HOSPITAL:

        Hospital services touches everyone in the community....young or
        old. Our local hospital is The Scarborough Hospital [ TSH ] with
        2 sites. The Grace Site is located on Birchmount Rd and Finch
        Ave. The Grace Site generally serve the 300.000 people who live
        North of the 401. The TSH at the Grace Site is over capacity and
        under serviced. IE: most of us have experience long wait time in
        emergency, or waiting for a procedure to be done at the hospital.

        If we increase the density of this Bridelwood Mall development
        of 1, 400 units of 6 or 8 buildings on this property with
        additional over 4,000 people in an area that is already under
        serviced health system, I believe the community will suffer even
        greater. Currently there is no plan by the Central East Local
        Health Integrated Network [ CELHIN ] to accommodate the people
        that will be moving in to our area. In addition, there is a
        massive growth  in Markham just North of us. These people will
        be coming down to use TSH.

        To expand a hospital, it takes time and capital. The question I
        have is : Is it fair to have so many more people move in to a
        already stressed hospital service area? Currently there is no
        plan or commitment by the province to expand TSH? How will we
        service these huge number of people? We, the community believes
        hospital services must be expanded before 4000 new residents can
        move into this community.

        Thank you.