Dear Editor:
In the early hours of Oct. 4 I was admitted to Groves Memorial Community Hospital with a medical concern. From the time I was in the emergency room until I was discharged three days later I had my eyes opened to the care and compassion shown by the hospital staff.
The emergency room doctor who was treating all in the department, the nurse who cared for me whom it was only on her first day of being a qualified nurse. The radiologist who came in from her home to do my CAT scan, the ward staff the surgeon and doctors the porters the cleaners, I am truly grateful to them all.
We are fortunate to have such a great facility in our county but a hospital is only as good as the people who work in it.
As I left my room on the day of discharge I turned and looked at the nurses at the nurses’ station who were all wishing good luck and good bye. I stopped and said to them, “We are truly blessed to have you all care for us, thank you.”
People complain about long waits and only one doctor; with what our health professionals have been through this past year, we have to be thankful for the care they provide each and every day.
A.Wilkinson,
Elora