Ed Quinlan -corrupt bureaucrat !

            I just read Edward J. Quinlan's fatuous response to a Providence

    Journal editorial, " ER ennui " ( Aug.24 ). Quinlan - the president of

    the Hospital Association of Rhode Island -does not have a fresh idea in

    his head about improving ANYTHING in our hospitals.

            Quinlan is just a shameless, bureaucratic hack -only interested

    in maintaining the status quo. This type dreads " harsh words " - the

    simple truth about their defective institutions.

          If an emergency room seems understaffed -especially by the patient

    being treated -then we can assume that it is indeed understaffed.

        Some of the forces shaping Rhode Island health care are perhaps :

    poor management, inhumanity, and old fashioned GREED.

       Also, Mr. Quinlan - nurses and doctors " doing their absolute best "

    deserve more respect from hospital administrations.

        I may or may not agree with Providence Journal editorials. But

    they are rarely ridiculous - like most corrupt bureaucrats .

       ( Mr. Quinlan's letter was published in the Providence Journal on

        Sept.7  )