I am definitely voting “YES” for a new Allen County Hospital. Why?
• We will never get new doctors without an up-to-date facility in which to work and care for their patients.
• Without a new hospital to attract new doctors, we will not be able to draw in new industry. We need to put people back to work. Who wants to live in a town without good medical facilities?
• People suffering heart attacks, strokes, other emergency accidents or illnesses don’t always have time to be transported to a facility 40 or 50 miles away.
• Nursing homes need a hospital close by for their critical care residents.
• Expecting our doctors, nurses, and other medical personnel to work efficiently in an outdated facility with outdated equipment is like asking a mechanic to work on our car using only a wrench and a screwdriver and working under a shade tree; or expecting a farmer to put in his crops walking behind horse-drawn machinery.
• We, the people of Allen County, deserve to have the best medical care available and in order to do that, we must vote “YES” for a new hospital and be willing to pay the extra 1⁄4 cent sales tax.
Pauline Hawk
Iola, Kan
