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REPORT TO
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Report Number: CL 14-04
Date: March 2,2004
From:
Bruce Taylor, AMCT, CMM
City Clerk
Subject: Request to Designate the Rouge Valley Health System as an Advanced
Cardiac Care Centre
Recommendation:
WHEREAS the Council of the Corporation of the City of Pickering passed Resolution
#22/99 on February 15, 1999 to support the Centenary Health Centre Site of the Rouge
Valley Health System as the eastern regional site for cardiac surgical services; and
WHEREAS there is not a hospital that conveniently serves the City of Pickering or other
areas of west Durham that provides cardiac by-pass surgery as part of the process of
cardiac care;
NOW THEREFORE the Council of the Corporation of the City of Pickering hereby
reiterates its support for enhanced cardiac care services at the Rouge Valley Health
System; and .
FURTHER THAT a copy of this resolution be forwarded to:
1.
2.
3.
Rouge Valley Health System
Hon. George Smitherman, Minister of Health and Long Term Care
Wayne Arthurs, MPP, Pickering-Ajax-Uxbridge
Executive Summary:
To respond to a letter from the Chair of the Cardiac Care Community Advisory Group to
support its efforts to provide enhanced cardiac care services at the Rouge Valley Health
System.
Financial Implications:
Not applicable
Report CL 14-04
March 2,2004
Rouge Valley Health System
Page 2
Background:
Please find attached to this Report a letter dated February 16, 2004 from Mr. Phil
Diamond, Chairperson, Cardiac Care Community Advisory Group requesting Council to
support their endeavour to have enhanced cardiac care services provided at the Rouge
Valley Health System.
This same letter was sent to the Council of the Town of Ajax that passed a resolution on
February 23, 2004 to support the need for enhanced cardiac care services at the Rouge
Valley Health System.
Also, Pickering Council passed the following resolution at its regular meeting of
February 15, 1999:
WHEREAS full cardiac services such as bypass surgery, angioplasty and
electrophysiology are only available to residents of the Greater Toronto
Area (GTA) at the teaching hospitals in downtown Toronto; and
WHEREAS these hospitals have limited capacity for future growth but in
the meantime waiting lists for major cardiac surgery are increasing; and
WHEREAS the Hospital Restructuring Committee has decided that full
cardiac services could best be served at hospitals in the western and
eastern portions of the GT A; and
WHEREAS the Centenary site of the Rouge Valley Health System is
positioned to meet the cardiac care needs in the southeast GT A for a
population of 1.5 million;
NOW THEREFORE the Council of the Corporation of the Town of
Pickering hereby strongly supports the Centenary Health Centre Site of
the Rouge Valley Health System as the eastern regional site for cardiac
surgical services; and
THAT a copy of this resolution be forwarded to:
1.
2.
3.
Centenary Health Centre
Minister of Health
Honourable Janet Ecker, MP, Durham West
Mr. Diamond will be attending the Executive Committee Meeting of March 22, 2004 to
provide further information with respect to this matter.
Report CL 14-04
March 2,2004
Rouge Valley Health System
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Attachments:
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Letter from Cardiac Care Community Advisory Group
Prepared By:
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CARDIAC CARE COMMUNITY ADVISORY GROUß [: C E ü 0
3 CARROLL ST. CITY OF P¡C¡'Œ:HjNG
WHITBY, ONTARIO
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e-mail: diamond4@rogers.com
T ei. 905-442- 7799
CLERK'S DIVISION
ji'ax. 905-430-9382 .
¡vIr. Bruce Tayíor
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City of Plckenng
February 16, 2004
PIckering CIvic Complex
One 1 he Esplanade
Pickering, Untario
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Dear ¡vir. Taylor
We are a group of volunteers-aii ex-cardiac patients-connected wIth Rouge VaHey Heaith
System (Centenary and AjaXiPlckenng hospItals) and Lakendge tIeaith Inc. (Oshawa et
al hospitals). \V e are advoeatmg on behal t of future cardIac patients to bnng advanced
cardiac surgery services tor the residents 111 Durham Region and Scarborough.
We respectfully request an °ppûftumty to make a presentation at one of your
upcoming Council meetings. \Ve have wlltten lo each oCtIle Councilors and outhned the
campaí.gn we arc undertakIng. 1\ copy of our campaign newspaper ad and direct maÌÍ
piece IS enclosed.
