I wonder how many of Stamfords residents realize how fortunate we are that we have such a wonderful health system within 25 minutes from anywhere in this city. The emphasis is clearly on the patient. Places are bright and cheery contributing to the convalescence of every patient and to the service of outpatients. Receptionists and assistant are helpful and understanding. I have had first-hand experience with the hospital in the last five years and I am impressed with the frictionless experiences of which I was the subject. It requires a great deal of capital to run a well-equipped, well-staffed, medically-competent, slick hospital where the objective is to get the patient well, in short order and back into the world of the healthy. I dont know from where all the funds come or whether or not the organization is even financially solvent but the mere fact that I didnt have to wait more 5 minutes to have X-rays taken in the Medical Building because they have their own digital X-ray machine in their building attests to the fact that money is being spent to make what can be a scary, traumatic experience into a smooth journey through the examining rooms of this organization. Next we must push for interconnectivity between health organizations so that a patients records will be immediately available to other doctors in other hospitals across the country (and the world). Yes, there will be pushback on this concept but the technology is all there already. All we need is a set of standards and the willingness to work with them across all health institutions. The clear winners are all those human beings who are sometimes also called patients.