To the editor,
Since I wrote the letter to the editor regarding the future of the LPH, people have been calling me with new-born hope.
Thanks to these calls, I have realized that we have a situation here in Thunder Bay. Many mental health patients are faced with this problem – where to go for help?
The wing at the hospital, which has 52 beds, and at St Jo's, which has 38 beds, are not enough and not suited to their needs.
Many of them end up on the streets, and become a threat to our safety. Their families are desperate and also don't know where to go for help.
When you copy and paste this link to a new tab, you will find a petition. A friend of mine will deliver it in person to the Ministry of Health in March and make a presentation on behalf of us who are becoming increasingly concerned with the wellbeing of our loved ones and of ourselves.
If we want to prevent crime in our community, this would be a good place to start, wouldn't it?
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/mental-illness-addiction-northwestern-ontariothe-reality/
Please forward this message to as many people as possible.
Thank you.
Catherine Sajna,
Thunder Bay