Latest update November 21st, 2024 1:00 AM
GPHC’s Maternity Unit rallies despite shortage of midwives
Despite experiencing a shortage of midwives, the Maternity Unit at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) has been operating in a “fairly reasonable manner,” says Sister June Cato, the unit’s supervisor.
Sister June Cato
Sister Cato made this disclosure yesterday while praising her staffers for being understandable and contributing extra hours to ensure quality services are delivered.
The supervisor stressed that there has been a shortage of midwives for a while, but that shortage does not affect the services delivered by the facility at the end of the day.
“We have people here who are willing to go the extra mile to ensure everything goes well.”
Speaking about the two persons per bed scenario, Cato said that the hospital has been trying it’s best to improve the services offered to the public on a daily basis and the two persons per bed was a thing of the past and will remain that way.
“Between August to September, we normally have an influx of patients and we have been coping with that (increase) fairly well. Last Monday, we had 42 admissions and we didn’t have any doubling up and for the past six months it has been that way,” the Maternity Unit’s supervisor stressed.
Over the years, patients as well as their relatives have been complaining about the “negative behaviour” of the nurses at the unit. Some patients claimed that these health care workers would be rude and verbally abusive towards them.
Commenting on the behaviour of her nurses, Sister Cato said that she has been trying to get her staffers involved in continuous training which will enable them to deal with patients in a positive manner.
“We have been able to have our staff exposed to training to that they would know how to deal with people. There is an ongoing customer training for our attendants, nurses, maids and all our staff. We want to make sure our staffers are equipped with the necessary skills and we keep them updated,” the supervisor stressed.
“We have three shifts, and on an average we have 30 persons managing the ward on each shift.”
Cato revealed that the unit currently has 52 Midwives, 10 Staff Nurse-Midwives, 13 Staff Nurses, three Nursing Assistants, six Patient Care Assistants and six Ward Managers.
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