Dear Editor,
Please permit me space in your letter column. I am very disturbed at how the Suddie Public Hospital is operating and how people are being treated by its health care workers. I am saddened by the passing of a great soul and the treatment meted out to him. He was admitted to the facility on Wednesday 4th of October 2023 for pain about his body he received from a fall. The doctors and staff dragged their feet and he only got to do a scan on October 5.
The results showed he received internal damages, was bleeding and required urgent and more advanced treatment available only at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corp (GPHC) or at a private health facility. However, the Suddie hospital administration chose to send him by ambulance on the ferry to GPHC, a journey which lasted about 4 plus hours. Imagine this man needed urgent treatment and is being sent on a ferry which took about 4 hours? The hospital had medevac’d Pathologist, Dr. Nehaul Singh, who was recently involved in an accident. What makes his life more important than this young man’s? The government built a water ambulance and a boat shed for almost 50 million dollars and it has never been used, in fact the boat is not even a new one.
In the field of health care, there is no room for errors or delays and that is what we are faced with daily at all the health care facilities. We heard the government boast about the millions spent on health care and still we have to do tests at private labs. This include CT scans, sometimes ultrasound and X-rays. We are way back in time. We need proper and capable persons to run this system. People with potential and responsibility people who have the public’s interest at heart and not those that drive around in fancy vehicles and full of talks. We deserve better in this country, not just Region 2. I hope this catches the attention of those in authority and they re-examine the Region’s health policy.
Sincerely,
A. Singh
