Opinion/Letters: Zelman saves lives, Lauf saves money
Zelman saves lives while Lauf saves money for the corporation
I am a patient of Dr. Richard Zelman and I am concerned to learn how he is allegedly being treated by Cape Cod Hospital CEO Michael Lauf and others because he has the courage and integrity to stand up for patient rights. While I was a patient at Cape Cod Hospital I heard nothing but good things about Dr. Zelman from every doctor, nurse and hospital staff member that I came in contact with. It was obvious that they had enormous respect for him. I was told several times that I was very lucky to have him for my cardiologist surgeon, as indeed I was.
The news article I read said "He out-earned the CEO" as if that was somehow out of line. Dr. Zelman literally saves lives — CEOs like Michael Lauf save money for the corporation. Should you ever find yourself on that operating table, I believe it will become clear who the most valuable man is. I wish there were more doctors like Dr. Zelman out there.
Donald J. Long, Sandwich
There is only one alternative: conservation
It seems as if the promise made to America of clean, carbon-free energy from nuclear power was a fiction — or at least a gross overstatement from the industry. Our aging plants are costing us dearly, not only in cleanup but environmentally as well. And the ancillary damage to tourism, fishing, and peace of mind is heavy. As Holtec is proposing to dump tritium-laced water into Cape Cod Bay, halfway around the planet Japan is on the verge of dumping exponentially higher amounts into the Pacific Ocean. We are once again using our oceans as a place to throw our waste away.
It’s a mind-boggling paradox as we are on the verge of spending billions to clean up our estuaries by installing sewers, that we would allow an international corporation to increase their profits by dumping nuclear waste. As coal, gas, and nuclear power go away, and resistance to wind, hydro, and solar increases, there is only one alternative …conservation.
Fritz Lauenstein, Dennisport
Dyslexic call center agent makes it to work in a blizzard
It was with much interest that I read the article “Disabled people face work stigmas.”
I worked in a call center in Medford full time for over 10 years. I am dyslexic but unfortunately I never received any special education or accommodations because, even though I always knew that there was something “wrong” with my learning process, I was not diagnosed until after I had graduated from college. The math and science courses required of even a French major such as myself were extremely difficult for me. I had to repeat both several times in order to graduate.
I had assumed that my supreme efforts to do an impeccable job at my entry level position at the call center went unnoticed. I was wrong. Upon transferring out of the call center, Cathy, the senior manager, shared with my new manager that when there was a blizzard, out of almost one hundred employees, the only two who made it to work on time were Georg, the dyslexic agent, and Chuck, the blind agent. Neither one of us lived in the Medford area.
Maybe we were both such great employees because we wanted to be perceived as valuable ones.
Georg Deyab, Hingham and regular Provincetown visitor
Opportunities to stand up for democracy and demand justice
Jan. 6 is the second anniversary of the attack on our Capitol, on our democracy.
As all of us know, having seen and heard the videos, and thanks to the Jan. 6 Committee, having heard the witnesses, that this was a planned, coordinated effort to overturn a free and fair election, to destroy our democracy.
This year, on Jan. 7, we will have the opportunity to meet with neighbors to stand up for democracy and demand justice. We urge all to join us to show your support for voting rights, women’s rights and the rule of law.
We will meet at the Orleans Rotary Saturday, Jan. 7 from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Bring signs or use ours. Park on Rock Harbor Road, or in the shopping center lots. Do not block or cross the roadway.
On Jan. 6 at 4 p.m. there will be a candlelight vigil in Sandwich.
Marcia Goffin, Eastham, and a member of Indivisible Outer Cape and Lower Cape Indivisible
This article originally appeared on Cape Cod Times: Cape Cod Times Opinion/Letters: Zelman saves lives, Lauf saves money
