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By MILLIE STEWART Liberal Reporter In this age of modern technology, nuclear medicine is for the present and definitely for the future, as you will see if you are treated in this new department at York Central Hospital in Richâ€" mond Hill. The sound of the word ‘nuclear' can summon visions of devastation and other such unpleasantries to the lay person, but nuclear medicine is absolutely safe. It is a radiology prodecure that resembles x-rays in some ways, but it's better. The patient is injected with a saline solution that contains a radioactive substance. usually Technetium, and this is combined with different chemical compounds to enable it to localize in different organs of the body. What happens once this radioactive sub- stance reaches its goal is simply this. If a disease is present in an organ, it will cause the distribution of the radioactivity to be altered and hence a diagnosis can be made. BORROWED HELP At present. York Central Hospital does not have a full time Nuclear Medicine Technologist on the staff, but Brenda Glendenning of York County Hospital in Newmarket is per~ forming the duties on a part-time basis. A-z â€" THE LIBERAL, Wednesday, January 31. 1979 Amanda Friis Dam is only a few days old. but she seems to like having her picture taken. The baby girl was born last Friday afternoon at York Central Hospital. Mom. Inge, holds her for her first public appearance. Eight or nine patients a To commemmorate ‘International Year of the Child’, The Liberal in con- junction with York Central Hospital is beginning a new feature. Congratulations to the happy parents and welcome to the community‘s new citizens. Monday. January 22 Peter and Sandra Dunlop, Kettleby, a daughter, 8:42 am. William and Susan Daly, Richmond Hill, a son, 2:07 pm. In this column each week, will be a list of babies born the previous week at the hospital. Tuesday. January 23 Lorne and Greta Stanley, Thornhill, a son, 4:45 am. Thursday. January 25 Frank and Dina Manni, Thornhill, a son, 4:08 pm. Ronald and Marion Miller, Aurora, 3 daughter, 11:10 am. James and Rosemary Jellicoe, Richmond Hill. a daughter. 1:26 am. Friday. January 26 Lawrence and Phyllis Baines, Richmond Hill, a daughter, 8:35 am. Jorgen and Inge Dam. Richmond Hill, a daughter, 2:10 pm. Lorne and Louise Blakelock, Richmond Hill, a son, 3:42 pm. Monday. January 29 Bruce and Linda Ireland, Unionville, a daughter, 7:47 am. 7.30 PMâ€"AUDITORIUM Explanation of courses ‘ 3.N I’M-CLASSROOM Displays 8 demonstrations 9.“! PM - CAFETERIA Coffee 8 refreshments Look who -’s arrived... Nuclear medicine moves into present at hospital Special Invitation to Grade 8 Students and their parents OPEN HOUSE Richmond Hi|| High School FEBRUARY 12 - MONDAY The amount of radiation entering the body is much less than what a person would receive from a normal x- ray and the radiation totally dissipates within 24 hours. There are many ad- vantages to having a Nuclear Medicine department in a hospital. day are presently receiving treatment in the Nuclear Medicine Department at YCH and they find it painless and without after effects. Very often information which is not available by other means can be determined by these procedures and some examples of this are: â€"â€" Brain Scan . . . nuclear medicine avoids unpleasant and somewhat risky examinations, and it enables patientS‘ to be treated locally rather than being referred elsewhere to special centres. â€" Bone Scan . . nuclear medicine is a more sensitive test than x-rays and is used to detect a spread of cancer to bone tissue. A popular use of this scan is for cancer of the breast or prostate. â€" Liver Scan ‘ . . once again nuclear medicine surpasses other tests in determining the presence of cancer in this organ. :â€" Lung Scan . . the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism has always required the use of large amounts of radiation and in many cases can be harmful to a seriously ill patient. Now, with the nuclear medicine treatment it is painless and the amounts of radiation are minimal. and scan . . . until the introduction of nuclear medicine, there was no way to assess ab- Brenda Glendenning. a nuclear medicine technologist on loan to York CentralHospital from York County Hospital in Newmarket, operates the console with the Old station may locate at new park The only place left, apparently, to move Richmond Hill’s old station house, is the proposed major park site at 18th Avenue and Leslie Street. Richmond Hill‘s Parks and Recreation Depart- ment is studying the idea, after other groups and organizations have tried, and failed, to locate the structure in various areas. There is some urgency to site the building, without seriously af- fecting the leasing of the land for corn crops. Estimated cbst of moving the structure has been set at $5,000. This Thursday, the Parks and Recreation Committee is expected to recommend the Local Architectural Conserv- ation Advisory Com- mittee carry out preliminary studies and prepare a bylaw designating the station “historical”. That would qualify it for various available grantsl Libéral Thyroid uptake stand for QUALITY normalities of thyroid function and nodules in the thyroid. NEW EQUIPMENT The equipment in use in the nuclear medicine department is very special. It consists of a gamma camera, which detects the gamma rays being emitted from the patient, and complex camera equipment which Some scenes may be offensive. Theatres Branch RESTRICTED: FRI., FEB. 2 - THURS.. FEB. 8 SHOWTIMES FURY 7 O’CLOCK Er MAGIC 9:10 DOUBLE BILL One of the year's top thrillers... Anthony Hopklns wlll geI an Academy Award lor his magical pertormance." â€"VERNON scon, UPI ‘A chiller that ranks wllh ihe decade‘s besL" â€"GENE SISKEL. CHICAGO TRIBUNE ANTHONY HOPKINS ANN-MARGRET BURGESS MEREDITH ED LAUTER r cameras used to record images from the gamma camera used in the Nuclear Medicine Department at York Central Hospital. (Liberal Photo by Bruce Hogg). ATERRIFYING I OVF STORY Just to start a nuclear medicine department cost $118,000 and the funds came from York Central Hospital Foun- dation, which is the fund raising arm of the hospitél records the images on medical recording film or polaroid film, depending on how quickly the results are required. Sunlight Ilelergenl 0 We stock brand names and generics â€" but have limited varieties of duplicate products. 0 Our products are displayed very simply. Glitre 2.65 1L3. $1.29 3 OT. Backbotjom {gag prices at these Iocatjons. nâ€"A A“ __. 01...--. [an o 1541 Jane Street afirethe'wey - 970 Queen street East 0 9751 Yonge Street.Richmond Hill 0 2480 Eglinton Ave. East SUNLIGHT DETERGENT WHITE SUGAR PASTEURIZED, PARTLY SKIMMED LIMIT OF 2 PER CUSTOMER .39 HILLS BROS. ALL PURPOSE LIMIT OF 2 PER CUSTOMER BOLOGNA LIMIT OF 2 PER CUSTOMER 2% MILK FINE - GRANULATED THRIFTY - SLICED POWDERED rock bottom prices because Values eflectiye until closing Saturday. February 3. 1979. 0 You bring-your own bags â€" 0 You do your own price or we sell them to you at 3c marking on your purchases. each. 0 You parcel your own groceries 0 We do not accept cheques. 0 We check you out quickly. 0 We are open lewer hours. DINNER HAMS m .79 TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY ANJOU FEARS SLIGED BREAD LARGE EGGS .39 MARY MILES BONELESS TOMATOES LIMIT OF 2 PER CUSTOMER PRODUCE OF MEXICO CANADA NO. 1 GRADE CANADA NO. 1 GRADE WHITE LABEL, WHITE Store Hours GRADE A FRESH FRIDAY SATURDAY