Dear Editor,

I CAUSED a letter to appear in the Stabroek News and Kaieteur News on Wednesday May 15, 2019 under the caption, “This increase should have been applicable to all NIS pensioners”. It was good to see that the long-serving NIS Publicity and Public Relations Officer, Dianne Lewis-Baxter responded the very next day in the Stabroek News, indicatiing to the general public that the issue of increase of persons whose pensions are above the minimum rate is currently being discussed by the NIS Board and Management.

Thanks to the Public Relations Officer, because it is always never too late than never. Now that this vital piece of information is in the public domain, we the pensioners can live in hope rather than despair. So far so good.

Years ago, I also, through the daily newspapers, namely the Kaieteur News and Stabroek News, commented about the ultrasound machine at the Suddie Public Hospital, which, though operable, the public could not have benefited from because the Cuban technician had returned home on holiday. I was pleasantly surprised when I learnt that the very next day the machine was in operation, thanks to the intervention of a local technician.

Thanks to the editors of the daily papers for affording readers and writers that precious space so our voices can be heard, and our concerns can sometimes be immediately addressed.

Regards,

Archie W. Cordis