The recent announcement that Juliette Bynoe-Sutherland was appointed Executive Chairman of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Board triggered the interest of the blogmaster. Many in the know immediately wondered about the correctness of the decision appointing Minister Dwight Sutherland’s wife to the onerous task of leading the Board. Time will tell if she is able to improve QEH operations.
What the blogmaster found interesting was the accompanying statement from Minister of Health and Wellness Lt Col Jeffrey Bostic explained in the following BT newspaper extract.
At the end of August, Government announced that a mutual agreement had been reached for the separation of former CEO Dr Dexter James from his role at the 600-bed institution. Dr James had been on extended sick leave since February. Director of Support Services Louise Bobb has been acting in that senior position since that announcement.
Readers will recall that days before the last general election former CEO Dexter James’ $257, 129.64 contract was renewed for 4 years although the contract had 18 months to run. Former Minister Boyce ensured his golf buddy a sweet deal.
Minister Bostic is a minister in a government that promotes transparency, however, he neglected to apprise the public of the several thousand dollars taxpayers paid to James to permit a non litigious exit. The majority of Barbadians are numb to what has transpired in this one example and it makes the blogmaster very angry. How is this happening and at the same time Barbadians are being asked to hold tight?
Successive governments have mismanaged the QEH. Despite the band-aiding by DLP and BLP talking heads, what cannot be refuted is the perennial unavailability of supplies at the QEH resulting in the inability to deliver efficient health care. Individuals who can afford it will access private health care. The upside is that some doctors in private practice are laughing all the way to the bank.
The partisans in this forum will blame the Bees or Dees. What these partisans are blind to is both political parties continue to engage in practices that protect the political class. Unfortunately the bidding of political parties has forced the QEH and other institutions in the country to the ‘knees’. How can a people boast of being highly literate yet succumb to partisan beliefs on every issue? What is the criteria for selecting Board members and senior management? On what basis are contracts for services to the hospital issued? Is it based on a transparent tender or RFP policy?
Barbadians were promised better with the transition to Board management at the QEH. Instead there appears to have been a deterioration. The physical plant is embarrassing to look at, constant shortage of supplies compromising health delivery, low employee moral, corrupt selection process of suppliers, inefficient decision making by administration.
Sensible Barbadians must ask the question- if we cannot efficiently manage our primary health care facility what does it say about our skill set as an educated people?
Were recommendations contained in the Richie Haynes report implemented?
Savings bonds did not get a haircut,because they are bald. LOL!!. I explained that the holders get their interest up front. They pay less than the nominal value of the bond.
@David
Sam Lord’s story needs to be shared with us. It’s been a while now and it is important that the developments in the hotel sector are shared with all. The debt restructuring starting is also positive for us. Again they have only spoken to $500M worth of the debt so we need more info on the bigger picture here too.
I want to reply To:‘SirSimpleSimonPresidentforLife.’
Obviously you know nothing about The Cleaning Profession’ You seem to be one that thinks cleaning is just someone with a bucket (containing water & bleach) and a mop and rag. I can’t even begin to converse with you about “Professional Cleaning”. Also don’t suppose anything, for you are so wrong.
John2 if u looking for good news look elsewhere Marriott is buying elegant which is a deal between two private investors
Nothing here upfront for barbados except maybe a hundred thousand dollars in taxes
Not enough to paved barbados streets and buy garbage trucks and buses
At least this government didn’t have to give a wash pan of concessions to attract Marriott’s brand to Barbados.
I’ve cleaned here and over in away for Air BNB places. I am nearly 70 and I still regularly Air BNB clean here in Barbados, not because I have to, but because I enjoy it. All of those Air BNB places which I clean get the 5 star rating or whatever Air BNB customers give as a top rating. I love to clean. I am a landlady also and regardless of how difficult the economy is I always get my property rented on the first day because it is presented so clean that I get multiple people wanting to take it. Mum was a professional housekeeper on the West coast, and in the plantation sector when sugar was king. A first cousin has been a housekeeper at Sandy Lane for more than 40 years. Don’t know what they will do when she retires. In our family we are clean, and we enjoy cleaning.
Yes I know a thing or two or more about cleaning.
I wonder why people always feel the need to tell me that I do not understand.
I do understand how to clean.
I do understand how to pay taxes.
I do understand that my tax money should not be dipped into to pay multiple companies to do the job that the QEH housekeepers are paid to do and should be competent to do.
The QEH should have a head housekeeper, preferably someone with a degree in institutional housekeeping, and several years of experience whose job it should be to establish cleaning procedures; and supervising housekeepers whose jobs it should be to ensure that the standards are rigidly adhered to, and then line staff whose job it is to carry out immediate, daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual housekeeping tasks.
It ain’t nuclear physics.
Well this govt had nothing to do with the sale so why would govt have to make any deals or offers on behalf of these two private investors
For peat sake dont act silly David get out of your sand box 📦 mentality
Btw i noticed that none of the big powerhouse international media giants on the internet has made mention of the agreement
@Jennifer FA SmallOctober 18, 2019 8:30 PM
I want to reply To:‘SirSimpleSimonPresidentforLife.’
Obviously you know nothing about The Cleaning Profession’ You seem to be one that thinks cleaning is just someone with a bucket (containing water & bleach) and a mop and rag. I can’t even begin to converse with you about “Professional Cleaning”. Also don’t suppose anything, for you are so wrong.
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YOU ARE NEW TO BU SO YOU WONT KNOW THAT SIMPLE SIMON KNOW EVERYTHING BOUT EVERYTHING
SHE IS A GARDENER, A COOK, A BAKER, A CHURCH GOER FOR 70 YEARS, A SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER. SHE KNOWS ABOUT OUR HEALTH SYSTEM BETTER THAN THOSE WHO STUDIED IT AND WERE INVOLVED IN SEEKING TO IMPROVE IT……….NOW SHE IS A SUPER Air BNB CLEANER AND ADVISER TO GUVMENT ON CLEANING THE HORSESPITAL
SHE IS ALSO A SELF CONFESSED —————————HERE ON BU
SHE IS AN OPTHALMOLOGIST TOO
DO YOU HAVE a degree in institutional housekeeping, and several years of experience?
CAN YOU COMPLY WITH THAT JOB DESCRIPTION SHE GAVE?
WHAT A LARF THIS WOMAN IS
SHE NOT ONLY A CLOWN BUT A WHOLE CIRCUS
David
I will respond to u later
Mari
It the private sector that must lead the growth
You jealous?
Lolll!!!
You and Jennifer can take it easy, I int looking for no government job, nor no government contract.
GP you forgot to mention that I am also a TAX PAYER.
But never a member of the DLP
Nor the DLP
Nor the NDP
Nor Solutions Barbados
Nor the People’s Party for Democracy etc.
