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Administrator's Role Commendable Administrator of York Cent- ral Hospital, Mr. Chatfield is one of the busiest of men as plans are completed for the of- ficial opening November 28. and the opening for service as soon as possible, probably about. the middle of December. Appointed in August, 1961. he has taken an active part in the planning and equipping of the new hospital and has done a most commendable job in organ- izing staff and getting into op- eration York Central which he is confident will be one of the finest in the land. It was to be composed of two members of county council, the president of each hospital asso- ciation. a representative of the York County Medical Society and two citizens of the county, one of whom was to be chair. When York Central Hospital officially opens today, it will be I shining example of good community planning. York County has been put up as a model of a com- munity voluntarily assum- ing the responsibility for planning an orderly deve- lopment of hospital and related health facilities on I regional basis. In 1960. the county was faced with a problem common to many areas. a severe shortage of hospital beds. Hospital associations in New- market where York County Hospital was established and in Richmond Hill where York Central was proposed were ask- ed to submit a joint report based on information from the Ontario Hospital Services Com- mission combined with a survey by consultants Agnew. Peckham and Associates and financial statistics from county auditors. As a result. it was suggested a county hospital commission be established to co-ordinate hospital development in York. Following acceptance of this report. on October 4. 1960, county council authorized for- mation of York County Hospi- tal Commission with an overall objective of providing efficient hospital services for all persons in the country Hospital Good Example In April. 1960 York County Council endorsed a comprehe- nsive study of existing hos- pital facilities and recommendâ€" ations for additions and their lorations. Compared to suggested. ratios of 4.5 beds for every 1,000 populafion, York County had one hospital providing 1.1 beds per 1,000 people. Administrator Radiologist iMiss A. Gatehouse, Reg. N., Business Office Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chief Engineer Purchasing Agent Medical Record Librarian Miss T. "CJJJ Chatfield, B. Sc. Pharm., D.H.A Director of Nursing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chief X-ray Technician Pathologist Pharmacist Chief Laboratory Technologist . . . . . . ‘ Mrs. K. A. Hargrave Physiotherapist Food Service Manager Executive Housekeeper Born in Winnipeg, he receiv- York Central Hospital Management Group G. J. CHATFIELI) Mrs. B. Miss ed his early education there and graduated from the University of Manitoba in pharmacy. After a spell with a pharmaceutical manufacturing firm in eastern Ontario he attended Toronto University and obtained his degree in hospital administra- tion. After an administrative post with Humher Memorial Hospi- tal, he was engaged in special work for the Ontario Hospital Association before accepting the post of administrator here. ' Mr. and Mrs. Chatfield who have three young sons live at 162 Laverock 1n Richmond Hill. man and one of whom was to be a woman. It was up to council to appo- int members of the. commission and set out their duties. Investigated Needs When organized. the. commi- ssion set out to investigate hos- nital needs and means of fulfilling them. make plans for expansion of present facilities and building new ones. They were required to recom- mend capital requirements and the means of raising money with a view to obtaining the maximum economy and effici- ency and to co-ordinate all concerned groups and facilities including municipal councils, Ontario Hospital Services Com- mission and other governmental departments involved. When financial assistance was sought for construction of Newmarket and York Central Hospitals, the county council, provided with accurate financ- ial and statistical information from the commiSSion. was able to assume a substantial portion of the local financing of the projects. ’ By IL: organization. the commission also showed advantages of having hosp- ital representatives on its board to provide