Deal with health crisis

THE EDITOR: Now that two more executive managers of the NWRHA have resigned, I think it is about time that Colm Imbert be called to account. Surely six resignations within a six-week period must indicate that something is drastically wrong with the organisation. Is it that the Minister really wants to control the show for himself as suggested by several different persons in the health sector?

I understand that the most recent resignations are those of the Vice President of Human Resources and Legal Affairs respectively. These are two key positions which were made by the former Deputy Chairman of the NWRHA Stevenson Sarjeant. While the Minister is whittling away at the NWRHA’s staff, patients continue to suffer because of mismanagement. The hospitals are deteriorating,  security is lax and basic amenities are not available. The Minister of Health is seeking to recruit medical staff in Cuba but it might be more feasible for him to seek administrative staff at the same time. This way he will be guaranteed total submission and total control. While he denies his involvement in the day-to-day affairs of the organisation, the Minister is in effect the CEO of the NWRHA.

For how long are tax payers going to have to deal with Imbert’s poor management of the health system? Please Mr Prime Minister get involved, health care is one of the three important deliverables which you have identified as part of your vision for developed nation status by the year 2020. If Minister Imbert continues to brand good people as incompetent and then pressure them into leaving, Education and Housing will be your only successes.

DAVID STEWART
St Ann’s