Regarding Dr. Wein
Dear Editor: I was so glad to see the letter of support for this wonderful man.
I would like to add myname to the list of his fans! He also saved my life with such compassion and skill and was at my bedside at all hours including weekends until I improved.
He has a great way of building trust with his wonderful sense of humor.
Please, Sitka, don’t let us lose our Dr. Wein!
Vicky Porter, Sitka
President Trump
Dear Editor: Have you noticed how many talking heads on TV are calling President Trump a pathological liar? I looked up the word ‘‘pathological’’ and it refers mostly to a disease. So Trump has liar’s disease? Maybe we should feel sorry for him. Just since the election he has claimed that he won by a landslide, he claimed there were 3 million to 5 million illegal voters that cost him the popular vote (they all voted for Hillary), and just the other day he claimed that ‘‘busloads’’ of voters came into New Hampshire from Massachusetts, voted illegally and cost him that state. Not to mention the ‘‘thousands and thousands’’ of Muslims in Jersey City who celebrated the fall of the Twin Towers. (He claims he saw this on TV, but no one else did). The only proof he offers for any of these claims is to say, ‘‘Believe me.’’
Last Friday on his way to another weekend at his estate in Mar-a-lago he stopped in Charlotte, South Carolina, to visit the Boeing factory. He loves holding rallies and I predict we’ll see many more of these in the next four years. It appears he’d rather hold rallies than attend to being president; it won’t be long until he visits my hometown of Flint, Michigan, to check on the poisoned water. Believe me. the rally in Charlotte lasted 15 minutes and he said ‘‘Believe me’’ five times whic is once every three minutes. If you want ot get good and drunk, just tune into his next rally and have a shot of whiskey every time he says ‘‘Believe me.’’
What if he starts saying ‘‘Believe unto me?’’ What do we do then? Would that finally be the bridge too far?
We never had ‘‘fake news’’ or ‘‘alternative facts’’ before Trump, now did we?
And have you noticed that he sometimes begins a sentence with ‘‘to tell you the honest truth?’’ Is this what a pathological liar says when a thought he truly believes in happens?
Maybe, having liar’s disease, ‘‘Believe me’’ is the antidote. However, the thought occurs to me that he might simply be hallucinogenic. It has to be one or the other, doesn’t it? A hallucinogenic Donald Trump is a pretty scary thing to imagine, what with his finger on the nuclear button and all. I hope it is just liar’s disease, we can live with that.
Believe me.
Ron Rau, Sitka
Doctor Wein
Dear Editor: I find the firing of Doctor Wein a terrible tragedy for the community of Sitka. He has served my family and so many others over the past years and Dr. Wein is who we all rely on and know he has taken care of us with knowledge and concern.
He does go one step above 99 percent of any doctors I have worked with. He does care about his patients. As as a business women I understand the cash flow has to work, I also understand the best doctors spend the time needed with each patient and it takes both to make a successful hospital. An uncaring doctor is not where I want to go when I need help.
The Sitka Community Hospital, which I support, did not even call the current patients Dr. Wein was taking care of, in fact no one answered the phone for over a week. This left many patients of his without care and not getting any response for those who needed him were left stranded.
I strongly support Sitka Community and I am open to some type of cooperation between both Sitka Community and SEARHC if that can work. SEARHC is also a good hospital and clinic, but Sitka needs our hospital and clinic and by firing the only surgeon that seems like a way to make the Sitka community hospital vulnerable to a take over.
I would be willing to start a petition if there was support from Sitkans in signing a petition, or if someone else has started a petition, I would like to sign it.
I can be emailed at ndavis@gci.net, or contact me on my Facebook page.
Nancy Blatchley Davis, Sitka
Dr. Wein’s Dismissal
Dear Editor: I have recently heard about the unfortunate dismissal of Dr. Richard Wein from Sitka Community Hospital.
Our community has become focused on fiscal responsibility and not only is this needed it is required to get our city back on firm ground. My concern is that we have become so focused on this reality that we turn our backs or forget another reality that has made our community what it is. Sitka is a vibrant, caring, group of island residents that are always available to help out friends, neighbors or even other members of our community that they have never met.
We are always there for each other and are the first ones to say “ how can I help,” so why is it that we are allowing a dedicated member of our medical community to be let go for “fiscal reasons,” and not trying to balance that out with all the other positives that Dr. Wein has provided to our community and all the patients he has come in contact with. Does the bottom line of a spreadsheet outweigh the years of compassion and dedication to patients. I would hope not, and would sincerely hope that we as a community can find a way to balance our need for fiscal responsibility with the more important need to retain our pride as a community that values the importance of our citizens.
Caring for one another can never be measured in dollars, it is measured in the satisfaction of knowing that we have helped another in need, and that is our thanks and our joy. Those fortunate enough to know Dr. Wein know that he his gratification from his job has come from knowing he was able to help.
Isn’t that what we all want?
Susan Padilla, Sitka
