With specific reference to the New Amsterdam Hospital, the Chairman said that he received allegations of families of patients being asked to walk with their own bed sheets and linen for the beds in the wards, when government has been spending millions of dollars to procure these and other items for the N/A Hospital. “This morning, somebody raised the question about linen at N/A Hospital and they said when they went there with their grandfather, nurses told them they have to bring their own sheets. I couldn’t believe that—but when I checked it out, apparently it was so!” Dr. Mahadeo replied that 720 white sheets and 500 green sheets were procured for the facility last year. “And it’s a hospital that has just over 100 beds with 50 to 60 per cent occupancy, so I am sure sheets are there. And I am sure that’s a management issue at the lower levels, because the beds shouldn’t have any coloured sheets.”
Posted on: Sun, 11 Jan 2015 18:46:51 +0000
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