It is our ann to convince the Ontario Libera; Uovernment to name the Centenary
sIte of k \/HS nO\v as the advanced cardiac surgef'j center \víth start ~up In 2007-8. The
R V HS and Lakendge Health Inc. hospitals have formed a cardIac serVIce allIance
because of a l11utuaily strong commitment to thc beiief that a uni ficd '.hcalth system-'
does pmvide the optHnul11 m care ¡Ür the resIdents they serve. .
¡ he first submissIOn to the ~v'1I11istry of Ilcalth and Long I crm Care tÒr cardiac
surgery \vas made in 199 í funy 12 years ago. Since then numerous submissIons and
presentatIOns have been made. \Ne have realIzed some progress but we have reached the
fina; step and that is to indude cardiac by-pass surgery in the contll1uum of cardiac care.
\Ve ask tor your Councd s assIstance 111 presentIng our case to the ProvIncial
Libcml Government. Please throw your support behInd thIs endeavoUí for the benctit of
Yt." 'f íoca~- opulatio.
. 'J PI as~ adviS if' and when a time canbe arranged for us to be mcluded on the
. .~e' o! a founclll .efllng. I look lonvard to hearIng from you
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CARDIAC SURGERY SERVICES
ROUGE VALLEY HEALTH SYSTEM
CONTACTS AND PRESENTATIONS
TO THE
MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND LONG TERM CARE.
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1986
1991
1997
1998
1998
July 1998
Feb. 03/99
Feb. 16/99
July 1999/
Feb. 2000
July 1999/
Present
July 1999/
Chronolo!!V of Events
January 5, 2004
Centenary Health Centre (CHC) identifiéd cardiac services as a priority
program and initiated surgical planning.
First Cath lab at CHC
First submission for surgery services to the Ministry of Health and Long
Term Care (MOHLTC)
Second submission to MOHLTC for surgery and angioplasty.
HSRC identified CHC as an option for surgical site
Rouge Valley Health System (RVHS) Cardiac Care Advisory Group
(CCCAG) fonned by cardiac patients. Many meeting~ over the period to
devise campaigns to obtain cardiac surgical services at CRC.
Revised cardiac surgery proposal to MOHL TC to reflect need in eastern
GTA given the Trillium and York County decisions for cardiac surgery.
Requested and received a letter of support from Mr. Roger Anderson,
Regional Chair, Durham Region.
Received support in the form ofan official resolution passed by the
Council of Pickering and sent to the Minister of Health.
Letters sent to the Minister of Health, Elizabeth Witmer
requesting a decision regarding the submission sent by CHC.
Constant contacts via letters and meetings with Janet Ecker.
Constant contacts via letters and meetings with Jim Flaherty.
Present
July 1999/
Present
July 1999/
Present
Oct. 1999/
Present
Oct. 1999/
Present
Dec. 04/99
Dec. 1999/
Mar. 2000
Jan. 2000
Feb. 2000
Jan. 2000/
Mar. 2000
Feb. 2000
Feb. 2000
Mar. 2000
Mar. 2000
JlU1e 2000
Aug. 2000
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Constant contacts via letters and meetings with J. O'Toole.
Constant contacts via letters and meetings with Steve Gilchrist.
Letters sent to Dan Newman. Received 10 form letter responses.
No personal contact made and no interest shown by him.
Contacts made and meetings held with Lakeridge to form a partnership in
cardiac care in the eastern GT A.
AnnolU1cement of Waterloo region being awarded a full service cardiac
care site.
Campaign to obtain signatures from residents for cardiac services in
eastern GT A. More than 20,000 cards signed in a four month period.
Small vollU1teer force and no advertising/promotion budget.
Meeting with Jeff Lozon, Deputy Minister of Health regarding cardiac
surgery resulted in request to CCNO to exanrine the need for cardiac
surgery in the eastern GT A.
Proposal "Expanded Advanced Cardiac Services to the East GT A"
submitted to MOHL TC and CCNO.
Correspondence with Premier's office and replies received from
MOHL TC.
Informed E. Eves, Minister of Finance of the situation. Letter referred to
the MOHL TC.
Letter of support from Mr. Buzz Hargrove of the United Auto Workers.
Draft report for submission to CCNO of the need for cardiac surgery
services in the eastern GT A.