One of the key sections in the Elegant sale
“Following the Acquisition, IHLC intends to carry out renovations to the Elegant hotels. Upon completion
of the planned property renovations, IHLC intends to operate all the Elegant hotels as all-inclusive
resorts under one or more of Marriott’s collection brands. In keeping with the Marriott Group’s asset light strategy, over time (and unlikely within 12 months of the Acquisition), IHLC also intends to market
the Elegant hotels for sale, subject to long-term management agreements under which the Marriott
Group would continue to manage the hotels. IHLC also intends that, upon such sale of the hotels, there
will be no material impact on the continued employment of Elegant’s property-based personnel. ”
IHLC = International Hotel Licensing Company S.à r.l., an indirect subsidiary of Marriott.
john A
I think I read that debt was also included
David
I am sure you will agree that Marriotts is a great vote of confidence and probably one of the biggest we can get at this time.
!. Marriott
2. Rockley condos
3. Blue Horizon
4. Apes Hill
5. The place in St Phillip (cant remember if its the crane or someplace else)
6. The “tool” place on d ABC Highway
7.Sagicor St George retiment village.
8. Ross University
All these I remember from new reports only how you arrived at only one? You don’t keep up with the news?
“Watch out for upgrades and positive growth” = thing to come in the future
David you getting slack like some of your bloggers.
no one said a sale is growth
You read and left off the “watch out for” part.
In other words, the debt restructuring done,( upgrades will come). the next phase is to return to positive growth (watch out for it).
@John2
Did you not read that it was agreed to be a good news story?
Blue Horizon has not started.
Rockley has not started.
Ross we are unclear what concessions were given.
Sagicor is a case of protecting its investment in the local market.
Apes Hill we need more details to understand the net benefit.
The point here is that some of us need information to inform conclusions.
“Those who are not financially challenged will see that the nearly 1/4 billion dollar hotels sale will mostly all pay debts that is staggering the island.”
Murdaaaaaa, de cat got pups!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣
Enuff….ya are a real bottomfeeding yardfowl…how much of that near 1/4 billion that ya boasting about like if it was your sale will be going into the island, what is the benefit to you or anyone else that ya talking about all this brilliance and intelligence..like u sold something….ir made got white hoax money to settle with outside crefitirs…ah thought the fake professor said they don’t have to pay outside creditors for the next 4 years…so what changed…
…in the meantime,talking about QEH, people have to be aware of these lowlifes from Afghanistan and elsewhere who are stealing dead bodies from QEH….to rob the elderly and their beneficiaries their properties…ABLED and condoned and GREEDILY HELPED by the TIEFING LAWYERS and JUDGES on the island, one judge recently appointed by Mia…….those are who will got pups shortly…when outsides authorities come and PICK THEM UP…
me…i will be laying in my bed….with POPCORN AND WINE.
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10156654583405983&id=702935982
Wuh even a magistrate’s name and a former police inspector’s name is calling in that THEFT OF AN OLD MAN’S BODY FROM QEH……was she not recently named a judge too…or some such…..stealing dead bodies from QEH…stealing bank accounts from UK…my, my, how the criminal syndicate from bar association has grown and SPREAD…not even the dead at QEH are safe from YALL anymore.
Always colluding with whites, indians, syrians etc to degrade, tief from and demean ya own people…always colluding with these same low crawling savages like yaselves to degrade, demean and DESTROY TAXPAYER FUNDED ENTITIES LIKE QEH…now the WORLD CAN WATCH YALL BEING TAKEN DOWN….finally….how yall like that.
2 recently appointed JUDGES involved…can’t deny…all the EVIDENCE IS AVAILABLE….Mia appointed both with Dale just weels ago…so what does that say. was that why they were BOTH PROMOTED…thought they had gotten clean away huh…tiefing from their own people for some Afghan tief living in London….yall really need to be WATCHED…..ya are DANGEROUS..
BTW…ah want to see yall removing the lady’s post from FB…
Enuff your figmated imagination has gone wild
Marriott does not have to bow down to any of govt demands and be held hostage by govt in the same way govt is now holding Sandals hostage and as a matter of fact contractors and other buiness deals which are all stalled and tied into Beaches project
Marriott after buying Elegant can do as they dam please
Buy products from whom and where they like
Hire who they like and from where they please
The only committment Marriott will be obligated is paying taxes and with govt lowering the taxes for investors it might be pennies considering what Marriott would be getting on the books
What you cannot refute is that a brand name hotel has increased its footprint in Barbados and the government didnât have to do one damn thing.
Bottom Line
This is an interesting move on Marriott’s part, especially given that they have an incredibly asset-light strategy. So they’re buying seven resorts in Barbados, renovating and rebranding them, and then they hope to manage them long term while selling the hotels to investors.
I don’t know much about Barbados or Elegant properties, but they don’t look particularly luxurious. It’ll be interesting to see if Marriott plans on turning any of these intro true luxury properties, or if we should expect them all to be mid-range..
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The above is another point of view from another media source
Anything negative will be sure to attract your attention. You are a one trick pony.
David again you are acting silly
The govt did not own Elegant so where and how and why would govt intervention be necessary
Dont know why you are acting so childish over two private investors sale
The only difference here which might be of relevance to Barbados of any great significance is the nane Marriott
Is is not as if the Ritz Carlton has landed on our shores
Man simmer down
Read the details and realise that Marriott is investing with an intent of selling to make a profit which can satisfy their shareholder with a hope that Barbados name can do the job of serving Marriott well
Only time will tell
NO benefit to the island whatever but ignorant, backward yardfowls are so, so excited…now it turns out that government will not even realize much more than a few dollars, if any taxes from the sale, have yall no shame..lol
so excited that the international creditors will have no choice, through no fault of their own, to squeeze the most vulnerable on the island for many, many years to come…thanks to 2 corrupt governments….but the BU yardfowl is excited……”wuh ya aint see nothing yet, wait for the 2020 vision and watch muh”…lol…while a world recession is starting to loom..
so where are the benefits to the people…..oh wait, there are none, the tiefing ministers have to try to find their CUT FIRST…..so watch muh..
#steupesss
Look for me the bottom line is atrracting investors but not those of a type to use Barbados name as a source of branding their product while barbados receives no long term benefits that can help the people and serve the financial interest of the country
These two investors are getting some of what they intentions are
Marriott looking out for their shareholders
Elegant in turn getting their debts paid and less sleepless night
Barbados now have to sit wait and see how this investment plays out and what benefits it will derived from what some see as Marriott name to be a marketing strategy for Barbados
This Marriotts matter can be discussed on the Adrian Loveridge blog below,
The issue of bad management of the QEH is serious given the significant allocation in the national budget. The time has come to hold people accountable. This blogmaster is aware of the racket involving overpricing by suppliers because of relationships with politicians. We continue to support these people while the politicians laugh all the way to the bank.
Ok will do
But what is going to be done about it, every taxpayer funded ENTITY….has THIEVES in KEY POSITIONS, all placed there by ministers and politicians, same thieves ripping off the island and people and reducing everything to degradation.
It is a near damn miracle that everything has FINALLY BEEN EXPOSED TO THE WORLD….after decades.
They are all so dangerous…they have extended their criminal reach to foreign countries that are only now being made aware…….those can be dealt with for sure..
Impotence!
That is why they would flog all manner of ‘esoteric’ subject to death but ignore the vile and repugnant behavior of professional.
