LIKE Dr Keith McKillop (“A doctor in new superhospital but I can’t bring myself to use its name”, Agenda, The Herald, July 29) I support social justice. I have started charities, am a trustee and have spent many years trying to help those in need. I have a great respect for the citizens of Glasgow and environs and their no-nonsense wisdom, often earned through difficulty, and I doubt many consider the new hospital to be in the gift of the Queen; if so then our education system, which also provided his “bits of paper”, is failing. I am grateful for his continuing commitment and contribution to our society, and am disappointed that he feels it necessary to denounce Her Majesty as the principal symbol of inequality in our society.
If he can suggest someone who has worked harder, for longer, with more integrity and commitment, and has achieved more for the United Kingdom and beyond, then he should submit their name to NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde health board, which I assume decided on the name of the new hospital, for future consideration. He and I as taxpayers pay them to make decisions, not to hold consultations wasting precious resources. I am unaware of any public consultation held relating to naming of hospitals.
Co-incidentally I read his article while sitting in the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital having taken my wife straight from her GP for tests. I was impressed by the building, impressed by the food provided (despite recent articles in The Herald) and impressed by the care and service of both doctors and all other staff and even impressed by the parking. I am sure both the Queen and taxpayers would consider it taxpayers’ money well spent.
John Taylor,
The Cottage Merkland,
Kirkintilloch.
LAST week I went with my daughter, to John Street, Glasgow, to register the birth of her first child, our first grandson. The “ticket” that the Southern had given her with birth details, clearly said “born SGH” - I assume Southern Glasgow Hospital, which I had no problem with. However when I pointed out to the registrar, a lovely young man called Robert, that we wanted that on the birth certificate, he reluctantly said it was “not possible. We have to put the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, since July 3.”’ Even the Herald birth announcement couldn’t say “‘at the Southern General”. So we just put “born in hospital in Glasgow”. Very sad, really, because the maternity staff at the Southern, where wee Jack was born, were outstanding and deserve a proper mention.
Sheila Duffy,
3 Hamilton Drive, Glasgow.
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