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determine if it’s cancer or something serious causing the bleeding,”
one doctor said.
He also said the X-ray machine has been without film so patients
have to be sent to KPH or elsewhere to do their X-ray.
The doctor added: “There is also an ultrasound problem so you have
people here waiting for an ultrasound and can’t get a date.”
In addition, he pointed to a shortage of toilet tissue, hand towels and bed linen,
which pose a problem when admitting patients.
Please note that the UWI, unlike other hospitals has never been wedded to the
abolition of User fees.
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Our Blood Bank continuously runs out of critical reagents to test blood on a
timely basis, and doctors don’t have enough equipment to assist with
proper diagnosis and treatment.
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We were not prepared for Chick-V; we are not ready for Ebola, and after
the Riverton fire over the weekend the Ministry of Health is scrambling to
source protective masks.
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Meanwhile, 700 new patients are diagnosed with renal failure each year,
many of whom cannot afford private dialysis service and the MOH is unable
to fill the gap. People are dying for want of help in our country.
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A senior medical professional recently told us that the public health system
is in imminent danger of collapse.
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Some of our schools, despite the provision of the PATH School Feeding
Programme, are denied adequate funding on time, leaving the principals
and staff to be hustling to make ends meet and to still try and find food to