Impotence, and an acceptance of the fact that matters that impact on their daily lives are out of their control.
@Waru, your 4:30 a.m post may be lacking in information but it is troubling.
Troubling in that no matter the name of the lawyer, there always appear to be a stench or dirty trail that surfaces afterwards. Troubling in that how no matter how educated we claim to be, we always seem to be tools in the toolbox of others.
We would rob our brother and sister of their ‘property’ and if we cannot rob them, then we would cheat them for a fee and give their inheritance to others. It is as if we are determined that some should have and others should be without.
I can imagine some of these lawyers beginning their studies with the thought of helping the common man and battling injustice wherever it is found. Somewhere, between firs year at college and ‘hanging up their shingles’ innocence is lost; the crusader becomes a marauder; who they saw as a victim is now seen as prey.
Yes, was can talk money, transexuals, homosexuals, BERT, FOI (sunhine laws), integrity legislation but all of this is window dressing if we are unable to repair the spokes in our wheel. Barbados is going nowhere until professionals start acting in an ethical and profession manner,
Hal calls us a failed state. I do not believe we are a failed state, but the rot is so pervasive that I doubt if we can truly recover. Two men on a plane that is in a nosedive – one can see only the debris on the ground, the other is hoping for a miracle.
David BU i want to congratulate Ms Mottley and the Government of Barbados along with White Oak for vetting an agreement with the international creditors.In my opinion it can only get better from here. I was waitng for this breaking news from the bajan canadian Hants but alas since it is a positive and not negative we will not see it.Mariposa your feeble attempt at trying to downplay this is typical of the dem yardfowls this is not your try a thing Dems.I cannot hear anything from the overseas bellyachers like SSS,Baje,Gazzerts,Austin and others the cat got wannu tongue.What you all gonna find to bellyache about next?Things will start to improve going forward whether you all want it or not.
“I can imagine some of these lawyers beginning their studies with the thought of helping the common man and battling injustice wherever it is found. Somewhere, between firs year at college and ‘hanging up their shingles’ innocence is lost; the crusader becomes a marauder; who they saw as a victim is now seen as prey.”
Unfortunately Theo…one lawyer told me point blank…these thefts if estates from the vulnerable and unaware black bajans, the elderly, sick, dead, dying, young, UNBORN…. ALL STARTED when the older lawyers, most now DECEASED, WERE STILL IN SCHOOL IN UK and other jurisdictions…..they were robbing BENEFICIARIES etc BEFORE they even got law degrees ASK SIMMONS, ET AL…. .as far back as the 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s and COMING FORWARD….
it is now a well entrenched criminal syndicate, so only few would start out as crusaders for the powerless…most would get caught up in the syndicate…if they want to survive…few do.
There is absolutely nothing wrong with what Marriott is doing with regard to their running light approach on non performing assets like buildings. They are not the first or the last to do this. If you recall cable and wireless sold their building and rented it back as have many other companies on the island.
The amount tied up in real estate In Today’s world does not directly return an investment but is extremely capital intensive. So it is better for many companies to sell their buildings and rent back hence freeing up that capital for expansion.
No doubt an international property company will acquire the asset when the time comes and Marriott will then lease it for 30 years or some such deal.
Excellent move by them as hopefully they use the capital they get from the sale to further expand their operation here.
It was easy really…change the names on
Wills
Conveyances
Deeds of Gifts
Title DEEDS
A cake walk.
Substitute those victim’s names with their own, family, BRIBERS or friends……and voila…OFFSHORE EVERYTHING…they have been offshoring since the 1940s when the bar was created…check the names who created the viper’s pit for a bar and ya will get an idea how deep this criminal syndicate has extended their tentacles and for how long.
The victims never knew what hit them and were effectively GAGGED for decades, they died not knowing..
David 528am
Some of us may need more information to come to a conclusion – that’s ok no problem with that. Some of us don’t need more info to see that confidence is returning.
Whatever reason Sagicor is investing for, the point they are investing a lot of money.
If Ross got concessions or not – they are investing
Blue Horizon and Rockley may not have “broken ground” as yet – but there is a lot of planning and work/investments that goes on before you break ground. Even just the purchase of the hotel plant at blue horizon is an investment.
By the way, Marriott aint start yet but the announcement alone is a big boost to investors confidence
as already suggested can we shift this discussion to Adrian Loveride blog, do not want to delete or close blog.
https://barbadosunderground.net/2019/10/14/adrian-loveridge-column-investment/
Their biggest ambition in life was to be just like MASSA and own a PLANTATION…
Many of them do…but to do so and MAINTAIN THEM…they have to CONTINUE STEALING from their own people,…lol
The Minister explains the qualifications of Barbadian Exec Chairman Bynoe-Sutherland.
https://barbadosunderground.files.wordpress.com/2019/10/exec-chair.mp4
By now it should be obvious that with this new media, things cannot continue as before.
Acts done in London can be heard of in Barbados before the ‘ink on the paper is dry’.
The cloak of secrecy, the mystical Latin incantations and the mystique of the profession has been minimized by FB, WhatsApp, Google
and other forms of communications and research.
Like it or not, greater transparency is now built into the system. The old ways of doing things and the old errant behavior must be modified. Once we would whisper and call you a thief. The new media confirms our whispers.
Yesterday I spoke about how QEH developed from a shell that was just a pretty or modern looking version of the old General Hospital, and the role of our first returning specialist doctors from their post graduate studies in the UK.
Let us now state how we abandoned St Joseph Hospital and its potential, and how Bayview Hospital started to become what it is today.
From the time I was a very little boy living in the “Bay Land, Dr Baylet’s clinic was a well known location in the area. You could call it a small cottage hospital—essentially a GP clinic with a very small hospital with a few beds attached.
Around 1984 a few doctors got together bought the place and developed what is now Bayview Hospital, which is a fee paying private hospital, unlike the mostly “free” or Government sponsored public hospital.
One of the reasons for this was the fact that there was an increasing number of returning highly qualified doctors , and only a relatively few spots for them at the state run QEH. Another was the fact that the RC sponsored St Joseph Hospital was dying , and the doctors who had admitting privileges there would soon loose such privilege.
The RC church tends to have schools and churches wherever they go to look after their folk. Barbados being not a RC country frustrated this role for St Joseph Hospital. However it was a place where some of our specialists could practice and do their thing as it was very well equipped and a most idyllic place for recouperation. It also offered great privacy for Bajans who could pay to be there accommodated.
The St Joseph Hospital was apparently doing well enough as long as the US military base existed in St Lucy, as this was a good source of its revenue. When Adams asked the Americans to leave Barbados in the early 80’s this signaled the death knell of St Joseph Hospital,
The hospital attempted recovery by opening a fee paying Emergency Room to the public, and initially the same doctors who were using the hospital to create their wealth were asked to give a few hours a week. These parasites declined to do so and were some of those who pooled their money to develop Bayview Hospital. These men were short sighted selfish and stupid.
The fee paying Emergency Room was cheap, and convenient but was poorly advertised. The only advertisement in the local newspapers was drowned out because the opening was around the exact occurrence of the US intervention into Grenada.
