I Just Like To Write

It's true. I do so much writing because I like to do so.  I enjoy spending time on here setting out matters that interest me. And, hopefully you too.

Of course, in the last little while, I am writing more stories now than before. The reason for that is pretty simple. It is still so cold outside that I just do not go there. Rather, I stay inside and stay warm. Given all this extra time, I try to use it by helping me from a "brain" perspective by writing these stories.

Accordingly, here are some new ones.

A LOT OF PEOPLE SEEM TO LIKE ME

I think I posted something similar to this before, but here is some information that I just received from Tripadvisor which is a very large, on-site travel website. It gave me credit for so many people coming to their website to read a travel comment I wrote quite some time ago which was put there. Here is my redraft of their email that they sent to me taking out some of the parts in it that are not relevant.

I truly cannot believe how large that number of readers is but I am so happy that it has been posted as an achievement of mine.

MORE DOCTOR RECRUITMENT

There is the need for more doctors in our area, even though it was made to appear as if our medical numbers were quite high. The obvious reason for that is that the number of sick patients in this area is very high:

"Windsor Regional Hospital has brought in some doctors from across the province to help in the emergency department during the busiest winter in the facility’s history.

December, January and February set a record for most admissions ever at the hospital. In early 2018 alone, Windsor Regional admitted 285 more patients than for the same time last year. A total of 2,885 patients were admitted in January and February.

The acute patient days at the hospital spiked at 14,840 in January, compared to 12,135 in August, a 22 per cent increase." (CraigPearson, Windsor Star, March 5, 2018) 

Here is another disturbing matter in the story:

"Besides the trying winter, Windsor Regional has struggled with losing doctors, mostly from emergency medicine, because the Canadian dollar has tumbled. When the currencies were at par, several American physicians joined the local emergency team, though they have since returned home...

“So what we have had to do since, to get our numbers back, is we had to recruit. We have conducted a large recruitment effort in the last year.”

As I am sure that you recall, the actual number of doctors who are hired per year here is rather small. I wonder if it even covers the number of doctors who retire per year. Is it any wonder then that there are problems in the emergency department.

I believe that the medical situation in Windsor and in the small cities in the region is horrific. I do not believe that a new hospital will make anything better if its capacity is only 500 people. We are well over that number now for the 2 hospitals here without a big population growth which is supposed to come to this area. That growth obviously will have a large number of older people in it as well who will require hospital space as they get ill, especially if they live to an older age.  That hospital capacity has to be less so how are the bigger numbers of sick people going to be treated?

Oh, I read that the new hospital can be expanded to treat more people. What will the cost of that be…another billion dollars? If so, who provides that money!

I just have this sneaky feeling that after the next provincial election we are going to see significant changes in what is going to be done for the expansion hospitals throughout this Province. My guess is an easy one… Our new hospital will not be built for many years and our existing hospitals will have to be expanded to deal with all the new patients that will arise in this area.

OUR NEW LIBRARY

I have to admit that I really do not understand how the City of Windsor acted with respect to our Library system.

What I mean is really quite simple. The existing main branch of the Library in Windsor is located now on Ouellette Avenue in downtown Windsor. It has now been sold with its closing to take place in June, 2019. Big deal, you might think. The Library will just move to a new location.

Of course, that is true, except for one small little point.  No site has been purchased where the main branch can be re-located. People are out now looking for such a place. Here is what I mean:

"Library CEO Kitty Pope said they need 75,000 sq. ft., but there does not appear to be any available buildings downtown that fit the bill. 

"So, we need something that has the correct weight load to be able to carry the volume of materials that we put on the floor," Pope told CBC Windsor Morning's Tony Doucette. 

"So far, we've looked at 16 sites, in the downtown and slightly outside of the downtown, and at this point, we can see nothing that we could move into with minor renovations." (CBC News March 5, 2018)

I just find the situation ridiculous. Seriously, what will the cost of the new library be assuming that they can find a proper building location in downtown Windsor. What if that cost will be substantially higher than the amount received on the sale on the other property. Moreover, I would expect that the inside in whatever building is purchased has to be adjusted dramatically to meet the requirements necessary for a library. Who knows, it might be necessary to tear down what is on the new site and rebuild everything. I expect that will cost a lot more than the amount received for the existing building.

Anyway, dear reader, if you live in Windsor, you might wonder how well you think that the Mayor and Councillors who approved this project to go forward have done when it comes time for you to vote in the fall.