Why did approval take so long?
Why has it taken Seattle City Council two years to finally OK Children’s hospital expansion plans? [“Children’s expansion gains OK of council,” NWTuesday, April 6].
Citizens may not realize how many ways a specialty medical center such as Children’s benefits the whole community and beyond. Not only does Children’s provide first-class medical care to our “small people,” it is also a training arena for many professionals —medical students and residents, nursing students and advanced nursing specialties, occupational and physical therapists, speech and language specialists and others.
Also, Children’s offers ongoing learning opportunities and professional conferences to many groups, professionals and parents. Many times, I have enjoyed and learned new skills while attending conferences on site. Lets get the new building plans moving.
— Mary Kathryn Myers, Kent