Two days of bread and jam

RECENTLY an elderly friend entered a local nursing home for respite care. The patient’s meals are prepared off-site, and for two days this friend was given only jam sandwiches to eat. A subsequent promise that three eggs a week would be provided to the vegetarian patient was never fulfilled. No doubt this nursing home is receiving government grants, and assuring the government that their patients are receiving nutritious meals. For nursing homes to provide inadequate nutrition is to fraudulently accept the patients’ fees and the government grants.

Dog dangers

IN reply to Sarah Liggins (Letters, September 20), friendly dogs can also do so much damage when left to roam. I was at my son’s block in the new Brighton Estate when a dog from another building site ran towards me and knocked me over. I landed on my lower back and top part of my head. I felt excruciating pain in my head, not knowing at that time blood vessels had burst. Four weeks later I was taken to hospital in the middle of the night, and after scans etc, my family were told my brain had compacted down and the top was full of clots and blood. Later that morning I had brain surgery to both sides of my head, with plates and screws inserted each side. Dogs should not be left to roam unattended, no matter how friendly. I am so thankful to the amazing surgeon and nurses at the Royal Hobart Hospital for the care I received. I am very lucky to still be here. It was a very traumatic time for my husband and children. vestigate this. This is a crucial time in the City of Hobart’s history with millions of dollars of private investment and infrastructure planned. Ratepayers and the business community need to feel confident the election is free of any political or international interference and there is an open and transparent process for voting.