To the Editor: RE: “Kincardine hears, yet again, hospital board’s case for Edge Plus CT scanner” I would like to offer my appreciation to the South Bruce Grey Health Centre board of directors for finally agreeing to accept the invitation from Kincardine council...
To the Editor: Many residents of Kincardine work directly or indirectly at one of the largest nuclear plants in the world, Bruce Power. In the context of the two global challenges that face us, climate change and COVID-19 (Coronavirus), Kincardine is at the forefront of our solutions.&...
To the Editor: RE: “Kincardine hears, yet again, hospital board’s case for Edge Plus CT scanner” At the Kincardine council meeting (Feb. 17), we saw the same presentation again from the CEO of the South Bruce Grey Health Centre and the hospital board, with a few addi...
To the Editor: I watched one-and-a-half hours of the Kincardine council meeting Wednesday night (Feb. 17) to hear the discussion regarding the purchase of the CT scanner for the Kincardine hospital. My biggest concern from the discussion was that Michael Barrett, president and CEO o...
To the Editor: The following is an open letter to Michael Barrett, president and chief executive officer of the South Bruce Grey Health Centre. It was also sent to the health centre board of directors and to Kincardine council members. Mr. Barrett: After watching your presentatio...
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...