Editor,

We are so blessed to have Whidbey General Hospital on our wonderful island. I have been visiting an elderly friend at Whidbey General; she is 95 years old.

The care and treatment she is receiving is of the highest standard. Everyone from the person who cleans her room to the social worker to the attending physician, gives her the best care available anywhere, and we have it right here.

I had my MRI there last week. It was so convenient to not have to leave the island for our tests. My family has been experiencing exceptional care at Whidbey General since 1970, from cardio rehab to the annual blood draws.

This publicly owned hospital, where we the people get to vote on whatever major changes we want, has the finest group of professionals serving this community, from the administration down. We have watched Whidbey General grow to meet the needs of our community.

Georgia Gardner has been an important part of this administration since 2012, and she is running for re-election as the hospital commissioner for District No. 2.

As a CPA, she is the go-to person on the board for financial information. The board needs her, we need her and we need to cast our votes for her this November.

Sue Tingstad

Coupeville