23 - Sunday. July 29, 4900 - North Shore News LIONS GATE Hospital vice-president of human resources Uli Haag (eft) and LGH forrser executive vice-president Eric O'Dell, recently retired, view 2 mode! of how the hospital’s expansion will took in the year 2000. If the 10-year plan gets the green light, features of the ex- panded hospital include a new campus on the eastern side of St. An- drews and a new acute tower. EXCEL SPORTS LTD. A Stride Ahead Wy Trave! Park & Tilford Centre 980-9766 We offer: © 5% Discount to Seniors e Last Minute Specials © Group Rates on Cruises © Confirmed Program _ © Free Ticket Delivery Cail us for all your travel needs Top name brand Equipment and Clothing available 140-333 Brooksbank Ave. North Vancouver NTHONY ENNETT PARK & TILFORD INSURANCE CENTRE AGENCIES LTD. is proud to be Park & Tilford Centre a part of Auto Plan “OUR TOWN’’ Homeowners Business North Vancouver Life |. 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The old nursing tower, built in 1961, has had several floors shav- ed off its top to bring the facility in line with 21st century building code regulations. But ironically, the man who was instrumental in putting forth this vision of LGH 2000, hospital president Bob Smith, will still be sitting in the same modest office overlooking 13th Street that he did 10 years ago when construc- tion on the hospital began. In fact the bottom few floors of the current nursing tower, where the administration offices sit, may be the only part of LGH that will remain in a recognizable form to North Shore residents. The LGH master plan — a document that proposes LGH receive a $130 million injection for a massive three-phase upgrading As the newest North Shore branch of Canada’s leading real estate organization, we in- vite you to drop by our office for your free copy of the Reat Estate Weekly. 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The present facility serves the North Shore adequately, Smith says, but sees a widening gap be- tween the community’s expecta- tion of health care and the service LGH can provide. “We're in a situation where these buildings are suiting us fairly 986-3733) 986-3733. 1 28.3 33 Brookshank Ave * North Vancouver Medical Centre 983-2442 Dental Centre 988-4020 i) TILFORD > FLORISTS “4 *: we well, not perfectly well, but fairly well,” he says. Stresses on the hospital include the present facilities for acute care patients, which are increasingly lagging behind new technology. Although tke population is ex- pected to grow by less than one per cent on the North Shore, the percentage of seniors is climbing consistently, putting a heavy de- mand on the hospital's extended care ward. “It always operates full. There is a waiting list,’’ Smith says. There is also more demand for the delivery of health care in the home rather than in the hospital. The master plan addresses these needs although it won’t — assum- ing it successfully jumps the polit- ical hurdles — dramatically change the scope of present ser- vices. What it does is provide quality health care to the North Shore, Smith says, adding that the com- munity would feel some ‘‘bona fide’? anger at the hospital if it didn’t develop a long-term plan. Phase one of the plan calls for See Hospital : Page 24 2) & BISTRO 983-2572 © SPECIALTY BREADS ¢ QUALITY CAKES ¢ FINE PASTRIES * HOMEMADE PIES OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK VISIT US FOR QUICK LUNCHES AND SNACKS ONE FREE COFFEE with the purchase of a muffin Park & Tilford Expires Aug. 31/90 | “MUFFIN ___ —- BREAK — 4 ONE FREE COFFEE | with the purchase | of a muffin | Park & Tilford Expires Aug. 31/90 | Quality Clothing for Boys & Girls #1 Location #2 Location 687-0492 988-3888