I have read the response and questions presented by Mr. Kevin Doherty. I have also been in health care for well over 20 years. I have worked in hospitals all over California, across the country, and in the private sector as well. Mr. Doherty is correct in his observations and the roles of governing agencies at the state and federal levels. It is their job to find where there is improvement to grow and to be sure that the hospitals are functioning at the levels that have been sent forth by them. Every hospital that I have worked at has stories of great work for their community and their patients. The scene of lives being saved and making people comfortable happen at all of them. There are so many unsung heroes in every hospital, at so many different levels.
I do not understand why Mr. Doherty felt it was necessary to tarnish another hospital while trying to make a point. By trying to cast a negative light on another facility it will create a negative back light on the person writing it. It is not a good practice to beat up one hospital and ask for the community to lift up and support their local hospital at the same time.
Steven C. Hodgkinson RN, House Supervisor, Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital
