— from Catherine Pederson —
Dr. Diane Boteler brings over 20 years of experience serving medical needs on Orcas Island. She is uniquely qualified to assess the needs of both patients and medical providers in our isolated – not always readily accessible – island location. We are neither suburban nor rural. Our needs are different – Diane knows and understands this.
Diane’s medical expertise as she served in several medical capacities on Orcas – as both a caring and knowledgeable family physician, and as an administrator – enable her to perceive and evaluate the medical needs of our community.
Diane’s extensive medical involvement includes work in rural Africa where her responsibilities included administrative as well as medical skills – giving her a broad range of experience which increase the value of her contributions as a highly qualified Hospital District Commissioner
Diane is uniquely qualified to bring her knowledge of these needs to our island community to enlighten and contribute to the financial expertise of other candidates.
Join me in casting your vote for Diane Boteler – and provide us with the broadest possible range of abilities and experience to the establishment of our Orcas Island Hospital District.
I write here as a individual (not as coalition member) to add my two cents to this message in support of Dr. Diane Boteler. I have had the distinct pleasure of working with Diane during brief stints while she covered vacations for the regular doctors at the Orcas Medical Center. It was always difficult to find stand-in doctors and everyone breathed a huge sigh of relief when we were able to engage Diane. She knew the facility, knew many of the patients, and was (is!) a superb physician. Having worked on the inside of a health care facility, I can’t tell you how important it is to elect as commissioner someone who understands, first hand, the complexities of practicing family medicine in a rural setting. How to interact effectively with EMS. What professional decisions come into play when differentiating between primary care and urgent care. She is uniquely qualified among all the candidates. If she is elected, I can pretty much guarantee that the health care professionals on Orcas will all breathe a huge, collective sigh of relief!