Editor, Times-Union: Our problem over Central Standard Time and Eastern Standard Time was created by our state legislators and our governor when they decided to put us on daylight-saving time. In 1962 we were placed on Eastern Standard Time by the federal government. Northwest Indiana and southwest Indiana were left on Central Standard Time.
The first year, after the change, we went on daylight-saving time, but never again. Outdoor theaters were going strong at that time and were adversely affected, they were not able to start their movies until 10 p.m. in the evening, when it became dark enough, which is one of the reasons we did not go on daylight-saving time again.
It took us some time to get used to the time change in 1962, but we eventually did. Now we are going to have to get used to a new time change or go back to where we were before the legislature meets this year. In a sense we were on daylight-saving time all year long after the change in 1962, now daylight-saving time will put us two hours ahead of what we were before the change in 1962. Many years ago the farmers in this area were on Sun Time, 11:30 a.m. was noon, the sun was directly overhead.
The decision is not up to me, whatever it is I will live with it.
Wallace W. Huffman Warsaw
Brother's Care
Editor, Times-Union: I have to get this off my chest and let everyone know how I feel about the doctors and nursing care my brother received.
My brother had a knee surgery in this county.
What should have been a simple surgery anymore turned into a total nightmare for him. Just because his doctor and associates did not remember that their main duty is the health of the patient, especially if they make a mistake.
This doctor had cut into the vein and artery around the knee then tried to stitch the holes. OK, he is only human and mishaps do happen to all of us; but this could have been easily repaired by a real specialist in the nerve area. But the sad problem is that he and his associate along with the staff in the operating room knew what had happened and chose to keep the bad oath of keeping quiet and not keeping the patient's health the main priority.
My brother lay in the hospital for three days before he decided to be transferred to another hospital. In those three days when I was there I had to personally go find a nurse and escort her to his room to get medical care. Neither the doctor nor the nurses took the bandages off to see how the mistake was doing. Instead of the doctor being a man plus a real doctor he chose to be arrogant. Because of all these factors; my brother lost his leg.
When we got to the hospital in Fort Wayne, the specialist came in and immediately got very upset. He said it only takes six hours for the nerves to start dying after no circulation. It had been more than three days. He also had a blood clot and was told that had he stayed where he was one more day that he may have died because of the blood clot that formed around the artificial knee that had to come off with his leg. Sorry to say he never got to use the new knee, but still has to pay for this.
Doctor, and that word is put very haphazardly, instead of suspension you should have lost your license also. So when you walk that turkey to the table and carve it so nice and clean, then you say grace, I hope you ask for forgiveness and be thankful that we don't practice an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. I on the other hand, I will thank the lord that my brother is still with us.
