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Hospital deaths and poor pay
Dear Editor,
I refer to the above article by Sahadeo Bates on 10/11/2010 and must admit that despite all the expertise, sadly, things go wrong but I will not indulge to relate a recent tragic episode in our own community in the UK, where we are grieving despite all the technologies we have here.
In Guyana, there may not be the appropriate hospital equipment or trained staff to deal with certain situations whether in public or private sectors, and this should be looked into. I know of a case where a relative of mine paid money for private treatment and still died. However, for hospitals which have fully trained nurses, who are ‘lackadaisical’ because they feel that they are “poorly paid”, should be sacked immediately if proven that they have been negligent.
It is well known everywhere that nurses and teachers are not highly paid unless they work privately. But once you are in that profession poorly paid or not, you get ready to go to work in the morning and should perform in your job and the thoughts of, “I am not getting enough money to do this work”, should under no circumstances come to your mind.
In teaching, another standby teacher can take over a class, but with a nurse, you are dealing with someone’s life here. I recalled in the fifties and sixties in the UK we were glad to get some overtime in our jobs to make ends meet. People who deal with other people’s lives in hospitals should perform to their utmost, or leave that what should be a “caring” profession. If they have grievances about being poorly paid they should highlight their plight to who they work for, but do not turn up for work and let someone die because they feel “they do not get enough money for their job”.
Furthermore, if nursing staff in Guyana are not happy with the salary they get for that profession, they should find another job or emigrate to America where they can get plenty work cleaning old people and looking after children and get loads of money, or do three to four other types of jobs to survive, and I am sure many are aware that their relatives in America work this way.
I have been reading of too many deaths recently, mainly in childbirth and my heart goes out to those grieving families. Amen.
Mona Mahadai Chaitram
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