Hospital not ferry: I was a resident of Powell River all my life growing up and got a darn good job for 37 years with Catalyst Paper Corporation and I’m now retired, thank you kindly.
I have noticed that there is still a ferry problem in this city [“City looks at self-run ferry service,” November 11] and the medical situation is you’ve still got to go to Vancouver or Vancouver Island for treatments.
Powell River General Hospital is a wonderful facility, but not big enough for acute care and you need equipment and the specialists to stay. It’s hard if you cannot care for your town’s people.
Powell River should stay away from the ferry situation and put in a bigger facility for MRI treatments for all other problems that arise. If you are an isolated community, it helps.
With bad storms you cannot get out in time and a life could be saved if you have proper care.
Spending money on a ferry that will be docked in a bad storm is not good, or a plane that cannot fly because of bad weather. Putting money into a bigger facility for your heath system would be better for all.
Use the ferries for vacations, but who needs to leave if you’ve got the care you need?
Clifford Lang
Squamish, BC
