Bill 94.... Doictors vow to keep fighting Altbough Whtby doc- tors are back ln their of- fices this week, their proteat against the provlnce's ban on extra billng wilU continue, ac- cordlng ta Dr. D. Shepley, past president of -heDurham Medicai Society., The Whitby doctor at- tended last Frlday's meeting of the OMA in Toronto and yssterday, be descrlbsd the OMA's nsw position as a "regrouping" and i- slated tbat the doctors are not backlng down from the figbt. "We must continue to protest Bill 94 because it's poor legisiation... The full frontal attack may bave ended but the protest continues," said Dr. Shepley. "lIt's (Bl 94), very much an 'arbitrary measure and as one magistrats put it, 'you neither advlse nor sub- mit to arbitrary measures'. That's why the protest must con- tinue." The physician said that a lot of the services doctors bave provlded hi the past such as free prescription renewals and telephone con- sultations - services not covered by OHIP - may become a thlng of the past because many doc- tors wili no longer con- ider it wortb* their wble to, absorb the cot. Aso-he said many doc- tors wlll stop doing Workman's Compen- sation work because tbey can no longer charge the igher OMA rate. These measures, ac- cording to Dr. Shepley, wiil reduce the ac- cessibility ofbhealth care ln the provicne and willl continue until Bill 94 is repealed, amended or suspended. He said many doctors wil also continue their wthdrawal of service on hospital commîttees. According to Dr. Scott Henderson, president of the medical staff at Dr. J.O. Rucldy Hospital, the doctors are still flot doing commlttee work, but are reluctant ta unm- plement any measures which would tbreaten their patients, measures such as cioaing the emergency ward. "The feeling here (in Whltby) bas generally been that the patienta must corne first ... But we're flot condoning what the governnent la doing. It's very dangerous to the civil rlghts of the individual and the health care syatem of the provin- ce," said Dr. Hender- son. Wbile he tbought that support for the office closures over the past two weeks waa "fairly wlde-apread" in Whitby, Dr. Henderson said it dldn't last very long because the closurea jeopardlzed the doctor- patient relatlonshlp. "It's juat too bard for doctors to stay away from their offices for very long. The doctor- patient rapport won't hold up," said Dr. Hen- derson. The medical staff at Ruddy Hospital met Friday afternoon to discus partlcipating in a rotating emergency ward closure wltb Ajax- Pickering ' Hopital. Many of the doctors are away on holiday, accordlng to Dr. Hen- derson, and it was dif- ficuit to get- a concensus but the maloritv of those present were opposed to a closurs. He said doc- tors at the hospital do not want to put theli patients at 'rlsk and there la also a feeling that the closures have hurt public support for- their cause. Dr. Shepley said media coverage of the doctors' pligbt bas mislead the public into SEE PG. 8 Region balks at extra seat Aitbough a provincial dication from tbe region tee. Fiteen counillors 198), " aaid Edwa bll provldlng Whtby tbat it supports the bill. voted i favour of According to and Ajax with ad- Last week, in a recor- refering It back while regional coundil] ditionai representation ded vote, regional coun- 13, includlng ail three majority of M on regional council bas cillors chose to refer a Whitby counicillors, counicillors feel it1 received firat reading, motion supporting tbe voted againat. Tbree ter to bave an odc the minister of additional represen- were absent. ber of members or municipal affaira bas tation back to tbe In ths opinion of Whit- counicil and the ad yet to hear any in- management commit- by regional counicillor of one more rel S Vol. 16, No. 27 Wednesday, July 9 1986 28 Pages The only way to move The first of two near-century old homes was moved to it's new location on Monday. Arts Auto Wreckers picked the house up of it's foundation and transported it across Mary St. to its new location, behind the office of Bill Little's Marketing and Motivation Ltd. About a month ago Little ap- proached the Sorichetti Brothers who were going to demolish the two houses to make way for a com- plex of 18 heritage townhouses. He purchased the two homes from the Sorichetti's and planned to move them across the street. It took four hours to move the house across the street. Durham Regional Police had the road blocked off and people were out in droves with their cameras. The second house is expected to be moved sometime next week. Free Press Staff Photo Tom Edwards, ths move was a delaying tactlc on the part of councillors who are bappy with tas current representation on regional coundil. However, Edwards said be will be pressing regional council to deal with tas issue promptly 50 that the matter can be resoived once and for ahl before ths end Of this year. 'II understand tas an- tagonism towards tas Liberals' precipitous manner ofbhandllng this. (The bll was firat ln- troduced ln tas midat of tas 1985 municipal elec- tion.) But I want It deait wita and clarified tais, year 50 that nobody la confussd when tas next election 'cornes up (in arda. )tas Uor, a Vhitby la bet- d num- )n town idition egional councillor to tas roster wouldgive Whitby eigbt coundil members. If tas provincial bill te passed providing Wbtby and Ajax wlta one more regional councillor eac, Mr. Edwards said Whitby Council may want to consider adding another tawn seat to council as wellhi order ta offset tas chance of a aplit vote occuring. In order ta accom- pllsb thlsIn time for tas 1988 municipal election, howsver, Mr. Edwards said it waa important taat the province pass tas bil providlng ad- ditional reglonal representation. .Accordlng to Mayor Bob Attersley, even if SEE PG. 3 Costs escalate for arena By MIKE JOHNSTON Free Press Staff Within the period of one week, tas cost of, contructing two new dressing rooms at tas Brooklin .Memorial Arena bas risen another $13,000. Council approvéd tae tender of $159,093 by Winvalley Construction of Whitby on Monday nlght to construct the dressing rooms. The final price tag is $13413 more than tas final estimate ($145,680) given last week by the town's consultants Toten, Sima, Hubicki and Associates. (The acceptance of tas tender by the town la subject to approval by the con- sultants.) "We went tarough a wbole lot of miscakulations," said councilor Ross Batten. Batten, who la cbairmnan of tas parks and recreation department informed coundil of tas tender price Monday night. It was approved without any discussion. "There lis no way ws should be approving this but tas arena needs tas two dressing rooms," said tas coundillor who expressed bis dissatisfaction wita tas estimates brougbt forta since tas project's in- ception in 1985. In 1965 tas estimate for tas project was $82,00, then in May of tais year taat estirnate rose ta $134,690. At that' time, coun- cillors Joe Bugelli and Jos Drumm biamsd staff for part of tasei- crease. Councillor Drumm said staff added things to tas projsct between list year and May of tais year wbich sbould bave 'been "gimmxies" from tas start and councillor Bugelli agreed saying taat staff sbould bave obtainsd input from someone experlenced in tae field. Then last wesk tas Free Press rsported taat tas price for tas dressing rooms bad risen to $145,680 and a spokesman for tas town's consultants blamed "design refinements" for tas jump in price. The rooma "bave to be built according ta building codes and by-Iawa," said Tom Nolan, project co-ordinator. He aiso said taat be expectsd tas tenders to come hi hlgber taan tas estimate. "We cannot tolerate tais estimating proceas, we sbould bave got proper estimates," said counillor Batten. "If tais project was something new we would be turning it down but that arena needa SEE PG. 8