Meeting with staff of MOHL TC regarding CCNO report that the
MOHL TC indicated did not demonstrate the need for advanced cardiac
services in the east. Additionally, there were staffmg issues and potential
impact on existing centers to consider, so MOHLTC would delay decision
lU1til consensus panel report on hmnan resource issues completed in the
summer of2000.
Support from Ajax ColU1cil in the form of a resolution in ColU1cil sent to
the Minister of Health.
RVHS commissioned Hay Group to further analyze the need in the eastern
GTA in response to the MOHLTC comments on the CCNO report. The
need in the east was demonstrated by the Hay report, especially in
Sept. 2000
Nov. 2000
Jan. 2001
Feb. 2001
Mar. 28/01
Apr. 30/01
May 02/01
May 15/01
May 23/01
July 2001
Jul. 19/01
Aug. 24/01
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Scarborough where the population and in particular, women's cardiac
surgery needs are under serviced.
Submitted to MOHLTC the staffing plan as requested by CCNO.
Contact by Premier's office for data and update.
Human resource plan submittèd to MOHL TC.
Submitted angioplasty proposal to MOHLTC.
Meeting with Policy Advisor, MOHL TC, to review submissions.
Letter from John Kin, Assistant Deputy Minister of Health, indicating no
need for a fourth comprehensive cardiac surgery centre in Toronto.
Letter from Minister of Health, Tony Clement, confinning no need for
surgery at this time, but recognized RVHS interest in angioplasty and
electrophysiology and invited RVHS to submit a separate proposal for
these services.
MOHL TC announced additions to services (not cardiac) at William. Osler
Hospital in Brampton.
Contacted MOHLTC for clarification of announcement regarding the
expansion of services at William Osler - explanation was that the site plan
approved regarding capital but no specific cardiac services approved.
RVHS submitted the requested proposal regarding eletrophysiology (EPS)
to MOHL TC.
RVHS met with Minister Clement regarding cardiac surgery and
angioplasty. Work group to be struck to examine feasibility ofRVHS as a
stand alone pilot project (official interpretation does not name RVHS).
Cardiac surgery appears to be on the back burner.
Received letter from MOHL TC indicating review of proposal will be
undert:àkenwith the overall provincial strategy.
Sept/Oct. 01 Feasibility study of stand-alone angioplasty lab underway. Potential pilot
lab April to November 2002.
Sept. 06/01
Nov. 14/01
Announcement by MOHL TC of additions to the Trillium and William
Osler cardiac services.
Announcement by MOHL TC of province's first stand-alone angioplasty
site at RVHS.
;;-L TOREPORT#~, I '{ ~ CIl!
Let's Put an End to
Legislative Heart Failure!
For 10 years the Ontario PC Government failed to recognize the need for full cardiac care services in
East Scarborough and in the Durham Region. Numerous appeals from the medical community and a huge
public petition containing 20,000 signatures to correct this disturbing and potentially dangerous issue were
virtually ignored.
Consequently - while there are full cardiac surgery facilities in Mississauga, Downtown Toronto,
Newmarket and other centres in western Ontario, none exist from East Scarborough all the
way to Kingston, Ontario.
There are 1.1 million people in East Scarborough
and in all of Durham who are miles away from
the cardiac care they may need.
Those who do require cardiac bypass surgery
must be transported to a downtown Toronto
hospital - a situation that causes severe trauma
to patients and to their families.
The Rouge Valley Health System (RVHS), formerly
Centenary Hospital and Ajax! Pickering Hospital,
along with Lakeridge Health (Oshawa Hospital et al)
have formed a regional cardiac alliance and are united
in their commitment to bring full cardiac services to the
people they serve. Currently, the Centenary site of the
RVHS provides a range of cardiac services from diagnostics
to rehabilitation but, sadly, cannot offer cardiac bypass surgery, the
final part of full cardiac services, without governmental approval.
It's time to ask our new
Ontario liberal government
to step up and finish the job.
Contact your local MPP and demand an equal opportunity
for cardiac care - now!
Mary Anne Chambers (416) 281-2787 - machambers.mpp.co@/iberal.ola.org
Wayne Arthurs (905) 420-0829 - wayne@arthurs.ca
Jim Flaherty (905) 430-1141 - jim-flaherty@ontla.ola.org
Jerry Ouellette (905) 723-2411 - jerry_ouelletteco@ontla.ola.org
John O'Toole (905) 697-150 I - john_otoole@ontla.ola.org
Created and presented b : Cardiac Care Communit Advisory Group