HEALTH MATTERS
GIS NEWSLETTER
Vol. 2, Issue 02
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New Equipment For The General Hospital
Minister for Hospital Services Hon. Delma Thomas
The General Hospital has received a donation of equipment procured by the Ministry of Health, which will be distributed among the various departments. It includes nebulizers, infusion pumps, and syringe pumps, all which will contribute to the effective delivery of duties among staff. Minister with responsibility for Hospital and Community Health Services, Hon. Delma Thomas said “The equipment we received are for the General Hospital. They will be given to the surgical department, urology department, and ophthalmology. The equipment will assist the medical and surgical teams at the hospital to efficiently provide services for the community. We received the first batch this week and within this month the rest will be here.” The Ministry of Health has also boosted its human resource numbers, with the addition of twenty nurses island-wide. The addition comes at a time when
the Ministry is working on staff regularization. Minister Thomas said “We have employed twenty more nurses, and we are in the process also of dealing with the issue of staff regularization. There are members of staff who were without a contract as far back as 2009, so we are working to ensure that we deal with all the human resource issues that confront the Ministry so that we can boost
the staff and also provide quality services for the people of our triisland state.” Minister Thomas says services will also be boosted at the Princess Alice hospital, and focus will be on the decentralization of services which will take place in Gouyave and St. David’s as well as Carriacou and Princess Alice hospital.
