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-- a a Ee IE SR sve rn rai 8 - PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, March 8,1994 "Scugog's Community Newspaper of Choice" Pinewood Centre receives $500,000 boost By Scott Anderson Port Perry Star A $500,000 shot in the arm at Oshawa General Hospital will benefit Scugog as well. Last Thursday, Ontario Pre- mier Bob Rae announced that Oshawa General Hospital will receive $500,000 to expand its detoxification services at Pine- wood Centre. The funding gives the Oshawa-based centre the op- portunity to greatly increase its capacity from four beds to 20 beds and provide capacity for more than 1,500 patients per year. "This program means that people needing non-medical de- tox services will no longer have to be cared for in the hospital we = DNR eg bee SCOTT ANDERSON / PORT PERRY STAR system," the premier said. "They will receive services right here instead of being sent to Metropolitan Toronto." And Premier Rae also noted - that the announcement will have local benefits, noting that the centre will be able to provide treatment for not only Oshawa, but across Durham. One facility in Scugog will § i Ontario's Premier Bob Rae announced funding for the expansion of the Pinewood Centre in Oshawa last week. Joining him in the presentation were Clair Peacock, Chair, OGH Board of Governors, Brian McLatchie, Director for Pinewood Centre and Durham East MPP Gord Mills. ON TOP QUALITY Classic SILOM T LATEX CEILING PAINT WHITE For use on ceilings High hiding and non- splattering. 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As there were only four beds, many patients seek- ing treatment were forced to travel to Toronto, Barrie or Kingston. There were no facili- ties whatsoever in Oshawa for women, forcing them to travel to Kingston. With the announcement of additional beds, as well as six designated for women, Mrs. Ja- glall believes more residents of the northern communities will now access the facility. In the past many were reluctant to seek treatment, fearing they would have to travel to Toronto or Kingston. "It makes it easier to service the client and enables us to give better service," she said. "It al- lows people, if they know detox is there, to get help." Premier Rae said the expan- sion of the treatment facility was needed. He noted that sub- stance abuse costs the province $9 billion per year -- half the to- tal of the Ministry of Health's annual budget. "It's a huge economic problem for the province. Substance abuse costs the province, ac- cording to the latest calcula- tions, over $9 billion a year in terms of the care that is provid- ed, the time that is lost and all of the various ways it costs the economy. And that's a lot of money. That's about half of the size of the entire health care budget in the province. It's a hugeburden," he said. Brian McLatchie, director at Pinewood Centre, said the addi- tional expansion at the centre should be available within a year. He was unable to provide a dollar figure on the expansion at this point as it has not been determined if another site must be chosen. While at the hospital, the pre- mier also noted that there was a strong possibility that a cancer 'treatment centre could be estab-' lished at the hospital. Following a closed door meeting with hos- pital officials, the premier said the province was seeking ways to link OGH's expansion plans with a cancer treatment facility. 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