The Port Kaituma hospital in the north west does not have a functioning generator and nurses and doctors are forced to work under intense pressure especially in emergency situations, residents say.
Since late last year, a generator used to supply power to the hospital whenever there is a power outage, stopped working and was never repaired according to a resident. Stabroek News was told that last week the Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Home Affairs visited the community along with Member of Parliament Joe Hamilton to inspect construction works currently being carried out on the new hospital and nothing