€" ond of five "town hall" meetings planned by the Reform party canâ€" didate. 27TH ANNUAL ART AUCTION The community meetings are part of Sommersall‘s eightâ€"week tour of the Oakvilleâ€"Milton Riding which will culminate with a May 4th fundâ€"raising rally with Preston Manning, the national leader of The Reform party of Canada in attendance. During the meetings Sommersall will address national and local issues. Reform candidate holds "town hall" meeting tonight The other meetings will be held at the Oakville Trafalgar High School on April 14th, the Lions Club Arena in Milton on April 22nd, and the Glen Abbey Recreation Centre on April 27th. Oakville Centennial Gallery Admission: $10.00 120 Navy Street, Oakville corner of Lakeshore Road East & Navy Street Easter Saturday, April 10, 1993 7:30 p.m. at the Oakville Art Society Previews: Wednesday, April 7 â€" 12:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Thursday, April 8 â€" 12;:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Good Friday â€" April 9 â€" CLOSED Saturday, April 10 â€" 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Live Auction Silent Auction Bidding services available Door Prizes 827â€"57 11 *4 Grandmother flown from Arizona on Sunday stroke she suffered March 18th at Eldorado Hospital in Tucson. After making most of the arrangements to bring her home, the Groves were told there were no beds available at OTMH until Tuesday (vesterday). But OTMH president Dieter Kuntz said this changed on Saturday. "We told the family that we school property. ‘"We want to know the zoning is there," Kuntz said. However, Kuntz said the hospital has no plans to develop the property for at least 10 more vears. ‘‘The (provincial) government will be working with us over the next few vears on longâ€"term care," he said. Kuntz said it would be "pure conâ€" jecture" for the hospital to predict what the province‘s requirements for longâ€"term care facilities will be in 10 years or more, making it difficult for the hospital to provide a design of what it plans to build on the site, he said. In the meantime, Kuntz said the hospital would use part of the high school for its own use and invited community agencies to lease space in the building. MacDonald Street resident Colin Hardman questioned why the hospital is in such a hurry to complete the rezoning when it doesn‘t plan on building a facility for at least 10 more vears. 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DUCTIDCRAACNIT DL AKIMMRLP Peter C. Watso y MBA orp ®oop _ Perex Watson Invesnuents Logreo Dieter Kuntz , Kuntz said the part of the high use and invited While Kuntz explained the reaâ€" sons to the family for the refusal, the Groves said they were appalled by the "indifference" shown them by hospital administration. In an effort to force the issue, the Groves approached the Oakville Beaver and the Toronto Star. Shortly after the Beaver story hit the streets on Saturday Ted Groves began receivâ€" ing supportive phonecalls from friends and even health care workers at the hospital. "I went to the hospital and some nurses and doctors congratuated me. Can you believe it?" said Grove. ‘"They feel as if their hands have been tied by the autocraftic way in would make the first bed available to them," said Kuntz. "On Saturday we had an unexpected discharge (of a patient) by one of our physicians and we contacted the family." Hardman also wondered what would happen to the site if the hospiâ€" tal doesn‘t follow through with its interim plan. He suggested the hospiâ€" tal take over maintenance of a soccer field on the site and make it available to the community. ‘"Why can‘t it be delayed until there‘s something tangible on paper?" he asked. Allan Street resident Russ Robertson said residents shouldn‘t have to put up with the uncertainty surrounding the hospital‘s plans for the site, which could result in a drop in property values in the area. "If we face this property for 10 years and the hospital is without a plan, the property values will fall and neighborhood will become a mess," he said. Robertson said the town should ask the hospital to "back off" on its rezoning application pending a comâ€" prehensive plan for development in the area. MacDonald Street resident John Taylor complained residents weren‘t RETIREMBNVT PLANNING # RRSP‘s & INVESTMENT PLANNING Free Consultation 56 Lakeshore Rd. W. Oakville, Ontario L6K 1C (416) 842â€"2252 842â€"7602 1993 Trillium Funeral Service Corp THE OAKVILLE BEAVER which the hospital is being run." Twenty minutes later he was told a bed was available. "I‘m a little embarrassed and ashamed it had to come to this. It‘s shameful when you have to resort to this," said Grove. At around 12 noon on Saturday Ted Grove called his wife Anne in Tucson who immediately set the transfer plan in motion. A Lear jet ambulance stationed in Michigan was flown to Arizona where Mrs. Lindsay was picked up at 6 p.m. local time. The jet arrived at Pearson International Airport at 1 a.m. after which the patient was transported to CBM ashamed shameful this." said OTMH ‘"She is doing very well. Just seeâ€" ing all her grandkids and everyone has made all the difference," said Grove. "And my wife is doing famously, thank you." informed the issue would be disâ€" cussed by council on Monday night. Taylor added, however, that he has no objection to the hospital purchasing the site. John Ghent, the town‘s manager of current planning, told council the hospital‘s rezoning application may have to be handled a little differently than other applications. He said the hospital‘s offer of purâ€" chase and sale on the property, which expires in March of 1994, is continâ€" gent on the town rezoning the properâ€" ty. In effect, the town would be approving the rezoning without a site plan for the development, he said. ‘"Development of the site would not be forthcoming immediately. We would be taking the rezoning applicaâ€" tion at face value and we would be back to council with the details if necessary," he said. He said the town could impose certain development standards on the site then require the hospital to develâ€" op a design within those standards. 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