‘Heal first’

Dear Editor:

Re: Bring back health care, Nov. 17.

I would like to take this opportunity to emphasize how much we take our healthcare for granted. Adding an extra half a million immigrants to our population of 15 million with our health care in their current situation, it might just be that straw.

We need to unite our health care together and fix our shortage problems before we can add a heavier workload to our already overloaded frontline workers.

Shortages, pressures, overworking of the healthcare system, surgery backlogs and cancellations, are frustrating for residents of Ontario and the care-providers amidst the staffing shortages.

We as Canadians are coming out of a nation-wide health crisis and we need to heal before we can start our ambitious prehistoric, mass admission of immigrants.

Gavin DeBoer, Centre Wellington