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GPHC nurses continue their protest
“What is good for the goose is good for the gander”- Norton
“The Georgetown Public Hospital dismissed and suspended these nurses because a portion of morphine has disappeared, but what are they doing when millions of dollars in expired drugs are being dumped?” Ophthalmologist, George Norton queried on Friday.
Nurses at GPHC staged a sit in to protest the dismissals and suspensions of their colleagues last Wednesday. They deemed the actions wrongful. Morphine injection disappeared from the Accident and Emergency Unit some time back.
Dr. Norton, who joined a few nurses during their third-day picketing in front of the hospital, on Friday, questioned the facility’s “way of dealing” with the missing morphine.
He accused the hospital of being unfair to the nurses. “If there is a problem, it must be solved but there must be a fair way in which we solve these problems. The nurses deserve a fair hearing. You can’t just send them home like that”.
The Ophthalmologist noted that these nurses were suspended at a time when the entire Guyana is short of nurses, especially the GPHC.
There are reports that nurses are being forced to work under poor and stressful conditions which will ultimately hinder the delivery of quality health care to patients. A nurse had told Kaieteur News that in some cases, one nurse has to deal with 40 patients.
Nurses’ representative on the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU), Kemton Alexander, told Kaieteur News that the protest will go on as long as it takes to get their demands.
“Bring back our colleagues; they deserve a fair hearing. The Constitution of Guyana states that a man is entitled to a fair hearing and they (GPHC) did not allow our colleagues to have that,” Alexander stated.
The protest is likely to be continued on Monday.
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