Nurses
WHILE assisting a relative in the emergency department of the Launceston General Hospital, I said hello to a registered nurse I had met once before.
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“Hi. How are you,’’ I asked. “Exhausted, just coming off an 18-hour shift.’’
I didn't get to ask but I guess this is not an unusual circumstance. Not good. Dangerous even.
No wonder staff are getting out.
Victoria Wilkinson, Grindelwald.
Paramedics
THE poor paramedics are in the firing line again when it comes to a pay increase. The government has offered them a 2.5 per cent pay rise.
The pollies were given a 10.5 per cent rise, which I realise not all have accepted.
Who responds to the terrible crashes and witness sights none of us would wish to see? Not the pollies that's for sure.
For heaven’s sake, give the paramedics a decent reward for what they do or donate your 10.5 per cent to a good cause.
Glennis Sleurink, Launceston.
Language
I AGREE wholeheartedly with correspondent Dick James.
The word 'children' has almost disappeared from the English language. Even the Prime Minister and other leading figures refer to 'kids'.
We need to remember that only a couple of goats can produce a kid. My mother refused to be called nanny because of the connotations.
Margaret Thompson, Hadspen.
Doctor Emergency
READING Emily Baker’s story ‘Doctor Emergency’ (The Examiner, June 11) brought me a tear, for all the patients (some waiting in pain) on the public waiting lists.
As an in-and-out-patient at the Launceston General Hospital you can see that hospital can only cater for emergency and end-care patients, there’s no in-between.
People are waiting for help in their droves. I hope the new government will help them.
