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Doctors deserve our respect

Dear Editor:

Summer is over: now is the time
to consider our vacations. Mine? I
tested our local medical facilities.
Let me report to all residents.

My holiday plans were changed
when an ultra scan, ordered for

another purpose, revealed a large _

malignant tumor quietly enjoying
itself on my right kidney.

Three weeks later, kidney and
tumor were removed.

1 marvel at the speed . and
courtesy with which I was treated,
for 1 am the modern unknown cit-
izen -— senior, female, living
quietly in a smali apartment.

Had ! been the dowager of a
prestigious or wealthy family, 1
could not have been treated with
greater consideration.

Specialists booked full time,
squeezed me into their daily
routines. Three days after a
cat scan,a bed and operating space
were found for -me. Post-
operative care was excellent.

We on the North Shore have
much for which to be thankful:
: we have Lions Gate Hospital and
its staff to serve our health needs.

After nine days in hospital, 1

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out citizens
Dear Editor:

1 am a Lions Gate Hospital
Auxiliary volunteer in the
emergency department.

Several weeks ago a Sunshine
cab driver brought in an elderly;
blind lady for emergency treat-

“ment. He absolutely refused any
fare payment,

Last week a Sunshine driver saw
_@ man trip as he ran across the
‘street, strike his head on the curb
and appear stunned. The driver
picked him up, put him in his cab

- and brought him to the hospital.
The patient was not even

“gapable of offering to pay the

. fare.

Guess who { am going to call

. when I need a taxi?
L.A. Taylor
-North Vancouver,

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returned home. But [ wasn't
finished with testing the facilities.

My throat decided to go into
painful spasms whenever I
swallowed. Dehydrating, I was
sent by my family doctor to the
emergency department to be seen
by a throat specialist.

Again, doctors eased me into
their full schedules: 1 was re-
admitted for intravenous feeding. —

After appropriate care, I
returned home, impressed both by
the hard-working nurses and busy
doctors.

In my 16 days in hospita! | had
time to observe and think. |
wondered if the doctors’ salaries
were capped and if they limited
the number of patients they would
see, who would they eliminate?
The unexpected patient with
cancer within? The dehydrating
person? You with the broken leg?

There are others waiting weeks

for appointments. Which of us
would be denied access to care?

I want to deplore the way our
elected reps in Victoria are
treating cur doctors. I hope they
realize they, too, may need them.

I hope they realize their high-
handed tactics could send the best
and brightest of our health pro-
fessionals elsewhere. We shall all
be the losers.

1, not by choice, tested the local
medical facilities. They were ex-
cellent.

1 urge everyone to let his MLA
know we want our hard-working
doctors treated with the same
respect and care they give us.

What would | have done
without them? What will you?

I want to thank Lions Gate
Hospital and staff for the good
work done in this community.
Marguerite Carriere
North Vancouver

Cost of ferries reasonable

Dear Editor:

For those who might be in-
clined to criticize the cost of
B.C. Ferries, the following
might be of interest.

This summer my wife and |
visited Europe and decided to
take our rental car to France
on the Newhaven-Dieppe
route.

We inadvisedly decided to go
on a Saturday. This crossing
takes four hours. Total cost,
one-way, was 146 pounds ster-
ling, which at the rate of ex-
change at that time worked out
fo just over $300!

When I complained about
the high cost 1 was told not to

travel on a weekend.

On our return we came back
on a Thursday, ciianging the
route to Cher-
bourgh-Southampton, a 6%
hour crossing. Fare this time:
85 pounds sterling — at the
exchange rate of $200.

Combined, our 10% hours of
crossings cost us $500.

Question: How many times
can you go’ back and forth
from the mainland to Van-
couver Island for that kind of
expense? |

Perhaps we should not com-
plain about our fares.

C.D. Cooper
North Vancouver

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addressed to:

“Parks & Recreation Committee” c/o City Hall, 141 West 14th Street, North Vancouver, B.C. VIM ino:

Bruce ‘A. Hawkshaw
City Clerk

‘The Ci ity of North Vancouver.
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