Ukrainian people, not borders Focus on
Re: "War can last for years: NATO", June 20
Jens Storte Nberg and other NATO leaders warn that NATO countries will experience "Ukraine fatigue" for years in the war in Ukraine. They warn that NATO countries must continue to support Ukraine by supplying more weapons. Needless to say, they say nothing about the Ukrainian people. They are really suffering. Hundreds of people are reportedly killed and hundreds more injured each day. Millions of precious citizens have left Ukraine, and millions more have left home for temporary housing elsewhere in the country. The infrastructure built over the years has been destroyed. The word "fatigue" will simplify what is happening to them. As Stortemberg predicts, if the war continues for years, Ukraine will be a hollow shell that has ruined most people and buildings. There is no winner.
When President Zelensky says, "We don't give anyone the South, and we're the only ones to get back," he focuses on the land. In addition, forget about the people he swore to protect. What matters is not the arbitrary borders, but the borders and people that were drawn in a hurry when the conflict areas were all part of a country. You need to draw the border using a referendum instead of a missile.
The only way to really help Ukrainians is to help find a way out of this horrific and devastating war. What we are doing now is not to help them, but to take advantage of them.
Dave Parnas, Ottawa
The medical situation is horrible
Re: “Surgery is reduced due to lack of staff, waiting in Ottawa Time-consuming Emergency Department", June 20
The outflow of health care workers from the system is already horribly exacerbated. For my family and friends, the waiting list for major surgery and consultations can take years. Members of our family have been waiting for a neurological examination for 18 months and a colonoscopy for over a year. The other has been on the waiting list for hysterectomy for over 2 years. Waiting lists are even more intolerable for many who suffer from unobtrusive illnesses such as endometriosis.
Many friends have lost their retired doctors in the last two years and it's not frustrating to find a new one. Combined with a ridiculously long waiting list for diagnostic procedures and treatment, people / patients enter the system with more advanced illnesses and conditions and are more aggressive associated with them, their families, and more often with higher costs. For patients and systems that have more negative effects on the treatment.
Ottawa, Linda Murphy
Thank you for the summer of hope
Last week, I first sat in the cinema for two years. I also went to an annual reception that hasn't been held since 2019. Best of all, I talked to New Brunswick's 95-year-old mother, who is recovering very well from COVID-19, every morning. And what didn't happen last week? I didn't get infected with COVID myself. These four things at the same time as miraculous and mundane. All made possible by vaccines, masks, and a pinch of luck. Thank you to the people who gave us the summer of hope.
Anna Blauveldt, Ottawa
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