Earlier in the news you heard from 3 of 5 UDP shadow ministers. Newcomer Carlos Perrera spoke on the issue of health. If his name sounds familiar it's because he was once the finance director at KHMH and came under official scrutiny for his performance at that time.
But that was more than a decade ago and now he's back and he has a report card for the PUP.
Carlos Perrera, Shadow Minister, Health
"What is their report card? Let us talk about the report card of the PUP since they got into power. It's very lengthy, I won't bore you. But the first hit they got was in February of 2021 where several organizations clamored for better healthcare down south in PG and Dangriga. Why? The Placencia Polyclinic was abandoned. In August 2022, nurses walked out of the Northern Regional Hospital and the Corozal Community Hospital. In October 2022, the Southern Region voiced the concerns to the Ministry of Health on medical supplies. October 2023, a continuous neglect of allegations by patients in our regional hospitals. In April 2024, allegations of neglect by patients at the Northern Regional Hospital, the backyard of the Prime Minister, and the backyard of the Minister of Health."
"The continuous chaos as we heard in 2024 where there was shortage of equipment and medicines at the national hospitals, KHMH. We heard the CEO of KHMH talk about being blindsided by the workers union, out of grievances, guess she was lost. We have the KHMH anticipating supply shortages coming out on that end. We have pharmaceutical supplies stalling in the public health sector. The pension and the pay scale for the national hospital not addressed. And I can go on."
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