WAIT TIMES GO TO THE DOGS
Regarding your article "Chaoulli's back, now as private health broker" (May 30, 2007, Vol 4, No 10), there is severe and ongoing criticism of waiting time for medical care, specialist consultation, MRI and CT scans and repair of fractured hips in old people. Here is an example of the contrary.

Last week, the youngest member of my family, aged 7, had serious convulsions. On Saturday a consultation was advised, and by Monday he saw a specialist and had an MRI and a definitive diagnosis.

The family is very grateful to the doctors in Collingwood, Barrie and Guelph — and to the excellent standard of care set by the Ontario Veterinary College!

Dr J W McGillivray, Collingwood, ON

DCA: CANCER ANSWER?
I received the latest NRM today andenjoyed reading your story ("Clinic prescribes untested cancer 'cure'", June 30, 2007, Vol 4, No 12) on the hot and controversial topic of DCA.

Dr AkbarKhan, Medicor Cancer Centres, Toronto, ON

CLARIFICATION
The article "Cancer scandal puts path standards under the scope" (June 15, 2007, Vol 4, No 11), about Newfoundland's troubled breast cancer testing, contains the statements "more than 300 flawed estrogen/progestin receptor (ER/PR) tests in the province had resulted in inaccurate diagnoses and treatment of breast cancer patients. At least 176 of the women are now dead." The 176 women did indeed have negative ER/PR and later died, but only 36 of them had received false test results.