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Drug shortage forces doctors, nurses to sit-in at Skeldon Hospital

April 10, 2018

By Andrew Carmichael

Doctors and nurses at Skeldon Hospital on Monday staged a sit-in and refused to see patients. Their drastic action came as a result of shortages of drugs and lack of basic equipment for them to carry out their duties.
Since they had no tools to down, the staff at the Accident and Emergency Unit simply refused to see patients who turned up at the facility.

Patients waiting to be attended at the A&E Department of the Skeldon Hospital

Working or not working did not make a difference, since the medical staff cannot provide a service, given the current conditions at the hospital, they said on Monday.
A patient, Shamwar Appru, said he arrived at the medical institution at about 07:00h, and after more than one hour, he was told by a staff that there was no one to attend to him.
“They tell me that the doctor is not working. I got a bad abscess on my mouth, paining real bad. They say the doctors on strike and they have no drugs to distribute to patients, so it is waste of time for them to see the doctor,” Appru said.
The very upset Appru said he was initially told to revisit the hospital at 12:00h, but after an hour had elapsed, he was told to return another day.
“They had more than 20 people waiting this morning when I come, and they (had) all the people wasting their time,” he added.
Another person with whom the Guyana Times spoke was Mahindra Mohan. As the 20-year-old left the medical institution, he said he had no idea when he would be able to receive medical attention, and since his situation involves the Police, he cannot go to another hospital.
Meanwhile, Natasha Qualie of Number 65 Village said she was told that service might return to normal next week.
“Yesterday (Sunday) I come, and they say that I got to get (an) ID card. Now I come back with (an) ID card and can’t get look after,” she said.
Raginjra Shivnarine, 49, of Number 75 Village, was seen limping into the hospital compound, but moments later was limping out. He said that, despite his condition, he was told to come back another time.
He said he begged to have a nurse attend to him, but was told that it was not possible, since they did not have gloves and face masks.
Executive member of the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) Ram Mangru told this publication that he visited the hospital after hearing about the sit-in.
“When I come up here and I talk to the General Medical Officer and ask him if he is aware of the situation, he said, ‘Yes.’ I asked him if he made a report and requisition and he said, ‘Yes’, that he has been constantly making reports and requisitions for drugs because there is a shortage, but they have not been getting any attention,” the union representative said.
Mangru said he then met with the doctors and nurses on the sit-in, who confirmed the shortage of drugs and other medical supplies at the Skeldon Hospital.
The GPSU official said the workers are willing to continue their protest action, but the union cannot advise them on the way forward unless it first holds discussions with regional officials.
He said he was told the Director of Regional Health Services was informed of the situation but had not responded.
However, Regional Health Service Director Jevaughn Stephens told media operatives that he was not aware of what was happening.
Meanwhile, in a press release issued on Monday, the Public Health Ministry has said a high-level meeting is planned for today following the sit-in.
According to the release, the sit-in did not disrupt operations in other parts of the hospital, and according to the Focal Point Person for the Public Health Ministry in Region Six, Alex Foster, physicians were upset that critical supplies were unavailable to treat their patients and were thus forced to take industrial action.
Meanwhile, Permanent Secretary in the Public Health Ministry, Collette Adams, said other ministry officials are mystified by Monday’s industrial action taken by the Skeldon Hospital physicians. Adams said the hospital received supplies from the Materials Management Unit (MMU) last Thursday.
The Public Health Ministry has said today’s talks involving all the stakeholders are expected to pave the way for a return to duty by the striking physicians.
The ministry also said medical supplies are expected at the Skeldon Hospital today.

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Former Member

PNC is hellbent on destroying Berbicians:

“When I come up here and I talk to the General Medical Officer and ask him if he is aware of the situation, he said, ‘Yes.’ I asked him if he made a report and requisition and he said, ‘Yes’, that he has been constantly making reports and requisitions for drugs because there is a shortage, but they have not been getting any attention,” the union representative said.
Mangru said he then met with the doctors and nurses on the sit-in, who confirmed the shortage of drugs and other medical supplies at the Skeldon Hospital.

4/11/1812:39 AM

Former Member

Paging Skelly.

In the meanwhile, Moses and Ramjattan are busy cleaning Granger's Toilet after conning Berbicians.

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4/11/1812:43 AM

cainTired old hippie

Dude, what the frik is it with you and your love for toilets, is that where you go to dine? Frik sakes man when you ketch a word you sqont does hang onto it and use it till it get stale rass.

4/11/1812:54 AM

Former Member

Oye Mits, let's do something. If that doesn't work, since Berbice is Prashad's Hindustan, we'll turn to him.

4/11/188:48 AM

Former Member

yuji22 posted:
Paging Skelly.
In the meanwhile, Moses and Ramjattan are busy cleaning Granger's Toilet after conning Berbicians.

Yuji Bhai, When I was there in February/March, this was already an issue. Whenever the patient saw the doctor, he or she was given a prescription and was told that there are no drugs at the hospital and the individual should get it filled at a private pharmacy. I know of some people who went and asked their families for help to fill some of the prescriptions. If someone had asked me for help, I would have surely foot his bill.
The news is a bit slow here. That is why I always say that the crime statistics do not include the outlying areas or they would be a lot higher.

4/11/188:51 AM

DjangoAdmin

skeldon_man posted:

Whenever the patient saw the doctor, he or she was given a prescription and was told that there are no drugs at the hospital and the individual should get it filled at a private pharmacy. I know of some people who went and asked their families for help to fill some of the prescriptions. If someone had asked me for help, I would have surely foot his bill.
The news is a bit slow here. That is why I always say that the crime statistics do not include the outlying areas or they would be a lot higher.

