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  • 2 years ago
On the heels.. of the recent fatal shooting.. at the Accident and Emergency department of the Port of Spain General Hospital..which led to an outcry by staff for better security...attention is now drawn to another incident. This time, the North West Regional Health Authority.. is investigating one of its own... following an altercation.. with a security guard.. near the Maternity Department of the hospital.

Alicia Boucher explains.
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00:00That's a few seconds of the two-minute video capturing an altercation between a man and
00:18a security guard at the entrance gate at the maternity department of the Port of Spain
00:23General Hospital.
00:24Northwest Regional Health Authority Chief Executive Officer Anthony Blake is dispelling
00:29rumors that it is a member of the public, based on preliminary inquiries that have been
00:35conducted.
00:36And from our initial investigation, it is in fact a staff member in that altercation
00:42with the security.
00:44Blake says the incident took place by a staff entrance to the institution, and as a matter
00:50of protocol, employees using it are required to show their ID or their NWRHA-issued car
00:57park pass.
00:58The person was not able to show either to the security, and of course, the security
01:04would have refused that entrance at those gates, and that is what precipitated the altercation,
01:10based on the initial information that I have.
01:13Was anybody at all injured?
01:18Well, I don't have the reports from the security company as yet, but I have no adverse reports
01:26of injury as yet.
01:29TB6 News understands that a guard has not been rostered to work behind a security firm
01:34today.
01:36Blake states that following the investigation, natural justice will take its course.
01:41According to the CEO, the matter is of concern, as he tells us, while staff are asking for
01:46more security measures to be implemented for their safety, they must support the security
01:51apparatus by complying with protocol and procedures such as wearing their IDs, allowing their
01:57vehicles to be searched, and following the instructions of on-duty security personnel.
02:03We as members of the Northwest Regional Health Authority, it must start with us.
02:07We put several measures in place to try to increase not only the footprint of security,
02:14but also the feel and the awareness of security on the compound.
02:18Incidents like these only help to really dispel the efforts that we are putting in place.
02:25Alicia Boucher, TB6 News.
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