a working liaison between hospital and county administration. The commission has accomp- lished stage one. Future stages will be devel- opment and location of related hospital facilities as well as adapting present facilities to the changing need. Dr. William R. LaCroix Oliver, R. E. Flood. M.C.P.A. J. Sherk, W. R. Burns, R.T. Miss I. R. Dr. D. S. Guthrie Reg. N., R.R.L W. Earnshaw R. M. Semple B. Sc. P. Gaskin Sifiém' care But _it is Double elevators which open ‘0 both sides take the patient to basement, second. third and fourth floors where rooms and wards, nursery. utility rooms, nursing stations, offices, recep- tion rooms are in final stages of completion needing only neatly turned down beds and furniture. all of which is on hand. to make them complete. ILittie “Hospital White" Decorators have turned away from the too-antiseptic white or ivory hospital colours to paint the rooms in softly glow- ing blues. greens, and beiges to harmonize with tile floors. Lighting in the rooms is in- direct. Main floor. with a large foyer and reception area and hospital auxiliary's glassed-in gift shop, leads off to admini- strative wing and the pharmacy and on to obstetrics and surg- ery. Space, Light, Vista Notable This observer. after a two- hour tour of the building in the wake of vigorous Hospital C h a i r m a n Douglas Storms, came away with the impression of quantities of space and light and meticulous thought given to planning. The hospital building itself is a deceptive one from the outside; its facade. while well- windowed. doesn‘t begin to reveal the many rooms within. But it is one deadline that must be met with perfection, judging from the attention being given to detail linking all the important functions of the $2,000,000 new hospital for York County. Administration and workmen alike at York Central Hospital have had their sights set on today’s official opening, and a December start for actual There are some shocks 1n colour too. In a main floor physiother- apy room. one wall has been painted a vivid tangerine which appears again on a huge wall in the downstairs cafeteria 1eamed up with yellow. There has also been a compromise in the nursery where both pink and blue has been uSed in the colour scheme. Distinctive wood panelling has been used in nursing stations on cupboards and desks and storage and cupbo- ard space abounds. A unique patient-nurse inte- rcom has been installed enabling STUART P. PARKER, Q. C. Trustee Resident of Thornhill. Opened law office in Richmond Hill in 31948. Educated at Upper Can- ada College, the University of Toronto and Osgoode Hall. As- sisted in forming the Curtain; Club and the Cancer Society» Associated with Richmond Hill Arena Association, Richmond‘ Hill Figure Skating Club, and; a member of Lions Club. Served’ overseas with 48th Highlanders and Canadian Intelligence Corps. Chairman local British Mortgage Advisory Board, Mar- Appointed in June 1963. Gradu- ated in 1935 from University of Toronto School of Medicine. Afw ter interning in Toronto Generâ€"‘ al Hospital and the Hospital for Sick Children, he joined his parents, Dr. Rolph and Lillian Langstaff in general practice in Richmond Hill. An active mem- ber of Richmond Hill Lions Club, he was its president for a term. He lives in the old family home on North Yonge Street which has housed three gener- ations of doctors. and their 0f- fices. Eight years ago the offic- es were moved to the newly- built Langstaff Building at 50 Yonge Street North. The Langâ€" staff family has been practis- ing medicine in and about Richmond Hill for 114 years. The practice was begun in 1849 by Dr. James Langstaff, the ' ried with two children. new chief of staff's grandfather. BY ANNE SMELLIE Hospital Meticulously Planned HOSPITAL‘S WORK HORSE . .. BOILER ROOM (Photo By Lagerquist.) A charter member of the Board of Trustees of York Central Hospital and chairman of the! public relations committee. Publisher of “The Liberal" since 1926, he has for many years been active in the com- munity and public life of the County of York. First elected to the House of Commons in 1945, he represented the federal rid- ing of York North for twelve years, retiring from politics in 1957. He has been closely ident- ified with many local and dist- rict organizations and has been a Justice of the Peace for York County since 1934. the