After a while the Administrator sent from the US to keep the hospital running gave up, and the RC church packed up all the equipment and shipped it to St Judes Hospital in the south of St Lucia.
A Branford Taitt DLP initiative refurbished St Josephs and it again began to serve the north, now as another “free” or Government sponsored public hospital, even though not yet full fledged . St Joseph was on the way back, but the BLP government that came to power from 1994 scuttled the good work that Branford Taitt and the DLP wisely attempted.
Here endeth the history lesson. This is the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.It can not be refuted.
THE SAME WAY THE BLP DESTROYED THE ST JOSEPH’S HOSPITAL INITIATIVE IN 1994, IT IS DESTROYING THE QEH IN 2019
BOSTIC DOES NOT HAVE A CLUE
THERE ARE NO VISIONARY DOCTORS WITH SPINE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH
FOLK IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH TEND NOT TO LISTEN TO WISDOM
YOU KNOW WHAT AMAZES ME?
THE FOLK IN THE USA ARE FIGHTING ABOUT HEALTH CARE FOR ALL
WE HAVE HAD FREE HEALTH CARE FOR ALL SINCE 1985 BECAUSE VICTOR JOHNSON AND OBRIEN TROTMAN LISTENED THEN TO A YOUNG BAJAN DOCTOR
WATCH THE JACK US WITH IRITIS COME AND TALK RUBBISH NOW…….WATCH
WE TALK ABOUT LEARNING BY ROTE AND OUR FAILED EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM HERE ON BU
BUT ALL LEARNING BEGINS BY ROTE
EVENTUALLY SOME GO ON TO HIGHER EDUCATION AND COME BACK WITH INTENTION TO SERVE WHOLEHEARTEDLY
BUT WHAT EVER YOU STUDY YOU ARE LIMITED TO WORKING IN THE PUBLIC SERVICE OR THE LIMITED PRIVATE SECTOR
MUCH OF THE PUBLIC SECTOR IS LED BY SELFISH DUMMIES, SOME OF WHOM DID GO ANYWHERE TO LEARN ANYTHING WITH MONEY OR ACCESS TO MONEY
IF YOU WORK IN THE PUBLIC SERVICE YOU ARE LED BY INFERIOR SUPERIORS WITH NO SPINE, WHO ARE UNWILLING OR UNABLE TO STAND UP TO THE MINISTER
I ONCE HAD A SENIOR MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH TELL ME THAT DECISIONS WERE MADE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH BY THE ONE WHO SHOUTED THE LOUDEST . AT THE TIME , THAT WAS TAITT, WHO ACTUALLY SOME TIMES HAD BETTER IDEAS THAN THE COWARDLY DOCTORS IN HIS MINISTRY.
FOR EXAMPLE, TAITT CAME TO A POLYCLINIC ONE DAY AND SAID THAT THE GENERAL PRACTICE SECTION SHOULD BE SET UP LIKE THE OFFICE OF A PRIVATE DOCTOR
THE NEXT DAY I PRODUCED A FLOOR PLAN TO THE DR IN CHARGE WHICH WAS APPROVED BY THE QUALIFIED PERSON TO OVERSEE SUCH. IT WAS STRUCK DOWN BY AN EX PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTOR
WHO NOW CALLED HIMSELF A HEALTH PLANNER. THE CLINICS REMAIN THE SAME
THE EX PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTOR & “HEALTH PLANNER” THEN WENT ON TO BE AN ANGLICAN PRIEST
HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN THAT WE HAVE NEVER HEARD ABOUT DR LUCAS BEFORE HIS ARTICLES ON BU
SURELY HE BEGAN HIS JOURNEY LEARNING BY ROUTE
BUT HE EMERGED WITH VISION AND HE WAS WILLING AND ABLE TO APPLY WHAT HE HAD LEARNED BY ROTE AND OTHER MEANS
BUT AS USUAL, HE WAS STRUCK DOWN AND HIS VISION AND ABILITY AND LEARNING BROUGHT TO NAUGHT BY ENVIOUS LESS ENDOWED IDIOTS, WHOM I CALL INFERIOR SUPERIORS
BUT WE ONLY NEED A FEW LIKE DR LUCAS TO BE ALLOWED TO EXERCISE THEIR VISION AND APPLY THEIR LEARNING
NO DOUBT THERE ARE OTHERS LIKE HIM WHO WILL SUFFER A SIMILAR FATE
IN THE PASS OUR TOP CIVIL SERVANTS WERE SOME OF OUR BEST BRAINS
WHY?
THEY ROSE UP THROUGH THE SERVICE, WHERE THEY STARTED ON LEAVING SCHOOL, BECAUSE THERE WERE FEW JOBS AVAILABLE, AND THEY COULD NOT AFFORD TO GO ON TO FURTHER EDUCATION, AND THERE WAS NO UWI
NOW OUR BEST BRAINS HAVE OTHER OPTIONS, AND WE LEAVE ONLY RABBLE FOR THE PUBLIC SERVICE, WHO HAVE EVENTUALLY BECOME THE INFERIOR SUPERIORS THERE
What cannot be refuted is that under successive administrations the QEH has been in decline. Management strategies being employed are not working. There is a culture currently breeding incompetence, mismanagement and corrupt behaviour. We wish Sutherland-Bynoe good luck. She will need it.
“But all learning begins by rote. ” Very true. The danger comes when it continues by rote. Thanks GP . A timely warning to us all.
The QEH has indeed declined since the 1980 s. My mother came out medically unfit because the decline was literally driving her mad. She was and still is a perfectionist. I had for years to listen to a litany of woes every time she came home from work and so I do know a little about what took place there.
The decline at that time had very little to do with the doctors.
WHEN THE QEH WAS AT ITS BEST, IT WAS ADMINISTRATED BY TWO COMPETENT CIVIL SERVANTS FROM TWO DECENT FAMILES- JAMES WILLIAMS AND NEVILLE MILLINGTON
THEN WE HIRED “SINISTER” JAMES WHO HAD JUST BEEN FIRED BY THE GUVMENT IN ANGUILLA
HE COULD NOT RUN THEIR LIKKLE HORSEPITAL AND THEY BROUGHT HIM TO RUN QEH
THE DRS, SOME RETURNING NURSES TRAINED ABROAD AND SOME STALWARTS TRAINED AT HOME MARSHELLED THE TROOPS
EVEN THE ORDERLIES WHO WORKED THEIR LIVES IN THEATER, WERE OFTEN TIMES GOOD BACK SEAT DRIVERS
IN PUBLIC HEALTH SIR MAURICE BYER DR SANTOS DR VAUGHN WELLS WERE LISTENED TO BY THE COMPETENT BEAURICRATS WHO RAN THINGS .
YOU HAD TO LISTEN TO THEM. THEY WERE OUTSTANDING
ALSO THE TOP DRS WERE THEIR FRIENDS AND CAME FROM THEIR CLASS
EXCELLENCE AND DOING THINGS THE RIGHT WAY WERE THERE HALLMARK
NOW YOU HAVE DRS WHO HAVE ARISEN FROM POORER STOCK AFRAID NOT TO LOOSE THEIR CONTRACTS WHO COWER TO THE MINISTER AND THE CIVIL SERVANTS IN CHARGE
RE We wish Sutherland-Bynoe good luck. She will need it.