Hospital drugs are stolen which ends up at Private Pharmacy.That's one of the crookedness for shortage.

4/11/188:58 AM

Former Member

Django, please stop your BS. There is a shortage at Skeldon Hospital as reported and nothing to do with theft. This is a blatant disregard for Berbicians by a blatantly racist PNC.

Please.

4/11/189:06 AM

DjangoAdmin

yuji22 posted:
Django, please stop your BS. There is a shortage at Skeldon Hospital as reported and nothing to do with theft. This is a blatant disregard for Berbicians by a blatantly racist PNC.
Please.

They should start looking for the thieves,that crime is old been since Burnham days.

Medical supplies expected at Skeldon Hospital following sit-in

4/11/189:18 AM

Former Member

Disgraceful that Doctors and Nurses have to protest to have medical supplies. Please stop PNC fetching slop and man up and call a spade a spade.

You are always the first to defend PNC incompetence. Your slip is showing.

4/11/189:21 AM

DjangoAdmin

yuji22 posted:
Disgraceful that Doctors and Nurses have to protest to have medical supplies. Please stop PNC fetching slop and man up and call a spade a spade.
You are always the first to defend PNC incompetence. Your slip is showing.

Banna,since when providing facts,it's construed as defending ?

By the way one department was protesting

"the staff at the Accident and Emergency Unit simply refused to see patients who turned up at the facility"

4/11/189:30 AM

antabantawild wild wicked and wild

yuji22 posted:
man up and call a spade a spade.

Like you, o' fearless one? You call the Rat a rat? You criticize the PPP corruption, nepotism, racism, and thievery?

4/11/189:37 AM

Former Member

Ethnic cleansing!

4/11/1810:25 AM

Billy Ram BalgobinBilly

The Drug Bond is empty. Where do you expect the drugs to come from?

4/11/1810:27 AM

ChiefSenior Member

skeldon_man posted:
yuji22 posted:

Yuji Bhai, When I was there in February/March, this was already an issue. Whenever the patient saw the doctor, he or she was given a prescription and was told that there are no drugs at the hospital and the individual should get it filled at a private pharmacy. I know of some people who went and asked their families for help to fill some of the prescriptions. If someone had asked me for help, I would have surely foot his bill.
The news is a bit slow here. That is why I always say that the crime statistics do not include the outlying areas or they would be a lot higher.

My buddy friend owns two pharmacies in Corriverton, one in the Market and the other at Springlands, the man is making a killing.

4/11/1811:04 AM

MitwahSenior Member

Billy Ram Balgobin posted:
The Drug Bond is empty. Where do you expect the drugs to come from?

Your Cha-Cha Pharmacy is well stocked. Wonder where he is getting his supplies?

4/11/1811:07 AM

Former Member

Django posted:
skeldon_man posted:

Whenever the patient saw the doctor, he or she was given a prescription and was told that there are no drugs at the hospital and the individual should get it filled at a private pharmacy. I know of some people who went and asked their families for help to fill some of the prescriptions. If someone had asked me for help, I would have surely foot his bill.
The news is a bit slow here. That is why I always say that the crime statistics do not include the outlying areas or they would be a lot higher.
Hospital drugs are stolen which ends up at Private Pharmacy.That's one of the crookedness for shortage.

Bai, you need to let Granger know you will be leaving NA and return home if he is willing to give you position of "Minister of Thieving". You can clean up all this mess and make Guyana a utopia again. Just like your old days.

4/11/1812:18 PM

NehruBig Mouth Member

That is the way of the Apartheid PNC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

4/11/1812:30 PM

DjangoAdmin

skeldon_man posted:
Django posted:
skeldon_man posted:

Whenever the patient saw the doctor, he or she was given a prescription and was told that there are no drugs at the hospital and the individual should get it filled at a private pharmacy. I know of some people who went and asked their families for help to fill some of the prescriptions. If someone had asked me for help, I would have surely foot his bill.
The news is a bit slow here. That is why I always say that the crime statistics do not include the outlying areas or they would be a lot higher.
Hospital drugs are stolen which ends up at Private Pharmacy.That's one of the crookedness for shortage.
Bai, you need to let Granger know you will be leaving NA and return home if he is willing to give you position of "Minister of Thieving". You can clean up all this mess and make Guyana a utopia again. Just like your old days.

Bhai,i know that country inside-out,got friends in all walks of life.Some of the gov't employees are the biggest thieves and they boast about it,one of my friend was an Gov't. Auditor,suh you know where i got the info.

4/11/181:20 PM

alena06Senior Member

And the fatso Nagga just returned from first class medical treatment abroad..He should have at least brought some aspirin for the Berbicians he conned into voting for him.

4/11/184:58 PM

antabantawild wild wicked and wild

Corruption at the lower levels in Guyana will only stop when poverty decreases and when the people at the top stop teefing.

4/11/185:01 PM

Former Member

alena06 posted:
And the fatso Nagga just returned from first class medical treatment abroad..He should have at least brought some aspirin for the Berbicians he conned into voting for him.

Rice Belly Boy Naga spent 20 Million of taxpayers money and threw dem Berbicians under the bus.

4/11/187:56 PM

Former Member

Baseman posted:
Ethnic cleansing!

PNC has just started in plain sight. It will be bigger than Part One.

4/11/187:57 PM

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