nurse to hear and fulfill any patient request without making two trips. Radio and television has also been planned. Again departing from the normal concept of hospital areas, a restful shade of green tile has been set up about three-quarters of the wall space in deh’very and surgery rooms. The practice was begun in 1849 Lions Club and Richmond Hill by Dr. James Langstaff, the Curling Club. member of Sum- new chief of staff‘s grandfather. mit Golf and Country Club. Although the dining area. cafeteria style of serve- yourself is not large. it leads on to a remarkable kitch- DR. JAMES LANGSTAFF JOHN E. SMITH Chief of Staff Trustee «on to huge carts and taken ‘lo serving areas via a separate elevator. With an ingenous heating device under the plates, food can be kept warm for up to two hours. Although these are only a few of the details. there is one area more aesthetic than antiseptic. That is the .view Without too much exception (the boiler room perhapsl from every one of the many windows in patient and staff areas. the‘ vista of the countryside is mag- nificent even on a dull day. To the west and north lie small wooded areas. to the east although there are few wind- ows, the twinkling lights of ~ Richmond Hill and to the south. the rolling farmland. This is an “extra” that might have been considered in the choice of the Maple Sideroad site but which will undoubtedly have medicinal effects not found in a bottle of pills. The basement area houses as well as the emergency ad- mitting section with its own surgery and recovery rooms, laboratory, morgue and storage. Its size is beyond the scope of the averaae housewnfe. It will eventually serve a 600 bed hospital plus stafl pro- bably 2.000 meals a day and it is scaled to meet that demand. With little exception. every large ,utility is stainless steel with giant ovens. boilers. mix- ers. racks. dishwashers and a centre floor conveyor belt where trays of food will be as- sembly~line produced, shunted Another world all its own is the area of the boiler room where the giant pulse of the hospital will be kept beating with a gas furnace with an al- ternative of oil in case of emâ€" ergency. An intricate system of pipes leads from the boiler room throughout the hospital. Tak- ing away a section of fire proof fibre glass ceiling board, the maze of pipes is revealed snakâ€" ing its way to where it is needed. There appears to be adequate parking both for staff (in the rear) and public on three tiers leading to the circular drive- way at the entrance. View Better Than Pills York Central will indeed be a monument to those who con- ceived it so carefully and to those thousands who under- wrote its success. DR. A. Ji SMITH Trustee Dr. Smith is secretary of the hospital board. vice~president of the medical staff and on the medical advisory committee. A resident of Richmond Hill, he received his bachelor of arts and medical degree at the Uni- versity of Toronto. is married with four children and belongs to St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church. Former member of en planned down to the last potato peeler. W. C. Cowan (M.D.) A. W. Diamond (M.D.) G. H. Doherty (M.D.) W. O. M. Ede (M.A. M.R.C.S.) J. M. Fleming (M.D.) Secretary .................................. Dr, Radiologist .............................. Dr, Pathologist .............................. Dr, M. J. Abrams (M.D.) R. G. G. Allmen (M.D.) D. E. Andrew (B.A. MD.) A. T. Arai (B.A. MD.) J. T. Bate (M.D. F.R.C.S. â€" C.) L. A. Belch (M.D. F.R.C.S. â€" C.) R. A. Bigford (M.D.) C. W. Birkett (MD) M. J. Borland (M.D. D.P.H.) J. M. Fleming (MD) M. P. Granger (M.D.) B. W. Granton (M.D.) D. T. A. Hutchins (M.D.) H. M. Jackson (B.A. M.D.) S. E. Jensen (M.D. L.M.C.C.) 1. Kerr (M.D. F.R.C.S. â€" C.) S. R. M. King (M.D.D.P.H.) J. Kovacs (M.D.) C. Laird (B.A. M.D. M.S. F.R.C.S. â€"- Eng -â€" Q. A. Hardy (B.A. M.D.) Hagar Hethrington (B.A. M.B. M.R.C.P. â€" Lond â€"- F.R.C.P. â€" C â€" E.D.) Chief of Staff ........................ Chief of Medicine ................ Chief of Surgery ................ Chief of Obstetrics ------------ Chief of Anaesthesia ........ President of Medical Staff. Vice-president of Medical F.R.C.S. â€" C â€"â€" F.A.C.S. F.A.C.C.P.) J. R. Langstaff (M.D.) F. M. McAteer (M.D.) D. A. McBurney (B. Sc. M.D.) D. F. McGregor (B.M. MD.) A. C. McKenna (M.D. L.M. F.C.C.P. D.P.H.) J. A. McPhee (M.D.) R. B. Mitchell (B. Sc. MD.) J. J. Mogan (B.A. MA. MD.) P. G. Morse (M.D.) N. W. Mortimer (B.A. M.D. F.R.C.S. F.A.C.S.) J. Nirenberski (M.D.) G. N. Norheim (B.A. M.D.) J. M. O’Neil (M.D.) J. A. Ritchie (M.D.) . B. Robson (M.D.) J. A. Saunders (B.A. M.D.) .. C. Schofield (B. Sc. M.D.) . J. Smith (B.A. M.D.) . Socol (B.A. M.D.) . W. F. Van Nostrand (M.D.) . R. Wesley (M.D.) J. F. White (M.D.) J. B. Wynne (M.D.) V. uck (M.D.) D C A H A W Staff Members of Medical Staff AS GENERAL CONTRACTORS FOR THE FIRST STAGE OF THIS HOSPITAL, WE EXTEND GOOD WISHES AS THE DOORS ARE OPENED TO SERVE THE CITIZENS OF THIS COMMUNITY; FOR MORE THAN THIRTY YEARS WE HAVE BEEN ENTRUSTED WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF BUILDINGS OF EVERY TYPE AND SIZE, AND WE ARE PROUD TO ADD THIS HOSPITAL TO OUR LONG LIST OF COMPLETED PROJECTS, MONTREAL YORK CENTRAL HOSPITAL ANGUS ROBERTSON, LIMITED James R. Langstafl' Hagar Hethrington J. 1. Kerr J. T. Bate W. O. M. Ede W O M Fde Begun in September 1962, a} This sum, as well as future ' ' ' J . special memorial fund directed donations‘ will be used to pur- Hagar Hethrington and supervised by York Centâ€" chase special hospital equip- ral Auxiliary. was established ment which would not otherwise A I Smith to allow friends and relatives be available but which is im- ' ‘ ' _ to express sincere sympathy at portant in providing the high- A. W. Diamond 3 time of bereavement. est standard of care and “mum... I nFuA§v A donation to this fund is a treatment. A. J. Smith A. W. Diamond William LaCroix D. Guthrie THE LIBERAL. Richmond Hill. Ontario. mursday. N06. 28%, 1963 3 RICHMOND HILL, ONT, ‘mm---"uenenaeenenel 1"“-"u--m 60.4" mm--.‘ .0... GENERAL CONTRACTORS TORONTO Memorial Fund Provides 1MoreSpeciaIEquipment A book containing a record of all those in whose memory gifts in the fund have been made will occupy a prominent place {in the new hospital and is in memory of the auxiliary's hon- nurary president the late Mrs. D. H. Storms. Cn-operation of the pub- llc has been exceptionally good and something over $1.000 in memorial gifts has already been received. A donation to this fund is a} permanent and lasting memor- ial in helping to provide health care needs for the citizens of this community. The white rose of York will be part of today's ceremony when Lieut.-Gov. Earl Rowe cuts a rose garland and fresh roses will be offered to pur- chasers at the hospital's new gift shop. The rose has also been adopted as the auxiliary‘s insignia on labels and hospit- al smocks. D. C. STEWART ‘ Trustee Treasurer of the hospital board, Mr. Stewart, 3 Thornhill resid- ent is a private hospital admin: istrator. Graduate of the Univer- sity of Western Ontario in ec- onomics who received his mast- er of arts degree in administra- tion at the University of Syrac- use, he has been a business ex- ecutive. teacher in elementary ‘and secondary schools and uni- versity lecturer. Married with one child and member of Thorn- ‘hill United Church. WHITE ROSE 0F YORK Memorial cards are available at all funeral homes in the area and at the hospital. Receipts will be issued and will b‘ eligible for income tax de- duction. Relatives of the person being nemembered in this way will be notified by the hospital auxiliary as well. Gifts provided through the memorial fund will be an enduring tribute by providing a lasting benefit to the sick and injured coming daily to the hospital. Mrs. J. M. Langton. 47 Arnold Street. Richmond Hill. is in charge of the fund. DR. HAGAR HETHRINGTON President of the Medical Advis- ory Committee. Dr. Hethring- ton, born in Toronto attended University of Toronto gaining BA. in 1925 and medical deg- ree. Interned St. Michael‘s and Sick Children‘s Hospital. Serv- ed three years at London Hos- pital. One year with London County Council. Received his member of Royal College of Physicians in 1931. In 1936. be- came chief medical officer for Sun Life of Canada in Torontm In charge of medicine at Camp iBorden during World War II, overseas with No. 5 General Hospital and was in charge of No. 18 hospital unit, He is a consultant at Sunnybrook Hos- pital. assistant professor of medicine at U. of T. Resident of Kleinburg. he has a private practice in Toronto and Rich- mond Hill. Degrees of B.A.. M.B.. MRCP (London). FRCP (Canada). ED. OTTAWA