HOW CAN A MEDICAL ILLITERATE RUN A HOSPITAL WELL?
WHERE IS THIS THE NORM ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD?
You are suggesting a good hospital administrator in today’s environment has to be a doctor?
Vincent CodringtonOctober 19, 2019 11:07 AM
“But all learning begins by rote. ” Very true. The danger comes when it continues by rote. Thanks GP . A timely warning to us all.
TAKE MUSIC FOR EXAMPLE
EVEN THE GREAT MUSICIANS LEARNED THEIR SCALES AND BASICS BY ROTE
SOME OF THEM IMPROVISED AND TURNED SCALES INTO GREAT PIECES
A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THIS IS VARIATIONS ON “DI RAI JE” AND BACH AND HANDEL WHOSE MUSIC IS CHARACTERIZED BY NUMEROUS “RUNS”
I ONCE STARTED A MUSIC COURSE AT MONA BECAUSE I HAD HAD NO FORMAL TRAINING AND I DESPERATELY WANTED SUCH
THERE WERE SEVERAL IN THAT CLASS WITH GRADE 8 PIANO ETC, BUT THEY COULD NONE OF THEM SIGHT SING! I WAS AMAZED, BECAUSE I LEARNED SO TO DO IN CH CH PARISH CH CHOIR AS A TEEN
GREAT MUSICIANS ALL IMPROVISE
THE GREATEST CRICKETER OF ALL TIME TAUGHT THAT ALL CRICKET STOKES ARE AN EXTENTION OR IMPROVISATION ON THE TWO BASIC STOKES, WHICH MUST BE MASTERED —- FORWARD OR BACKWARD DEFENSIVE
LISTENING TO A HEART OR CHEST IS DONE BY ROTE
YOU LEARN TO LISTEN FOR “NORMAL SOUNDS”
THEN PATIENTS WITH ABNORMAL SOUNDS DUE TO DISEASE ARE PRESENTED
@ GP at 11:37 AM
Very good examples. I concur.
RE Q You are suggesting a good hospital administrator in today’s environment has to be a doctor?
A. CHECK THE SITUATION IN THE BEST RUN HOSPITALS IN THE WORLD, AND TELL ME
NOW SOME DOCTORS CAN ONLY DOCTOR, AND DOCTOR WELL. THEY CANT COOK GARDEN OR ANYTHING ELSE
BUT DOCTORS WHO UNDERSTAND THE NEEDS AND WORKINGS OF A HOSPITAL WITH PEOPLE’S SKILLS DO BEST AT LEADING HOSPITALS
MEDICAL ILLITERACY DOES NOT ONLY MEAN IGNORANCE OF MEDICINE
WHEN I SOUGHT TO ADVISE TOM ADAMS AND THE BLP IN 1985 I DID SO ON THE BASIS OF APPLYING ONE PRINCIPLE LEARNED BY ROTE BY MY PUBLIC HEALTH TEACHER., I.E PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES SHOULD BE POSITIONED BASED ON THE AVAILABLE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
THEY LISTENED ONLY PARTIALLY, AND SO WE NOW HAVE TWO POLYCLINICS ON THE SAME BUS ROUTE!
VINCENT
HERE IS MOZARTS VARIATION ON DI RAI JE
VINCENT
HERE IS A GOOD SIMPLE PRESENTATION ON THE TWO BASIC NORMAL HEART SOUNDS…..LUB DUB
Q SHOULD A GOOD HEALTH ADMINISTRATOR BE A DOCTOR?
TAKE THE SIMPLE PRINCIPLE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES SHOULD BE POSITIONED BASED ON THE AVAILABLE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AND JUDGE
WHERE DID SIR MAURICE BYER LOCATE THE FIRST HEALTH CENTER? CORRECTLY IN SPEIGHTSTOWN–A MAJOR HUB IN THE NORTH
WHERE DID PROF STANDARD LOCATE THE HEALTH CENTER IN ST PHILIP? CORRECTLY AT SIX RDS.
WHERE WAS ENMORE SITED? CORRECTLY IN BRIDGETOWN NEAR TO THE HOSPITAL.
ENMORE THE MOST CENTRAL HEALTH CENTER ALSO HOUSED THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAB WITH A SMALL X RAY UNIT TO HELP DIAGNOSE TB WHICH WAS A SCOURGE THEN
MAURICE BYER POLYCLINIC IS POORLY SITED BY THE PRINCIPLE ABOVE
IF IT IS TO BE SITED WHERE IT IS, BUSES FROM ST LUCY OUGHT TO BE REROUTED TEMPORARILY UP THE HILL TO FACILITATE SUCH FOLK
Bear in mind the QEH has transition to a Board. The skill set of the leadership therefore requires certain competencies.
Q WHY WAS QEH BETTER RUN BEFORE IT WAS LED BY A BOARD?
Which leads to the obvious question:
Why did Arthur switch to Board governance?
Q Why did Arthur switch to Board governance?
A POLITICS, POWER —CERTAINLY NOT COMMON SENSE
YOU DONT CHANGE THINGS THAT ARE NOT BROKEN
GOOD LEADERSHIP ENTAILS LISTENING AND SEEKING GOOD FOLK WITH GOOD PRACTICAL IDEAS
E.G SIMPLE SIMON CORRECTLY DISSECTED HOW CLEANING OUGHT TO BE DONE COMPETENTLY, BUT SHE HAS NO POLITICAL LEANINGS. SHE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO MAKE A CONTRIBUTION. BUT SUCH IDEAS SHOULD BE CONSIDERED BY A LEADER WHO RECEIVES AND IMPLEMENT WORTHY IDEAS FROM ALL DEPARTMENTS WITH THE AVAILABLE RESOURCES AND WITH OUT INTERFERENCE FROM IGNORANT INCANDESCENT ILLITERATES
It would be interesting if the Richie Haynes Report was publicly discussed.
I HAVE NEVER SEEN IT
I ONLY KNOW THAT HE WAS ONE OF THE PIONEERS OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF QEH
THE POLITICIANS AND THE MORONS IN THE MOH…….AND I SUPPOSE OTHER MINISTRIES MESS UP EVERYTHING
I ONCE HAD THE JOY TO WORK IN A POLYCLINIC WITH A JAMAICAN DR. SHE WAS PRIM AND PROPER AND EFFICIENT
SHE ARRIVED ON TIME WITH HER DR’S BAG AND HER PICNIC BASKET WITH HER LUNCH, AND SAT AND STEADFASTLY DEALT WITH THE ELDERLY
I SAT ON THE OTHER SIDE AND DID VOLUME—COUGH AND COLD AND NAIL JUCK. CERTIFICATES FOR THIS AND DAT, AND SUNDRY MATTERS WHICH COULD BE DEALT WITH QUICKLY
THE CLINIC WORKED SMOOTHLY. UNTIL THEY MOVED BOTH OF US
IN ADDITION SHE VISITED A CLINIC IN BELLEPLAINE AND ST THOMAS DISTRICT HOSPITAL WEEKLY AND WAS A GREAT SERVANT OF THE DISTRICT………..BUT THEY MOVED HER!
LATER SHE WAS WORKING AT WINSTON SCOTT AND I AT EDGAR COCHRANE WHEN SHE CALLED TO ASK IF I WOULD DO SOME HOUSE CALLS FOR HER. SHE WAS NOT KEEN TO DO THEM BECAUSE SHE WANTED TO GO ATTEND HER DAUGHTER AFTER SCHOOL. AFTER THE PRESSURED TO DO HOUSE CALLS SHE LEFT
THEY WERE INDIAN DRS WORKING WITH HER THAT WERE WILLING TO DO THEM ALL……..BUT WERE PREVENTED FROM SO DOING BECAUSE IT WENT THAT THESE DRS WOULD MAKE MORE MONEY THAN THE DRS IN THE MOH
THIS IS THE RUBBISH THAT DESTROYS THE FABRIC OF THE MOH
WE HAVE A LOT GOING FOR US IN HEALTH IN BARBADOS, EVEN IF NOT PERFECT
REGARDLESS TO YOUR STATION IN LIFE, YOU CAN GET UP AND WALK INTO ANY DR’S OFFICE OR POLYCLINIC AND BE SEEN—-THAT DAY AND WITHOUT HEALTH INSURANCE. EVEN IF YOU MAY HAVE TO WAIT A BIT. YOU CAN WALK AWAY WITH YOUR MEDS TOO
IN THE USA EVEN WITH THE BEST HEALTH INSURANCE IF YOU DONT HAVE AN APPOINTMENT YOU HAVE TO FIND SOME EMERGENCY ROOM AND PAY THROUGH YOUR TEETH……….SOMETHING THE POOR CANT DO
IN THE USA THE POTUS FIGHTING TO LOWER DRUG PRICES
WE ESTABLISHED A DRUG SERVICE AND A FORMULARY AND DID THAT SINCE 1980
IF WE HAVE DECLINED SINCE THE MID 90’S ITS BECAUSE OF CORRUPTION, GREED AND GRAFT AND INCOMPETENT LEADERS IN MOH
GP
October 19, 2019 10:28 AM
“EVENTUALLY SOME GO ON TO HIGHER EDUCATION AND COME BACK WITH INTENTION TO SERVE WHOLEHEARTEDLY
BUT WHAT EVER YOU STUDY YOU ARE LIMITED TO WORKING IN THE PUBLIC SERVICE OR THE LIMITED PRIVATE SECTOR
MUCH OF THE PUBLIC SECTOR IS LED BY SELFISH DUMMIES, SOME OF WHOM DID (NOT) GO ANYWHERE TO LEARN ANYTHING……”
GP
October 19, 2019 2:07 PM
“THIS IS THE RUBBISH THAT DESTROYS THE FABRIC OF THE MOH”
GP,
What you are highlighting is not rubbish, and it has not only destroyed the fabric of the MOH, it has destroyed the wider competitive tapestry of Barbadian society as well.
You are giving us, in detail, examples related to the widespread scourge of misallocation of human resources, malice, and envy specifically applied to the MOH, but applicable to the whole of Barbados.
These self-defeating attitudes and destructive practices have resulted in organizational gangrene and institutional decay throughout the island.
Can Barbados realistically aim for sustainable economic growth or social justice and fairness despite being burdened by these malignant forces? How do we eradicate or minimize the prevalence of these undesirable attitudes? Fire all of our public sector managers as a start?
@ GP at 2 :19 PM
I am happy that some one other than myself can confirm the high costs and long waits at Medical facilities in the USA. We do not appreciate what we have/had. But that is understandable . We seldom have a frame of reference. The quality of service in Barbados is also just as good and in many cases,better. We need to,maintain and improve upon it.
We need to wrestle to the ground the perceived malpractices that are undermining our standards.
when we were children playing bat and ball in de village, we knew who the best players were and we respected their abilities
we would not exclude any of them the village team when going to play against an adjoining village
it was the same thing at school
it was clear who were the obvious leaders among our peers
what has gone wrong at higher levels in all spheres of life
why is the cream not allowed to rise to the top for the benefit of all?
the best bat and ball players in my area as children went on to represent Barbados
one was the Barbados wicket keeper in 69
the very best of all scored 3 centuries for Combermere in ist division cricket at age 16 in 69 and eventually became President of the USA Cricket Association
WHY DO A SET OF MORONS THINK THEY SHOULD RULE OVER US WHEN THEY KNOW THAT THEY DONT HAVE THE ABILITY?
WHY DO WE ALLOW IT?
@
GP (previously called Georgie Porgie),
Mia derives from a family whom most would consider to be the creme de la creme.
If you read her wlkepdia account you can see her blood line. She comes from a powerful family with a pedigree.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mia_Mottley
She certainly has the credentials to rule this country.
TLSN
ARE YOU SAYING THAT BEING DERIVED FROM A FAMILY THAT SOME WITH NO SELF ESTEEM LIKE YOU AND THOSE OF YOUR ILK WOULD CONSIDER CREME DE LA CREME EQUIPING HER FOR LEADERSHIP?
DO WE HAVE A MONARCHY IN BARBADOS NOW?
RE She comes from a powerful family with a pedigree. SO WHAT?
She certainly has the credentials to rule this country. WHAT CREDENTIALS? KEEPING NUFF NOISE AND BITING?
WHAT FAMILY DID SANDIFORD AND ARTHUR COME FROM?
I AM SORRY IF YOU HAVE NO PEDIGREE
I WOULD AGREE THAT MIA HAS THE PEDIGREE AND CREDENTIALS TO BE PRIME OF WICKERS THOUGH
I COME ON BU TALKING SENSE AND YOU COME LIKE THE SCUM YOU ARE TALKING RUBBISH
TLSN
THE WOMEN I GREW UP WITH AND WORKED WITH HAVE REAL PEDIGREE
THEY ARE GODLY WOMEN WHO SEEK TO WALK WITH GOD AND BY THE TENETS OF HIS WORD
WOMEN WITH REAL PEDIGREE AND WHO ARE GENUINE GREME DE LA CREME CAN NOT BE DESCRIBED BY THE TRUTHS ESPOUSED IN ROMANS 1:25 ET SECQ
Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.
26 For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:
27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.
28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
29 Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
30 Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
31 Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:
32 Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them
WOMEN WITH REAL PEDIGREE AND WHO ARE GENUINE GREME DE LA CREME GET MARRIED TO A MAN ………..THEY DO NOT WICK AND THEY RESTRICT THEIR BITING TO FOOD NOT FEMALE PUDENDA
Some reality here…..too much fantasy about non existent pedigree and bloodlines and PURE SHITE…
Barbadians whose properties have been stolen by corrupt lawyers.
