Wakenaam Cottage Hospital a transshipment point

Jan 30, 2013 Letters

Dear Editor
The Government of Guyana is asking us to return to Guyana and serve our beautiful country, I admire and accept this call. On my return I am amazed at the development and investment on the island of Wakenaam., The roads, hospital and even an airstrip together with the drainage and irrigation systems.
Over the past year I made no less than four visits in an effort to restart my rice cultivation and to expand on my cattle rearing.
What struck me most is that Government has built a funeral parlour and a mortuary in the hospital compound to cater for the dead at a cost of millions of taxpayers’ dollars. It is yet to be opened and put to use after two years. I wonder if this will be the position of the laboratory that was recently built. Another point to note is that as soon as a patient arrives at the hospital they and their relatives are told to arrange boat to go to either Suddie Hospital or to the West Demerara Hospital.
There are two porters both of whom are working from 7:00 am to 3:00 pm. After 3:00 pm, there are no porters working at the hospital. The security guard has to perform the duties of security guard, porter and messenger to call the hospital personnel whenever a patient arrives especially at nights.
I feel there is need for a better system of and proper management of the affairs of the hospital. Many days the Medex cannot see any patient until after nine o’ clock when the clerk would arrive and get out the patient card. There are also the need for more porters (two) so that there can be porters on a round-the clock basis every day,
I hope that the Ministry of Health and those concerned and responsible will see this letter and take action to remedy the situation before it gets worse and before it gets worse and before my return to Guyana, my beautiful homeland.
Sasenarine Singh

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