Dear Editor: Anne Watson's Aug. 21 story regarding the sole ambulance in West Van, (Union Backs Call for 2nd WV Ambulance) while interesting, fails to ask some key questions.
Why do the towns of Pemberton, Whistler, Squamish and Lions Bay each have two ambulances while West Vancouver, a bigger city, only has one? We pay our taxes like everyone else, and when our sole ambulance is used we have to borrow one from North Van or Lions Bay? That doesn't sound like a fair nor healthy situation for a community with a growing elderly population.
Why are there four fire halls in West Van with 120 firefighters (to staff all the different shifts), but only one ambulance with eight paramedics? Isn't it time that our governments cared about our health as much as they care about our houses burning down?
Barbara Forsyth
West Vancouver
