I address this letter to the Fulton County Board of Supervisors. I have read in various newspapers that you are thinking of abolishing and/or privatizing the Fulton County Nursing Service and other health-related facilities within the county.

I feel you should be finding ways to expand its staff to make these agencies and facilities more of a profitable asset to the county. If there are angels of mercy, they fill the bill. In recent years, I have been stricken with cancer and had a stroke along with other various health-related problems. The Fulton County Nursing Service has seen me through every catastrophic illness I've had. They are caring, encouraging and understanding caregivers, and I could have never gotten through all these illnesses without them.

I have had other home-care agencies, but they were not to what my particular situation called for. I ask, and I think I probably speak for most of the elderly population, that you reconsider any thought of closing or privatizing any health-care-related facilities in this county. We don't need more closings of county departments. We need more expansions within our county departments to make more revenue for Fulton County.

MARIE CATANZARO

Gloversville