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Two nurses under investigation as morphine disappears from GPHC
A significant amount of morphine has reportedly gone missing from the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) and two nurses are now under investigation. A senior official at the hospital admitted that a quantity of the drug was indeed moved from where it had been stored, and the police have since confirmed that a related probe is underway.
Morphine
Morphine, which falls under the Dangerous Drug Act (DDA), is a narcotic medicine used to relieve pain and is said to be quite expensive.
Although information about the disappearance of the drug is sketchy, this newspaper was told that it vanished from a cupboard in the Accident and Emergency (A&E) Unit at the hospital.
Kaieteur News understands that when senior officials learnt about the suspected theft, on Tuesday, there was a call for an immediate investigation.
Two nurses, a male and female, were taken into police custody and subsequently sent home pending the outcome of the inquiry.
A source close to the investigation said that the female nurse is claiming that she handed over the drug to her male colleague. However, he has denied this.
A hospital staffer, speaking to this publication on condition of anonymity, said “this is nothing new, every time this happens, but the only reason why they called for an investigation is because a lot of the medicine went missing.”
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Server Sunday as Morphine
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