Today Ont. Min.Health Rhodes Scholar Dr.Eric HOSKINS MD(McMaster) MSc(Lond.Trop.Med.) PhD(Oxon.) Dip.Health.Econ(Aberdeen) made the announcement at the luxurious Dr.Riva (Appleby) GERSTEIN CC O.Ont PhD.(Tor-Psych..) Crisis Centre (10 beds).at 100 Charles St.East.. There is a second GERSTEIN Centre at 1045 Bloor St.West.(14 beds) Both funded by the Central Toronto LHIN (Local Health Initiative Network (Chmn. Mrs Angela FERRANTE) C.-T. LHIN budget $4.2-billion.
This is similar to the plan started in the late 1940s by the London King Edward's Hosp Fund which allowed GPs to phone and find the nearest Hosp bed available. The Fund was first financed in the early 1900s by the then "Richest Canadian" George Stephen 1rst Baron of Mount Stephen GCVO..
