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GPHC honours long serving awardees
Some of the awardees with Michael Khan and Minister of Health, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy.
The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation last evening celebrated the many years of service seven special women gave to the hospital.
Minister of Health, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy, noted that over the years the hospital has had to endure much criticism but despite all that has been said it has grown.
He said that the Hospital has been doing a good job and continues to improve, and he has no doubt that the Hospital is better today than ever before.
According to Dr Ramsammy however, the hospital is more than just the buildings. He says that it is the staff who make the place a special one. And not just the doctors at that, but the staff at all levels of service is what does this for the hospital.
The best hospitals the world over, have the best workers at every level; people who labour to be the best at their jobs, regardless of what those jobs may be.
Each person, he said, is important and he is glad that the sector has been changing the way it looks at Human Resources.
“We must appreciate the hundreds who are committed to serving and do so on a daily basis. And it should also be pointed out that when a patient leaves the hospital he does not take away an impression of the amount of technical services that they received but they remember the persons that they interacted with.
“That is what makes up their impressions of a place such as GPHC, noted Dr Ramsammy, whether there was a smile or a kind word when it was most needed.
According to Michael Khan, Chief Executive Officer of the GPHC, the awardees were stalwarts of the hospital, all of them having given more than 15 years of service, some even reaching the thirty year mark.
Khan spoke of each woman in turn, highlighting some small singularity that set them apart over the years.
He said that the hospital as it is today has been built by people like these women. He noted that the hospital is now poised to take Health Care into the 21st century because of hardworking people like the awardees.
He encouraged them to enjoy their retirement and to do all the things that they were unable to do while they were working because of the demands of their jobs.
The seven women who were honoured in the presentation came from a number or areas, some serving as ward orderlies, some as Nursing Aides, a Ward Manager and a Senior Department Supervisor, all of them having retired in 2009 or early this year.
They are Grace Adonis who served for 27 years, Patricia Ann Moore who served for 18 years, Eileen Nicholson, who gave some 33 years, Marilyn Powley with 38 years under her belt, Andrea Reman, 15 years, Shermin Simon, 18 years and Paulette Solomon who gave 17 years of service.
The awardees were given the opportunity to say a little in response. Representing them was Andrea Reman.
Reman thanked the Hospital wholeheartedly for the kindness in recognising the work of the ladies. She noted that there were many tough times but that they have all made it through to be where they are today.
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