Nurse brutality.. call the Human Rights people!!!

A female patient in the maternity ward at the Georgetown Public Hospital last evening delivered her baby on the floor after she was reportedly neglected by the nurses who were on duty. " I keep telling y'all about government salaries, it turns even the nicest of angels into aggressive bitches, no lie"

In an invited comment about the issue, Minister of Health, Leslie Ramsammy confirmed that the nurses were indeed non- responsive to the patient calls for help, and that the hospital is taking the necessary disciplinary action against them. "I wonder what actions will be taken considering most of the time the hospital is short staffed to begin with, if they fire them , that means more work for remaining nurses = more bitchy attitudes. hmmmmm decisions decisions."

Eyewitness account: They heard the patient asking for help, the nurses simply refused to assist the patient who was crying out in pain. “ She was neglected and told that she would have to approach the desk if she wanted help,” the eyewitness said, adding that the nurse said “ We will see how you will get look after.” After hearing that statement, the woman in labour made a dash to the desk and lay down on the bed nearest to the desk; crying, she told the nurse that the infant’s head was already out. “ You have to wait, I am putting on my gloves,” one nurse reportedly responded.
The pregnant woman was then told that she would have to sit in the wheelchair to be carried to the delivery room. After insisting that the baby’s head was already out, the patient eased off her bed, causing her baby to fall out on the floor. “ I heard her water bag burst and the loud noise on the floor,” another pa tient said, noting that the infant cried for about two seconds then stopped.

Eyewitness account: The girl was then told that “ If you get a retarded baby then it will be your fault.” She was then instructed to pick the infant up.The eyewitness also alleges that it appears that the patient was beaten with a ruler when she told the nurse that she cannot reach the child.

Over recent months there have been numerous allegations of nursing staff mistreating patients at the hospital and many of them had lodged complaints to the media. The hospital has promised to investigate some of these claims, but no official word has been given in many of the cases. Maybe we should put the Human Rights people on them, in all honesty where are they now. I don't see them defending the innocent now, I really do question the motives of some of its members. But I not gonna start on them as yet.

Source: Guyana TImes