AND THE PROBLEM IS???????

So here we are again...the silly season is at hand! Politicians are chomping at the bit as the smell of power is in the air!!! Elections are looming, and the most coveted seat on all of earth, Jamaica House is up for grabs!!!

Anyway can somebody tell me what is it about Jamaica that so many people are willing to risk life and limb, (usually of their followers) to rule? Seriously now. Is it the people? Is it the land? Is it the ganja??? What is it???? Tell me cos, me clueless bad!!!

Anyway I say elections will be in late November!!!!

But while the politicians play, and threaten each other, we've got serious problems on hand!!! Like what's going on at the Victoria Jubillee Hospital!!!!

PROBE INTO BABY'S DEATH AT VICTORIA JUBILEE BEGINS

"The panel appointed to investigate the September 11 death of a newborn baby at the Victoria Jubilee Hospital is to hold its first meeting Saturday afternoon.

This is in keeping with instructions from Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller for a speedy investigation into problems at the Hospital. (What's with Portia and the probes anyway??? G-SAT Probe, Cement Probe, Toilet Paper Probe!!! What she needs to probe is her damned fowls which keep destroying di people dem expensive gardens up inna Millsborough)

Earlier this week, the Ministry of Health appointed attorney at-law Ethlyn Norton-Coke to lead an independent investigation into the circumstances which led to the baby's death six hours after it was born.

The panel is expected to complete its investigation and submit a report to the Ministry within three weeks.

The 41-year-old mother has claimed that the baby was delivered by cesarean section more than two weeks after the surgery was originally scheduled.

The delay in the surgery was linked to the fact that the hospital did not have a working steriliser.

However, the Health Ministry says preliminary investigations revealed that the baby did not die because of the delayed surgery."
STORY FROM radiojamaica.com

VICTORIA JUBILEE WHISTLEBLOWER UNDER PRESSURE AND PATIENTS PLAN TO SUE

The Consultant Obstetrician who raised the alarm concerning the malfunctioning autoclave at the Victoria Jubilee Hospital is under pressure.

RJR News’ sources say Dr. Lloyd Goldson has been taken before Permanent Secretary in the Health Ministry Dr. Grace Allen Young and Chief Executive Officer of Kingston Public Hospital Donald Farquarson.

It is understood that the doctor will at least be issued with a strongly worded letter about his decision to go public with his concerns.

However, the sources say in the face of the firestorm Dr. Goldson is standing his ground.

According to the sources other doctors at Victoria Jubilee Hospital are supporting him.

The doctors contend that his alarm has probably saved several lives.

They say they have concerns about other equipment needed at the hospital.

The doctors note that the hospital's elevators continue to malfunction, forcing mothers in labour to walk up to four flights of stairs.

The couple who lost their baby recently at the Victoria Jubillee Hospital while the facility was without a sterilising machine is considering legal action.

The baby died hours after it was born after the woman's cesarean section was postponed on four occasions.

41-year-old Caroline Brown and her husband had prepared for the birth of their first child.

The couple knew that at her age she was considered a high risk expectant mother.

That is why at 35 weeks, her private obstetrician referred her to the Victoria Jubilee Hospital for continued prenatal care and delivery.

Mrs. Brown says she was also diagnosed with pregnancy induced hypertension.

Her expected delivery date was September 5 but she was told surgery would be done two weeks before that date because of her high risk status.

Mrs. Brown says after a number of postponements of the surgery she told the medical staff that she was noticing diminishing activity from her unborn child.

Her baby was delivered by cesarean section on September 11, more than two weeks after the original date of surgery.

The baby died six hours later and now the couple is crying foul.

Her husband Leo says he is distressed at what he calls the gross carelessness of the hospital.

Last weekend the RJR News Centre broke the story of the malfunctioning autoclave after consultant obstetrician Dr. Lloyd Goldson raised the alarm.

Since then the Health Ministry has announced that the problem is being addressed.



Babies are dying people. And the Ministry of Health has an issue with the doctor who spoke out??? Am I the only one who has a problem with people who speak out on issues being persecuted?????

Something is sooooo wrong with this picture!!!!

Emergency we a suffer round here!!!!

And courtesy from our friends at RJR, this is what those who work in Jamaica's health care system have to say about it.

MEDICAL ORGANIZATIONS DECRY POOR STATE OF HEALTH SECTOR

The Nurses Association of Jamaica (NAJ) says it has repeatedly pointed the authorities to the many problems facing the island's hospitals and health centres.

President of the NAJ, Edith Allwood-Anderson says for years the nurses have been indicating that the system needs a serious overhaul.

Mrs. Allwood-Anderson says several health professionals are working without the basic tools needed to ensure proper patient care.

She says the matter has reached crisis proportions and must be addressed immediately.

Meanwhile the Jamaica Medical Doctors Association (JMDA) has joined other entities in pointing to what it says is a crisis at the island's public hospitals.

President of the JMDA Dr. Myrton Smith says the situation has reached an alarming level.

But Dr. Smith argues that it is difficult for the public purse to run an efficient public health sector.

He says the time has come for increased assistance from the private sector and from Jamaicans living overseas.


While I agree with Dr. Smith that it is hard to run an efficient public health sector, maybe if the di tiefing PNP wasn't involved in billion dollar scandals, like NSWMA, Scandals Whitehouse etc. etc. etc. maybe the money could stretch a little further... maybe elevators at Victoria Jubilee would be fixed! Just an opinion!