eee Wee | LANG ARTS Al6 BUSINESS A25 CALENDAR Al4 CLASSIFIEDS A30 COMMUNITY A13 GARDENING A18 OPINION AT SPORTS A26 OUTDOORS Al7 BEYER AT A16 A25 Al7 - Als TOP OF THE PILE A7 WALLBERG AQ CROSS GRENBY HAMPSON ART BLOOMS IN GARDEN Celebration of arts grows wiih garden theme Page A13 PANTHERS TO PROVINCIALS Senior girls advance to B.C.’s basketball finals Page A26 UPDATE ON 9-1-1 Two years after its inception, the system’s quietly saving lives Page Bl THE LITTLE FERRY THAT COULD From Breniwood To Mill Bay, if keeps chugging across ine Inlet Page B17 Review Office Hours |} The Review office, at 9726 First St. in Pia 3 4 =e Sidney, is open from 9 a.m. until'5 p.m: Monday through Friday. Mail to Box 2070, Sidney, B-C. V8L 3S5. A BOOKSTORE & MORE 656-2345 2436 Beacon Avenue Audited Circulation 12,762 A Victoria Weeklies Publication Wednesday, February 19,1992 40¢ ee Docior protests opening of walk-in centre by Glenn Werkman - The Review Convenient medical treatment came to Sidney this week but at least one doctor doesn’t like it. Dr. John Burke of the Third Street Medical Treatment Centre opened his walk-in centre Monday. But Sidney colleague Dr. Ambrose Marsh gives several rea- sons for being against walk-in treatment centres. “The main reason to open them Is NOt to give service, but to make money,’ Marsh said. “Treatment centres do trivial medicine for more money.” His other complaints include concems about continuity of care, higher costs to the province’s Medical Services Plan and treat- ment of patients who would other- wise take care of themselves with- out medical attention. “Tf you come to see me, we’ll sit to talk about the issues,” Marsh said. He fears that treatment centre doctors will prescribe antibiotics to deal with minor ailments, rather than teach the patient to treat the ailment without prescriptions. “The other thing that happens is they tell the patient to see their regular doctor next week, when they probably don’t need a second - visit for a cold,” Marsh said. Burke is not alone with intro- ducing extended hours to patients on the Peninsula. The Associated Physicians group of six doctors have extended their operating hours until 4:30 p.m. some days and a majority of member doctors agreed to another extension of hours, office manager Sandy Stewart said Tuesday. — The group is now in the process of deciding how far to extend their hours, in the interest of meeting patient demand, she said. In early January, Associated Physicians began offering its patients walk-in service, where no Herifage designation near for Hagan House A bylaw which would make Hagan House the first munici- pally-designated heritage structure in Central Saanich was given three readings by Central Saanich coun- cil Monday. Ald. Jack Mar opposed the bylaw, saying he could support a heritage designation on the site but not on the house, which was renovated in the 1940s. But Ald. Clarence Bolt said the house had been an integral part of the community since the 19th century. ~The historical evolution on the site is really part of Central Saanich.~ However council is still working out the details of a second bylaw which will allow use of the house as a second dwelling at 7778 West Saanich Road, a use prohibited by current zoning. Property owner Ron George lives in a larger house at the same address. The Hagan House sits on a lot which was amalgamated with George’s property when he bought the land four years ago. To resolve the problem, clerk- administrator George Sawada drafted a bylaw which declared a heritage house would not be con- sidered a dwelling unit “for the purposes of determining the num- ber of dwelling units that may be permitted on a parcel.” But aldermen feared the bylaw could lead to the building of additional homes on lots occupied by heritage houses or could temove the municipality’s ability to tax heritage homes. “It now becomes an invisible house,” Mar remarked. Sawada’s proposed bylaw was referred to council’s planning and zoning committee for further dis- cussion. appointment is required. ~ We're trying to offer continuity - of treatment so if patients need help after (regular hours) closing they still have an Associated Phys- ician here to serve them,” Stewart Said. She said the group is moving very Cautiously to see what sort of demand there is from the public. Burke said that research he has done indicates people do want a walk-in treatment centre. Burke said Saanich Peninsula Hospital’s emergency room some- times treats 30-50 patients per day, and most of it is “treatment-centre tripe stuff like sore ears.”” “To supply an emergency department with equipment and nurses is an expensive way to treat a sore throat,’ Burke said. “Hos- pitals will be the big winners because they won’t have to supply the overhead.” Continued on Page A2