Nurse alleges unfair treatment

According to Henry, she was injured while riding in the back of an ambulance and has since been on injury leave since the accident.

She alleged that that she has not been paid since although she has submitted the relevant medical documents to her employers. “In 2015 I was on the job in the ambulance when my back was injured. I kept feeling this unbearable pain in my back, so bad that I couldn’t sit down for more than a few minutes for a time. I applied for injury leave and it was granted.

During that time I visited a few doctors who said that it was only a pinch nerve but when I went to the US later that year I was examined by a doctor there who said that what I was suffering with was a herniated disc in my back.” she said in an interview at Newsday’s offices in Port of Spain on Monday.

She also received a second doctor’s opinion which confirmed she was suffering from a herniated disc.

Henry said she informed her employers but was told that she could not be paid and while she is not contesting the decision not to pay her a salary for her time away from work, she wants to know why she is not receiving her insurance benefits as her NIS was filed on time.

“They are claiming that I haven’t filed my documents with them.

I received the NIS form and completed it and I gave it to the clerk at the desk. A few weeks later when I went to follow up, the very same clerk is alleging that I did not give her any form and says that all she has to go on is word of mouth from me.” Henry says that the situation has left her deeply frustrated and has already attracted the attention of the National Insurance Board (NIB) which is willing to launch an investigation into her issue.