[clari.canada.general] Margaret:

clarinews@clarinet.com (Kelly/CFRB/CKFM) (02/03/90)

	(TORONTO) Provincial Health Minister Elinor Caplan pitched in this
morning at the official ground breaking ceremony for the first phase of
the new Princess Margaret Hospital. 
	When complete, the new facility at the corner of College and
University will help ease the backlog of demand for cancer treatment.  
	Miserable winter weather couldn't dampen the high spirits of
hospital  officials as the health minister tossed the first shovel of
soil to mark the start of construction. 
	As well as providing radiation therapy for an additional one
thousand patients a year, Caplan says building the new facility close to
other major hospitals will mean better cancer treatment and care.
	Phase One should be open early next year.  The rest of the hospital
to be completed by 1993.