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     When he could not find a mistake in ours, he checked over 
     
     the narcotics for the past seven years and found a few 
     
     mistakes. I claimed that the pills were put in the bottle by 
     
     weight and not by actual count. To prove I was wrong, he 
     
     opened a bottle of 1,000 Seconal pills and counted them. To 
     
     my glee, there were four pills short. 
     
    

    
     I got a threatening letter from Ottawa showing 
     
     the shortage each year for the past seven years. I took the 
     
     trouble of assessing the shortage and found it was 324. I 
     
     wrote to Ottawa to ask if they wished for us to send them 
     
     the 324 shortage for seven years. Nothing further was 
     
     heard, yet I was glad when they closed all DVA pharmacies 
     
     in Canada. 
     
    

    
     I made several trips to Ottawa, Toronto, Windsor, 
     
     Banff, Vancouver, Fredericton, St. John’s (Newfoundland), 
     
     Saskatoon, and Quebec City. They were always coming 
     
     up with new ideas of management. What a waste of 
     
     money! They went on to the question of care for seniors. 
     
     We travelled all over Canada for courses. I wonder if the 
     
     benefits justified the expense. 
     
    

    
     I looked after the pensioners in the Magdalen 
     
     Islands and tried to get down there once a year for a week. 
     
     I was impressed by the miles of beaches. There were 
     
     veterans spread all over the Islands. When I looked at the 
     
     big waves, I never went to Grand Entry Island. 
     
    

    
     All the veterans seemed to understand English, 
     
     although one veteran claimed he should have his history 
     
     in French. I sent him to Dr. Rachmel’s office, Dr. Rachmel 
     
     having studied in France and having instructed French 
     
     at McGill University. The veteran could not understand 
     
     Parisian French and gave his history in English. 
     
    

    
     My next trip to Magdalen Islands, who was the 
     
     first veteran I met but the very veteran who could not 
     
     understand English, only I found out that he was 
     
    
   
   
    
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