I’ve recently had a surgical operation at the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Edmonton and would like to extend a bouquet to the professional and support staff in the day surgery unit there. The care and treatment I received couldn’t have been better.
I’ve been lobbying for the introduction and retention of public health care in Canada for over half a century. My experience at the hospital served to reinforce my conviction that public health care is the most efficient and cost effective way to provide health care. Despite a few shortfalls, Canadians should be truly grateful for having access to such a system.
We need to be constantly vigilant to ensure that it is not diluted or destroyed by the lobbying efforts of private health care insurance and pharmaceutical corporations and their lackeys.
William Dascavich, Edmonton
