Rotorua letters to the editor: Time to recognise hospital staff efforts

Jan Bellingham says her husband was admitted to Rotorua Hospital and received "wonderful care from a knowledgeable, patient and warm-hearted medical team". Photo / Andrew Warner

I am writing to you because I am tired of hearing complaints against our health [system].

My husband (elderly) was recently in Rotorua Hospital for almost three weeks.

He was extremely ill on admittance and during his time there received wonderful care from a knowledgeable, patient and warm-hearted medical team.

While I am sorry not all patients feel this way, I think it’s time our hospital staff received some recognition for all they do under often very difficult conditions, and we realised just how fortunate we are to have free medical care.

A huge thank you to all of them.

Jan Bellingham

Ngongotaha

Ban public sale of fireworks now

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon prides himself on being a man of the people and listening to their concerns. He and his government have shown that they listen to aggrieved landlords, thwarted developers, vapers, gun owners and people who want to drive faster and don’t like speed bumps (or perhaps that is only Simeon Brown). We are asking Christopher Luxon to please listen to us.

Every year, we view the approach of Guy Fawkes Day with foreboding. It will mean keeping the frightened dog indoors, shifting livestock to distant paddocks, being disturbed night after night by booms and bangs and, on one occasion, a blaze in the nearby wetland started by fireworks. This is the unpleasant reality of Guy Fawkes for a great many citizens.

Sparklers and golden rain are fun in the backyard, but the public fireworks events are much better. They are free and are run by responsible people, not by the hooligans that can buy fireworks downtown and disturb the community for months. Please listen to us, Prime Minister; ban the public sale of fireworks.

Ann and Basil Graeme

Tauranga

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