Nationals and non nationals are urged to write your complaints to:
London Foreign & Commonwealth Secretary, Caribbean Section,
King Charles Street,
London 1AA,
England
WOMEN WITH REAL PEDIGREE AND WHO ARE GENUINE GREME DE LA CREME GET MARRIED TO A MAN ………..THEY DO NOT WICK AND THEY RESTRICT THEIR BITING TO FOOD NOT FEMALE PUDENDA
They also don’t abuse and physically beat women partners.
IF MOST OF OUR GRAND PARENTS WERE IN THE VESTRY SYSTEM CHEATING AND TIEFING IT WOULD BE SAID THAT WE HAVE PEDIGREE TOO
BUT WE GOT OUR PEDIGREE AND CREME BY HONEST TOIL AND LABOUR AND NOT BY UNDER HAND DEALINGS OR OTHER ABERRATIONS IN OUR BEHAVIOUR
GP, you underestimate the psyche of Barbadians. Mia is a member of the Mottley dynasty. No matter how desperate the times the majority of the Bajan public will continue to have deference for her. Arthur warned the public about Mia and Barrow from an earlier era was concerned about her father.
It is her bloodline and Bajans inability to look beyond that, that keeps Barbadians cowed and silent.
Anyway, GP welcome back.
@ Butthead
David BU i want to congratulate Ms Mottley and the Government of Barbados along with White Oak for vetting an agreement with the international creditors.In my opinion it can only get better from here. I was waitng for this breaking news from the bajan canadian Hants but alas since it is a positive and not negative we will not see it.Mariposa your feeble attempt at trying to downplay this is typical of the dem yardfowls this is not your try a thing Dems.I cannot hear anything from the overseas bellyachers like SSS,Baje,Gazzerts,Austin and others the cat got wannu tongue.What you all gonna find to bellyache about next?Things will start to improve going forward whether you all want it or not.
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SOME OF US ENJOY A LIFE WHERE WE DON’T HAVE TO COMMENT ALL THE TIME ON THE OBVIOUS SHENANIGANS GOING ON LOCALLY.
FORTUNATELY, WE ARE NOT IN THE SAME POSITION AS THE MASSES WHO WORK FOR A PITTANCE AND WERE PROMISED A MINIMUM WAGE TOWARDS A BETTER LIFE WITHIN THE FIRST 6 MONTHS OF BLP BEING ELECTED.
AN INVISIBLE, BUT PROMISED INTEGRITY AND TRANSPARENCY LEGISLATION WHILST THE LAWYERS AND POLITICIANS CONTINUE TO ENGORGE THEMSELVES IN UNDERHAND AND CORRUPT PRACTICES.
I HAVE NOTHING TO BELLYACHE ABOUT I LIVE AN EXTREMELY GOOD LIFE WHICH I WOULD WISH FOR ALL FELLOW BAJANS.
HOWEVER, UNLIKE JIM JONES AND HIS MISGUIDED FOLLOWERS I CHOSE NOT TO DRINK THE POISONED KOOLAID OF DLP OR BLP AND THEIR CLOWNS WHO COME ON BARBADOS UNDERGROUND AND EXPOSE TO THE WORLD THEIR IGNORANCE DAILY.
That may be true for the masses but it means nothing to me. I regard her as scum, WORSE than cancer and pathogenic bacteria.
I thank GOD that I am not at home.
re Arthur warned the public about Mia and Barrow from an earlier era was concerned about her father. THIS IS LIKE HOW FORBES BURNHAM’S SISTER WARNED THE GUYANESE ABOUT FORBES
This nonsense about the QEH means that poor Bajans now no longer even have a place to go to die in comfort and peace
All the efforts of the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s there is now going in vain
One does not have to comment on every thing to confirm what is already known
. hahahaha David @@ your words say it all, Massive Land Fraud and PONZI by the BLP, DLP BBLP and looking for the BBBLP to take up the slack,lawyers and Minsters No comments hahaha
Baje poor fella you present youself as some person og self importance.My old folks always taught never ptaise up yourself let others around you do so if you are worthy.Unlike you we in Barbados are sufgering due to ten years of poor leadership and are beginning to see signs of improvment wbich we are grateful for so you can take a hike with your egotistical so called big up life as no one here cares in Barbados jackass.
Baje poor fella you present youself as some person og self importance.My old folks always taught never ptaise up yourself let others around you do so if you are worthy.Unlike you we in Barbados are sufgering due to ten years of poor leadership and are beginning to see signs of improvment wbich we are grateful for so you can take a hike with your egotistical so called big up life as no one here cares in Barbados jackass.
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YOU HAVE FURTHER CONFIRMED WHY I CALL YOU BUTTHEAD.
INSEAD OF ATTACKING THE MINIMUM WAGE, INTEGRITY / TRANSPARENCY PROMISES AND PLEDGES YOUR BLP MADE TO MISLEAD THE MASSES FOR VOTES YOU WANT TO ATTACK ME WHO DON’T STAND TO BENEFIT FROM THE SAME VOTING TAXPAYERS.
THE SLIDE IN BARBADOS BROUGHT ABOUT BY NEPOTISM, CORRUPTION, KICKBACKS, BRIBE TAKING AND ARROGANCE DIDN’T JUST START 10 YEARS AGO UNDER THE DLP.
THE REASON THE PEOPLE VOTED OUT IN BLP IN 2008 AFTER PREVIOUS 14 YEARS WHICH INCLUDED Owen, Mia, Kerrie, Mascoll, Payne, Marshall etc WERE for the massive frauds, corruption and stealing also of the Taxpayers collected funds through taxes.
LIKE SOME ON THIS BLOG I AM PROUD TO SAY I LEFT THE ISLAND ON A FULL 4 YEAR SCHOLARSHIP AND HAVE ACHIEVED AND HOLD NO ALLEGIANCE TO ANYONE.
IF THAT MAKES ME POMPOUS I OFFER NO APOLOGIES.
Correction:
THE REASON THE PEOPLE VOTED OUT BLP IN 2008 AFTER PREVIOUS 14 YEARS WHICH INCLUDED Owen, Mia, Kerrie, Mascoll, Payne, Marshall etc WERE for the massive frauds, corruption and stealing also of the Taxpayers collected funds through taxes.
Baje
BLP MALFEASANCE STARTED AS EARLY AS 1994 AND GRADUALLY DEVELOPED
There was a young police officer who stopped a Minister of the BLP government for committing a traffic offence. The Minister ignored the man and drove over the police officer’s foot. The police officer was sent to the acting police medical officer. The Minister then sought to have the police officer, but the acting police medical officer wrote about it in one of the local papers.
That was Rawle Eastmond.
@GPOctober 19, 2019 12:25 PM “MAURICE BYER POLYCLINIC IS POORLY SITED BY THE PRINCIPLE ABOVE IF IT IS TO BE SITED WHERE IT IS, BUSES FROM ST LUCY OUGHT TO BE REROUTED TEMPORARILY UP THE HILL TO FACILITATE SUCH FOLK.”
True. I was away for a while and when I returned I was amazed to discover that the clinic had been moved from the heart of Speightstown, to an isolated place “up the hill”
It makes no sense. Most people who use the clinics are old, poor, sick or all three. Or young with one or two or more small children. Many, perhaps most do not have a car or even regular access to car. Even though flooding sometimes occurs in Speightstown, I have never seen the area near to the old clinic flood.
