Media Advisory - Public information session on the vision for the redevelopment of Peel Memorial to be held today

BRAMPTON, ON, Nov. 24 /CNW/ - The second of two public information sessions on plans by William Osler Health System to redevelop its Peel Memorial site as a Centre for Integrated Health and Wellness will be held today, Tuesday November 24th at the Courtyard Marriott Hotel in Brampton. The session will begin at 7pm and is open to all members of the public and media.

    What:  Open public information session on the plans to redevelop Peel
           Memorial as a Centre for Integrated Health and Wellness

    When:  Tuesday, November 24, 2009, 7 p.m.

    Where: Courtyard Marriott Hotel, Windsor Ballroom
           90 Biscayne Crescent, Brampton, Ontario

    Interviews with the following individuals can be arranged before or after
    the information session:

    Who:   Ken White, Supervisor, William Osler Health System

           Neil Davis, Chair, Community Advisory Council, William Osler
           Health System

           Dr. Frank Martino, Chief of Family Medicine, William Osler Health
           System

           As well as medical representatives from William Osler Health
           System programs such as Emergency, Paediatrics, Obstetrics and
           Gynaecology, Critical Care, Mental Health, Surgery, among many
           others.

WILLIAM OSLER HEALTH SYSTEM

William Osler Health System is home to Canada's premier community hospitals - Brampton Civic, Etobicoke General and Peel Memorial (under redevelopment). Osler serves nearly one million residents of the communities of the northwestern Greater Toronto Area including Brampton, Etobicoke, Malton, Caledon and surrounding areas. Osler's emergency departments are among the busiest in Canada and its labour and delivery program is one of the largest in Ontario. Employing approximately 4,200 staff with 720 physicians and 1,000 volunteers, Osler continues to play a major role in serving the growing health needs of its communities. Visit www.williamoslerhs.ca.

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