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I used to be surprised to learn concerning the emotionally harrowing and technically difficult rescue of 17 tiny infants from The Ottawa Hospital’s Common campus neonatal intensive care unit. Surprised additionally as a result of my firefighter son was considered one of these distinctive professionals who tirelessly serve their group with compassion, effectivity and high quality to maintain Ottawa residents secure in so many alternative methods.
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The images are searing: a firefighter holding a tiny child for a prolonged interval whereas taking it to security; a really unwell child on a stretcher; a gaggle of firefighters and medical employees strolling with these infants.
What’s additional poignant and emotional to me is that my son himself was born very prematurely along with his twin brother 4 many years in the past, weighing lower than 1.5 kilos and requiring two months’ hospitalization.
This full circle demonstrates the resilience of life and the results of high quality care in well being service. Thanks to all you fantastic firefighters and medical employees.
Ann Rangecroft, Totnes, Devon, England
Fill the hole on getting prescriptions
I’m one of many fortunate Canadians with a household physician. For individuals who don’t have this privilege, refilling a prescription is a irritating battle with no concrete options. In an try to help my brother just do that, I carry on working right into a brick wall.
I attempted calling 8-1-1 for Well being Join Ontario considering that they might have some solutions; their suggestion was to name walk-in clinics in hopes that one is likely to be charitable sufficient to resume his prescriptions; or go to the over-crowded, overwhelmed emergency departments and await hours in hopes {that a} refill prescription is likely to be obtained there.
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Is that this what Canadian medical care has been diminished to? Why hasn’t the provincial authorities at the very least arrange clinic only for this objective? Does this not make sense? Ignoring the issue won’t make it go away. What’s improper with this authorities?
Robert Broatch, Ottawa
The Lansdowne file and ‘sheer audacity’
Re: Deachman, A bit track, a bit dance, and a few surprising Lansdowne 2.0 developments, Nov. 3.
Columnist Bruce Deachman termed my comparability of whether or not I must renovate my kitchen to the Lansdowne 2.0 proposal as “sheer audacity.” What’s actually “sheer audacity” is the Ottawa Sports activities and Leisure Group and the town asking taxpayers to spend $419 million for renovations of one thing that was renovated 9 years in the past. And please be aware that OSEG — which will get unique use of the brand new services — just isn’t contributing a dime to the renovations.
Deachman wrote about how he needed to “endure” the delegations talking towards the Lansdowne 2.0 proposal. If it’s any consolation, I can guarantee him it’s more durable for a few of us taxpayers to “endure” billionaire companions in search of one other $419 million in taxpayers’ subsidy.
John Dance, Ottawa
Struggle the intuition for failure
Having lived in Ottawa for greater than 30 years, I’ve seen a metropolis and its elected councils gripped by small-minded considering, with the political response being to go low-cost and go small. Assume LRT. I concern returning to the times of a rotting husk at Landsdowne. Metropolis council, please show that previous just isn’t prologue and combat these instincts for failure.
Peter Sharp, Ottawa
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