MidlandToday welcomes letters to the editor at [email protected] or via our website. Please include your daytime phone number and address (for verification of authorship, not publication). MidlandToday received the following letter from reader Tina Haslam in response to the story GBGH 'has reached its end of life,' CEO says of need for new facility.
Now nearing completion of eight weeks with my spouse in GBGH and knowing they will be there several more weeks, I am in complete agreement with this assessment.
It is abundantly clear that the facility is woefully short of beds and utterly understaffed. The staff there work extremely hard to provide excellent care but given the severe demands on their time, the results can vary.
From what I can see as the spouse of a patient who was extremely ill at times, the hospital is in desperate need of enlargement or a new facility. They appear to he at capacity or overflowing nearly 100% of the time.
Having come from Fergus, Ont., I watched the fundraising begin before 1990 and the new facility open a few months after I moved away in 2020.
Perhaps an addition would be the most prudent choice. Whatever is the best option, an examination of costs and options needs to begin immediately as it appears these projects can take much longer than is useful.
Tina Haslam
Midland
