Wismar Hospital on course to delivering improved services ...but Regional Chairman convince its development is being undermined

Wismar Hospital on course to delivering improved services …but Regional Chairman convince its development is being undermined

Feb 13, 2019 News

The maternity and children wards are fully operational at the Wismar Hospital, with the facility being well on its way to better serve the people of Linden and even the wider Region 10. Currently, ongoing works at the facility are focused on the male ward, and Region 10 Regional Chairman, Renis Morian, has said that a mini dispensary is currently in the making as well to serve persons during the weekends.
Morian mentioned the works underway at the facility during a recent Council meeting at which he was high in praise, stating that the delivery of healthcare services offered at the hospital is poised to be improved. The Regional Chairman recalled that during a recent visit, he was accompanied by the Regional Executive Officer [REO], Mr. Orrin Gordon, where they observed the work being done.
“However, the challenge that we have is the same we felt when we had Mr. Gordon Gumbs as the CEO [Chief Executive Officer] of the hospital. Every time we improve things at the hospital, they move it and carry it somewhere else, and this is the same challenge,” Morian opined.
He continued, “Now we have a matter that we have to bring to the Minister, but I have brought it to the Council, so that the Council can voice its disapproval. Now I think we have three doctors working there and now somebody from Georgetown wants to move them from here and take them to Georgetown. We are now bringing up our services to par; it hasn’t met what it was before, but we are now trying.”
“I will get on to the Minister of [Public] Health today, because this is bad for us. We just spoke about the canopy to get patients for us, because Dr. Steve Mark has truly been working to get patients for us. The RDC has been spending a lot of money there, and every time we put things [in place], somebody moves it, everything you put they move it and carry it somewhere else,” said the Regional Chairman.
He expressed his frustration over the situation, disclosing that there are now attempts to move the only x-ray technician at the hospital.
“What is happening to us? That is the lone x-ray technician…what is really happening to us? But we are objecting to it; we will object to it,” Morian insisted. He went on to point out too that a letter was recently received by Dr. [Steve] Mark about the new changes. However, the Regional Chairman expressed anger over a subsequent letter, which he said, was sent by a senior official of the Ministry of Public Health, informing about plans for the doctor to be moved to Lethem.

Regional Chairman, Renis Morian [right], and Vice Chairman, Elroy Adolph.

This revelation by the Regional Chairman did not sit well also with the Regional Executive Officer, Orrin Gordon, who stressed that moving of the doctor by the Ministry is not the professional thing to do, as the doctor is being paid by Region 10.
Morian in expressing his frustration over the matter declared that he will not allow the people of Region 10 to suffer by the actions and/or inactions of certain strategically placed persons. “Every time we are building up this Region’s health services, somebody is always coming to ‘pick we bones’,” he lamented.
“As the Regional Democratic Council of Region 10, we resist, we are against the removing of our doctors from Wismar Hospital. The Regional Democratic Council of Region 10 is working very hard to bring it back to where it was before [but] every time we say that we coming to par, somebody is pulling something away…we are fed up with this thing occurring over and over,” Morian said.
Even as he considered whether deliberate attempts are being made to stall the progress being made in Region 10, the Regional Chairman said that in everything the region is making gains, attempts are being made to reduce them. He reminded those at the meeting that during the era of former Regional Chairman Mortimer Mingo, equipment was bought to the tune of large sums of money, but was subsequently moved and taken elsewhere.
Morian moreover vocalised his belief that this time around the situation will not reoccur, adding that “once he remains the Regional Chairman, no one is going to be moved ‘willy nilly’.” He went on to express the view that developing the region further requires a holistic approach which is crucial, thus all are required to play a meaningful role in contributing positively to the Region’s development.

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