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Submitted by Anthony Davis
Minister Boyce, minister of health
Minister Boyce, minister of health

“Speaker of the House of Assembly Michael Carrington does not see the current status of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital as a matter for urgent parliamentary debate. Carrington made this ruling today when the House met and Opposition Leader Mia Mottley sought to have her motion on the QEH discussed. After a brief exchange with the Speaker in which she maintained that the issue was of urgent public importance Mottley led her team in a walk out at 11.35 a.m. I wonder why the Speaker of the House of Assembly “does not see the current status of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital as a matter for urgent parliamentary debate?”

I think that it is of paramount importance that this is done because we cannot continue to have the Minister of Finance continuing a flick-as-you-go policy pertaining to the QEH instead of giving that institution the funds it needs on a yearly basis.

Why must everything in this country be divided along party lines? When will someone in this Government start thinking about what the people who they vowed to serve really need?

Not one of them seems to be able to do so. All they seem to be thinking about is survival. What else will this Government do to drag the people of this country further into the quagmire? This so-called “people-centred” Government is not being very NISE at all.

If the status of the QEH is not seen as “a matter for urgent parliamentary debate”, pray tell me, why so many people are dying at that institution nowadays? The QEH is too sick to ignore the facts, and if the doctors say that it is so, then who am I to say otherwise. They are there day in day out, and would be able to evaluate the situation better.

The funds to that institution should never been cut, but the members of this Government do not listen. Instead they go into stand-your-ground mode. In cases like this every member of Cabinet is to blame because they sit there and do not utter word one when the Minister of Finance does whatever he wants, and that is not good enough. They are selling the tax payers of this country down the river.

We need action on the QEH – not today, not tomorrow, but “yesterday”!

The poor, the needy and the vulnerable are the ones who are suffering the most and that must not be allowed to continue unabated!

“Cowards die many times before their deaths.”

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14 responses to “Stand Your Ground QEH Policy Not Working”

  1. old onion bags Avatar
    old onion bags

    Bad management I dare say……and for far too long…..Fire Boyce and bring back Donville. Get rid of the Constituency Councils,and listen to Kammie for once….start a state Lottery for Health and get rid of the other Miami run loo..that only robbing poor people bout hay.

  2. Damian Avatar
    Damian

    Off topic but pertaining to Old bags comment.
    I think the Constituency Councils are a good move. However they can be used in more inovative ways once you take our culture into acount and in the process free up lots of the ministers work load.

  3. Sunshine Sunny Shine Avatar
    Sunshine Sunny Shine

    Show me any of the reports concerning the effectiveness of Constituency Councils and how they are benefiting their constituents in a meaningful way. Show me the accounts, receipts or any other particulars that can prove that the money is being well spent? I can tell you upfront that they are alleges of misappropriation of those funds…Nuff Nuff alleges that are facts. They all want scrapping. I do not like Motley nor the BLP but I am with her concerning the walkout. The refugee camp that is now the QEH is killing more people than saving them. The speaker of the house and all heartless politicians can easily fly abroad for their health care.so why give a sensitive issue like this floor time.This government continues to show their negative feel concerning the plight of Barbadians and their need for proper health care. The government is nothing short of one sighted.

  4. David Avatar
    David

    The government was warned that a cut of 30 million of the QEH budget would have resulted in a compromise to service delivery.

  5. Artaxerxes Avatar
    Artaxerxes

    @ Damian | December 4, 2014 at 9:17 PM |

    “I think the Constituency Councils are a good move. However they can be used in more inovative ways once you take our culture into acount and in the process free up lots of the ministers work load.”

    UTTER NONSENSE!!!!!

    The government is in the process of amalgamating or closing statutory corporations that undertake similar functions, such as National Petroleum Corporation and BNOC or UDC and RDC. What real purpose do these constituency councils serve when:

    1) Football tournaments and other sporting activities could be organised by the National Sports Council and community development officers.
    2) Cultural events comes under the mandate of National cultural Foundation.
    3) The same way an individual could go to a council to asked for assistance with house repairs, then have to wait on the council to contact the relevant department [let’s say for example, UDC], wait for a response and UDC have to include the individual in their “itinerary”……… they could go directly to UDC where the process and waiting period would not be as long.
    4) People seeking rental units could go directly to the NHC.
    5) Road repairs……….. call MTW.

    Essentially, the constituency councils are duplicating the work of other state agencies.
    The government was warned long ago about the implications of establishing these councils and they went ahead with the idea any way.
    The process of appointing people to the committees of these councils was far from being transparent and DLP members were the main choice for members [imagine Patrick Gollop being a member of a council board].
    This administration has now come to realise it was not a good decision and are now contemplating their closure.

  6. Hants Avatar
    Hants

    @ islandgal246,

    Maybe they are watching you. lol

  7. Hants Avatar
    Hants

    Thanks for leading me to this.\good lyrics

  8. Hants Avatar
    Hants

  9. Hants Avatar
    Hants

    The problem with the QEH and all other Government entities is that very few people take responsibility for anything and nobody gets fired.

    Barbados is always on cruise control except for racing at Bushy Park.

    We need more coffee shops in Barbados so people can get wake up with regular caffeine hits. Too many Bajans got de dropsy.

    QEH got problem. “Hurry up an fix it”

  10. Colonel Buggy Avatar
    Colonel Buggy

    I think the Constituency Councils are a good move. However they can be used in more inovative ways once you take our culture into acount and in the process free up lots of the ministers work load.”
    ………………………………………………………………………………………..
    “Free up lots of the ministers work load.”………All we need to achieve that, is to employ a couple of parrots , the bird type, not the ones perched in BU, to assist the ministers in their lotta talk,and no action.

  11. David Avatar
    David

    Good to see doctors at the QEH have reverted to attending non critical patients. We making joke about people health?

  12. islandgal246 Avatar
    islandgal246

    Friday’s Nation page 8

    “QEH ready for Ebola” says Dr. Joy St. John. I busted out laughing. I said to my husband they can’t be serious. They cannot deal with the present crisis where they have no drugs, no personnel to operate some of the equipment, no ambulances and now they now making a fool of themselves. Shame on you Dr. St. John for allowing your bosses put you out there to make you look stupid. After laughing I wanted to cry because I am so ashamed of how people can lie to us like that.

  13. ac Avatar
    ac

    shame on u islagal ” for crying out loud” ,making a mockery of the system a system that needs valuable support in time of crisis,
    in times of crisis an educated society pulls together seeking solutions and not be cheerleaders for spite and vitriol,,shame on u islagal, .

  14. islandgal246 Avatar
    islandgal246

    AC why don’t you bend down and KISS MY BIG BLACK TOE!

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