I plan on voting for the 1⁄4 cent sales tax to support a new hospital.
I have been a patient a number of times. Two of my children were born in the present hospital. I was there five years ago after slipping and falling on ice and breaking my ankle. I had real good care in the emergency room and ended up staying four days because of surgery on my ankle.
Before leaving the hospital, a therapist assisted me in learning to use a walker for the first time in my life.
My husband, Orin, recently spent a week in the hospital from July 31 to Aug. 7 when he died. He had real good care. All the nurses were very kind to him and me.
I was able to spend nights there on a small foldout sofa. I also was able to purchase my meals and they were brought at the same time as his.
I found the ladies who cleaned the rooms very kind and friendly, too.
There are lots of updates that need to be done to the bathrooms, etc.
I am hoping and praying that things will work out so we get a new hospital and it is located on East Street. The location is important because it won’t take people long to get there and it also is not far for an ambulance to get to.
I have lived in Iola for 59 years. Before that I lived in Gas.
God bless,
Lavon R. Johnson
Iola, Kan.
