The Editor, Sir:

I continue to be amazed by the churlish, mean-spirited, grudgeful and seemingly bad-minded responses to the announcement that Minister Dwight Nelson had to be flown out of Jamaica for treatment of a condition that is not treatable here.

It was announced in the press that neither the skills nor the facilities required to ensure successful surgery were available on the island.

The question that, therefore, must be asked is: What other option could have been pursued? The question seems to be rhetorical. If the press releases are credible, failure to address this medical condition overseas would seem tantamount to signing off on his demise.

I am further bothered by the absence from these letters of any stated concern for the minister's well-being or even any expression for his full and speedy recovery.

I pray for successful surgery for the minister and also for our beloved island, Jamaica, that it will return to being that caring, compassionate and genteel society that my father knew.

I am etc.,

Lloyd Maxwell

ellmax7@yahoo.com

Kingston 6