Let’s praise our health care staff
I have just spent seven days in WellStar Kennestone Hospital, receiving care in the emergency room, Acute Care Unit and surgery. There was nothing to be critical of and much to be thankful for. I am overflowing with gratitude and praise for all of our health care workers, and especially for the nurses. Doctors direct their actions, of course, but the nurses have to make it happen. Nurses are highly trained to provide excellent treatment for those under their charge.
Health care workers manage complete care services with precision and compassion. They are on their feet most all the time. They take turns working night duty and offer all kinds of humble maintenance services with dignity. They have to be accurate in record-keeping and proficient in computer skills. I have the greatest admiration for people who choose their life’s profession to provide critical services to suffering mankind. What would we do without these devoted servants when we are in pain or when a loved one is in some traumatic circumstance? They all deserve some accolades and encouragement.
ROSE MARIE SMITH, WOODSTOCK
N.C. abortion case raises concerns
Regarding the abortion law that was shot down in North Carolina (“Appeals court strikes down NC abortion law,” AJC.com, Dec. 22), I would like to ask, whose rights are really being violated? With this law (requiring abortion providers to show and describe an ultrasound to a pregnant woman) shot down, does this mean doctors who want to do an ultrasound will not be able to perform one? If that were so, that is going against the free speech of those doctors.
I agree with Ruth Samuelson when she said, “I still believe that women deserve to have the information necessary to make an informed choice. … This is a life-changing decision for many women.” I believe that life begins at conception, and that the act of abortion stops the beating heart of a living, breathing, beautiful human being created by God. Women need to be informed of the facts.
RENEE DYKES, WINDER
A real bookstore beats going online
It’s fine that Thomas Sowell recommended books as gifts this holiday season, but unfortunate that he urged buyers to order them via the Internet (“Shun the shopping mob, order good books online,” Opinion, Dec. 24). Millions of people are already doing that, which has put thousands of small bookstores out of business. Many big box stores have had to close. The Internet doesn’t need a boost. Going to a bookstore is a completely different buyer experience than online, and many people appreciate that. Sowell could give entrepreneurship a shout out by suggesting that buyers support their local bookstores, wherever they still remain. … I am surprised he missed this opportunity to boost the small-business community.
SANDRA TIEKEN, ROSWELL
