To the Editor: RE: “Retired doctor recommends Edge Plus CT scanner for Kincardine hospital” I respect Dr. Donna Taylor’s position on the CT scanner issue. What struck me was her comment: “This is the first decision by the South Bruce Grey Health Centre board...
To the Editor: I have been retired from medicine almost 10 years now. To hear that Kincardine is finally getting a CT scanner is amazing news. This is the first decision by the South Bruce Grey Health Centre board of directors in 21 years, to bring a new service to Kincardine. This ...
To the Editor: I don’t see why the South Bruce Grey Health Centre board of directors is so adamant about buying the Edge Plus CT scanner for Kincardine hospital. With the same Drive CT scanner as Walkerton hospital (also part of the South Bruce Grey Health Centre), wouldn&rsqu...
To the Editor: Kincardine is getting a brand-new CT scanner. This is excellent news for the community, but news that has led to some difference of opinion, all the same. In particular, I know concerns have been raised about the type of scanner selected by the South B...
To the Editor: I fully agree that it is very short-sighted to purchase the Edge Plus CT scanner for the Kincardine hospital. We have zero experience with this machine, no training program, and no maintenance program! Moreover, we should buy the same as Walkerton hospital; albeit,...
To the Editor: RE: "Doctors, readers respond, regarding choice of CT scanner at Kincardine hospital" My utmost respect goes out to our long-term physicians and our new physicians for voicing their concerns over the choice of CT scanner for the Kincardine hospital. Unfortu...
To the Editor: The South Bruce Grey Health Centre board of directors press release, published Feb. 6, indicated its intention to proceed with the purchase of the Edge Plus CT scanner for Kincardine hospital. Over 100 years of combined experience in serving the medical needs of Kinca...
To the Editor: RE: “Kincardine resident wants public input on choice of CT scanner for Kincardine hospital” Extremely well said. I wonder what is really behind this decision that Kincardine is not deserving of the better CT scanner? I do not feel that the hospi...
To the Editor: RE: “Kincardine councillor reprimanded second time for breaching Code of Conduct” Kincardine council’s decision to reprimand councillor Dave Cuyler for breaching its Code of Conduct, says a lot more about council than it does Cuyler. Cuyler, apparen...
To the Editor: RE: “Kincardine woman recalls Blizzard of 1971” Shirley Bieman’s recollection of that blizzard in January, 1971, took me back to our experience in Ashfield Township. We were a young couple with a five-month-old son. We were relatively new to country...
It was early in 2020 that we first started hearing about the Coronavirus (COVID-19). At first, it didn’t affect our lives in any way! My husband, Harv, and I were in Florida enjoying the heat, the golf, the ocean, barbecues, Pickleball, church suppers, the pool and walking the lo...
To the Editor: The following is a memo to the South Bruce Grey Health Centre (SBGHC) board of directors regarding the CT scanner for Kincardine hospital: To: CEO Michael Barrett and members of the board (chairman John Gilbert, Leslie Hastie, Larry Allison, Jim Bagshaw, Sheila Dowler...
To the Editor: RE: “Kincardine deserves the best, most-accurate CT scanner, say readers” Barry Holt's letter and many other posts oppose the South Bruce Grey Health Centre board’s decision for a CT scanner in Kincardine. But CEO Mike Barrett's agenda is, &quo...
A phrase heard more and more these days is, "The light at the end of the tunnel,” which spells the end of what has been for many of us the most devastating public health crisis in our lifetime. While our workers continue to be ultra-diligent in taking the necessary precautio...
To the Editor: RE: CT scanner controversy Perhaps the decision-makers could determine which CT scanner is best for the patients, when comparing the Edge Plus to the Drive, for the Kincardine hospital. I do not want another midnight run in an ambulance, during an ice storm, to Walke...
To the Editor: RE: “Kincardine business owners upset that they stay closed but schools can re-open” I agree that if the schools can re-open, then businesses should re-open. It does not make sense; it’s totally arbitrary. If some regions can be open for school, ...
To the Editor: RE: “Local community upset as hospital board pursues Edge Plus CT scanner for Kincardine hospital” This is a message to the South Bruce Grey Health Centre board: Good enough is not good enough. Kincardine needs the best available CT scanner or the ma...
To the Editor: RE: “Municipality reaffirms support for Drive CT scanner at Kincardine hospital” Thanks for the report on the proposed CT scanner at the Kincardine hospital. It certainly appears that our family doctors have done their research, and know which ...
Why did I start the “Willing to Listen” Facebook page? It’s a question I am asked almost daily, whether it be from residents curious about the process, or friends and family worried about how much I’m taking on in my free time (which let’s be honest, as a ...
For the record, I am not a technophobe. You can’t be in the on-line news business and be terrified of new technology because every day presents with a new and different way of doing things. Try to get comfortable on Facebook! However, I am somewhat resistant to change. Whic...