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Wednesday, January 28, 2009 Orono Weekly Times - 5 The Reel Thing Movie Reviews by: Sharon McCartney I went to see the movie Last Chance Harvey, starring Dustin Hoffman and Emma Thompson. It started slowly, and stayed at that pace throughout the whole film. It has its lovely moments and Dustin and Emma are such pros. It is a pleasure to watch them. I still remember watching Dustin in The Graduate. The sound track from the film was the very best. But I will talk about movie sound tracks another time. It is a film that is a real look at life, not beautiful and sexy, just normal. I give this film 3.5 out of 5. Emma Thompson is a very complex actress/writer. She was born in the year 1959, in London, England, into an acting family. Her Dad is Director Eric Thompson and her Mom is actress Phyllida Law, and her sister is also an actress, Sophie Thompson. Very well educated, she attended Cambridge University (where she shaved her head and wore baggy clothes, as part of her feminist phase). She majored in literature. She graduated in 1980 and worked for the BBC, performing and writing. She won her first Oscar in 1992 for Howard's End. She won her second Oscar for the screen play for Sense and Sensibility in 1995. She is a wonderful actress who doesn't care about being sexy or beautiful but only to give a wonderful performance. She wrote and starred in Nanny McPhee. Some of her other films are Love Actually, The Remains of The Day, Harry Potter the Prisoner of Azkaban, Stranger Than Fiction, and Angels in America. A few trivial notes: She dated Hugh Laurie (House); she lives across the street from her Mom; she married Greg Wise (Mr. Willoughby from Sense and Sensibility) and they have a daughter named Gaia. Quote: "I am who I am. There is nothing I can do about that." The weather has been ideal for the creation of icicles, many of which are hanging over the eaves of buildings in the downtown core, creating a safety hazard for pedestrians. Doctors concerned over reduced service at Bowmanville Hospital Clarington Council lent their support to area doctors, in their fight to save services at the Bowmanville Hospital. Dr. Tony Stone addressed Council Monday night to "discuss the future of the Bowmanville Hospital as an acute care hospital." According to Stone, who spoke to Council on behalf of the Bowmanville Medial Staff Association, by July 1st of this year, the Bowmanville Hospital will be down to one internist. Two internists will be leaving the hospital, and one is on a period of indefinite leave, according to Stone. Without these internists, who have a skill set to handle more specialized care, the quality of care at Bowmanville will deteriorate, he told councilors. It is the responsibility of the hospital's upper level management, the board of Lakeridge Health Network, to hire the necessary specialists, and though they have been aware of the situation developing at Bowmanville for the past 10 months, they have not hired the necessary doctors, Stone told councilors. According to Kevin Empey, CEO of the Lakeridge Health Network, recruiting doctors has been a challenge in the history of Bowmanville hospital. The Board does not hire doctors; they approve hiring recommendations from the hospital's Chief of Staff, according to Empey. "One factor affecting the Bowmanville Hospital is the amount of money a doctor can make in Bowmanville versus a big urban location," Empey told the Orono Times reporter, in a phone conversation on Tuesday. "We do not want to see our facility downgraded to a rural type hospital looked after by only family physicians," Stone stated. Without the adequate staffing compliment at the hospital, acute care patients will have to be transported to Oshawa General Hospital, according to Stone. "Oshawa has major capacity issues, with 20 patients at a time waiting on stretchers in the hallway," he stated. "We would be adding to that burden." Stone said the doctors at Bowmanville Hospital have not seen a strong desire from senior management to support their service model for the hospital. "We are anxious to hear from senior management in this regard," Stone stated. "We would like senior administration to clearly articulate their vision for the Bowmanville site." "Now that the situation has become urgent," Empey said, "We want to sit down with the doctors and see what other options are available, if we are unsuccessful in recruiting new doctors to Bowmanville." Empey said the Hospital Board has tabled a number of options for the group to work through. "Clarington is a growing community, it is going to need an acute hospital," he stated. Clarington Council approved a resolution Monday night inviting Empey, along with the Chair of the Lakeridge Health Board, and the Chair of the Central East Local Health Integrated Network to present their vision for the Lakeridge Health Corporation and how the Bowmanville Hospital fits into the overall vision.