I sometime think that the decision makers sit in their air conditioned offices, or their air conditioned offices and make bad decisions for the rest of us.
Reminds me of the initial decision to ban people from bringing water into Kensington during the 2007 World Cup. In the middle of the tropical heat, in the middle of dry season, people siting in chilly London were making decisions about people’s thirst.
CORRECTION: I sometimes think that the decision makers sit in their air conditioned offices, or their air conditioned cars and make bad desicions for the rest of us.
No doubt the same poppits who demand that women must wear sleeved garments in order to collect birth certificates for themselves, their children or their elderly parents. or who go to BRA to pay taxes. Imagine having to wear sleeves in order to pay taxes when the temperature in above 30 Celsius, and the humidity above 90 degrees.
Imagine being forbidden to pay your taxes unless you are “dressed appropriately”
No wonder the government has no money.
Lolll!!
@TLSNOctober 19, 2019 5:53 PM “Mia derives from a family whom most would consider to be the creme de la creme. If you read her wlkepdia account you can see her blood line. She comes from a powerful family with a pedigree.”
Who wrote the Wikipedia article?
How do you know what most think?
What makes a family creme de la creme?
I know about pedigree and bloodlines in dogs for example, and in dogs pedigree and bloodlines often means a fairly high degree of inbreeding? Are you telling us that Mia’s family is inbred? Is inbreeding a good thing in human beings?
How do you define pedigree in human beings?
@GPOctober 19, 2019 2:19 PM “IN THE USA EVEN WITH THE BEST HEALTH INSURANCE IF YOU DONT HAVE AN APPOINTMENT YOU HAVE TO FIND SOME EMERGENCY ROOM AND PAY THROUGH YOUR TEETH…SOMETHING THE POOR CANT DO. IN THE USA THE POTUS FIGHTING TO LOWER DRUG PRICES. WE ESTABLISHED A DRUG SERVICE AND A FORMULARY AND DID THAT SINCE 1980.”
i had a conversation with Donville once. He was at the time the Minister of Health. He told me that he preferred the U.S. system of health care. He probably thought that i was a little old lady who had never left Barbados, who was not knowledgeable about how the U.S. system works.
I terminated the conversation.
In the next election I voted “B”
Since he prefers the American way, I leave him up to the Americans.
DavidOctober 19, 2019 9:50 PM “@That was Rawle Eastmond.”
Not yet three score and ten, but looking a bit shaky when last i saw him.
Bajan common sense. These commuters putting the maguffees to shame.
“Since he prefers the American way, I leave him up to the Americans.”
lol..one would think since he cares so much for Canadian crooks, he would have preferred the Canadian healthcare system…dumb as a rock and love to boast about which high school churned him out..
@GP
10/19/2019
That was not mocking and rocking. Brilliant batting and bowling.
Full of information and showing the course of history of some of our national institutions.
Anyone following the debate in the Senate today would have concluded the state of the QEH is more dire than outlined in Thai blog. What are we doing educated Barbados!
ANY DETAILS?
@GP
Listen about 30 minutes in from start.
https://youtu.be/O1NogwphqEA
WALCOTT TALKING BULL
HOW CAN YOU GET SPECIALIST NURSES WHEN YOU HAVE A SHORTAGE OF NURSES?
HOW CAN YOU HAVE GENERALS WHEN THERE ARE FEW FOOT SOLDIERS?
CASWELL FRANKLIN IS RIGHT WHEN HE SAYS THIS IS ALL CHIEFS AND NO INDIANS.
LOTS OF TALK ABOUT MONEY 7 STRUCTURE
SEEMS WHAT IS MORE NEEDED IS FOR FOLK TO DO THEIR JOBS EFFICIENTLY AND PROMPTLY FROM TOP TO BOTTOM AND BOTTOM TO TOP (NO PUN INTENDED TO WALCOTT)
I AM SURE SIMPLE SIMON CAN GIVE DECENT ADVICE, AS SHE DID LAST WEEKEND
FRANKLIN IS RIGHT WHEN HE SAYS ALL CHIEFS AND NO INDIANS
LOST SOUND SOON AFTER CASWELL BEGAN SPEAKING BUT HE WAS MAKING MORE SENSE THAN WALCOTT
@GPOctober 23, 2019 2:59 PM WHAT IS MORE NEEDED IS FOR FOLK TO DO THEIR JOBS EFFICIENTLY AND PROMPTLY FROM TOP TO BOTTOM.
Good advice. I can’t add a thing.
I’ve changed my mind. Since i am still a tax payer, 17.5% on toilet paper etc, property tax etc. I am that according to Dr. Walcott, there is $13.1 million that cannot be accounted for when stock taking was done and has had to be written off. I am poor people. For we poor tax payers $13.1 million is a whole lot of money. I am vex that the last audit was in 2011. How can an institution which sucks up hundreds of millions of TAX PAYERS money each year, fail to have an audit done between 2012 and 2019? How does that happen? Dr. Walcott also mentioned another$7.1 million that has disappeared. Disappeared to where? If the money is not in the QEH’s accounts, it must be somewhere else. Matter can’t just disappear.
I am worried too about the level of “sickness” of senior officials at the QEH. If senior health officials have not been able to take care of their own health, how can i trust them to take care of mine? The former CEO so sick that he needs months of sick leave.The Director of Finance resigned recently? Why? The audit person resigned too?
Caswell paid $30,000 for his gall bladder surgery at “another place?” Why? I had gall bladder surgery fairly recently, and I said “not fah shite” I ain’t paying fah mine, because in my last year at work i paid about $30,000 in combined income tax, VAT and property tax, so like hell I ain’t paying $30,000 for no gall bladder surgery. The QEH had to do it “free” because I felt that after more than 40 years of paying taxes the QEH owed me. I had to wait 8 months for it, but I am tough.
Caswell is correct! Made a lot of sense.
Speaks of
Creation of chiefs and not enough Indians
Government find jobs for their friends and family and party hacks
Lot of the money going into salaries
He recalls past leadership of QEH ….and he is correct about that
Says to put resources into folk who actually treat patients instead of executives, instead of
Creation of chiefs and not enough Indians
Has superstructure to give money to friends
Need for folk who actually treat patients instead of executives
Caswell is correct!
Nurses poorly paid start at level of senior clerk z23-not paid for what they are worth and for what they are doing
Foreign recruitment
Regional exam you are training folk to work in Barbados not the region
He is correct about the Regional exam —it is rubbish since no one prepares them for that exam
We should train our nurses to be able to function in Barbados
Caswell is also correct about the 24 hour polyclinic system
I am worried that Caswell paid $30,000 for gall bladder surgery. i called a friend of min who had gall bladder surgery withing the last five years. Friend paid less than $10,000 for the surgery.
Caswell should check around, because some people may see him as “Mr. Deep Pockets” and charge him $30,000, while another person pays less than $10,000
@David blogmaster “The recent announcement that Juliette Bynoe-Sutherland was appointed Executive Chairman of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Board…”
Dear David: Did you mean appointed, or annointed?
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