A8 - Wednesday, January 18, 1984 - North Shore News ll mailbox ><] Nursing ‘productivity’ Dear Editor Once again, Bill Bennett has successfully diverted the public’s attention away from the real issues in health care today. In his pamphlet ‘‘Restraint to Recovery’’ he makes it seem as if the only issue in health care is whether or not to implement user fees. This could not be far- ther from the truth. In my mind, the real issue in health care today is why do we have unemployed nurses and unus- ed hospital beds while at the same time we have people on six month waiting lists waiting for coronary bypass operations. For those not familiar with coronary by- Passes, a person in need of one lives in constant fear of having a heart attack. The arteries to his heart are so deteriorated that any exercise or a good laugh could trigger off a collapse with resulting death. The coronary bypas operations cures this problem and is a relatively simple operation by today’s stan- dards. The only reason there are six month waiting lists is because Bill Bennett has in- Sisted on closing down hospital beds so that they don’t have to pay nurses’ salaries (0 man them. . » Bennett’s response to these concerns is that he feels that nurses can be more produc- tively employed by the private sector. Somehow he says, the system is better off with people working produc- tively in the private sector rather than unproductively in the public .sector. Following this logic through, what Ben- nett is saying is that a nurse would be more preductive working as a cocktail waitress _ because a cocktail waitress brings in a profit to her employer, whereas a nurse does not. This attitude shows how morally wrong Bill Ben- nett really is. How’ can anyone say that a cocktail waitress is more productive than a nurse and how can anyone say that getting a cor- onary bypass operation is not productive just because the person in need of one cannot afford it. Nurses are produc- tive no matter what Bill Ben- nett thinks and it is an ab- solute scandal that our health care system is operating so far below full capacity when the needs on the system are so great. No-smoke haven Dear Editor: At Bino’s restaurant in West Vancouver last Sunday my wife and | were pleasantly surprised to find that this restaurant owner has already voluntarily introduced a non- smoking section. What’s more, the tables are in good positions and the air condi- tioning system is excellent so that not a single wisp of stray smoke came our way during the meal. The non-smoking section was well patronized and at jeast two groups who arrived with both smokers and non- smokers actually chose to sit in the ‘‘clean air’’ section. I believe that restaurant operators’ fears of losing business because of the West Vancouver Council bylaw is unfounded. The badly air- conditioned and smoke-filled restaurants are the ones that will disappear, whilst more and more we will hear patrons requesting ‘‘a non- smoking table please’’ E.A. White North Vancouver In 1984, we may not be the victims of political repression such as Orwell anticipated, but we certainly are the vic- tims of economic stupidity that has resulted in such wasteful unemployment. Paul S. Hundal North Vancouver Return swans to Stanley Park home Dear Editor: Regarding the article SWAN SONG FOR WEST VAN FOWL? (28/12/83). I certainly agree with the president of the West Van SPCA that the two swans should be returned to the lake in Stanley Park. There is more protection there and more greenery, and healthier water. I certainly hope that something will be done. The Parks Superintendent Mr. Won Kim, says that all is well...well many of us do not think so. 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