The letter to the editor I chose was to the Chicago Tribune by Jerry Latherow, president, Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, Chicago who commented on the article about, “how the Illinois Department of Public Health fails to investigate 85 percent of the complaints against hospitals (Page 1, Nov. 6) only reinforces the need for private citizens to have access to our courts when mistakes have been made in hospitals.” He uses the appeal to irrational fears in his letter by saying that there was some type of flaw in the Illinois Department of Public Health and that some patients requests are being ignored due to the fact that the department is failing to fulfill their duty by checking on the complaints and trying to fix the issues that are reoccurring. He basically says that any victims that were involved in the incident should go to the courts so that the hospital doesn’t repeat its mistake.
here is a direct link to my source: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/ct-vp-1115voicelettersbriefs-20111115,0,3378077.story
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