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  • 1 year ago
Chaos is currently reigning in Trinidad and Tobago and nowhere is safe, says MP for Caroni East and the UNC's Shadow Health Minister, Dr. Rishad Seecheran. He was interviewed on the Tv6 Morning Edition.
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00:00Dr. Richard Cichuron described the Wednesday's move of 31-year-old Jamal Watts at the St.
00:06James Medical Complex as senseless and disheartening.
00:10He said the failing national security has translated into failing hospital security
00:15and more security is needed at public hospitals.
00:19We have to increase our security in our nation's hospitals and I'm hoping that in the upcoming
00:25budget, this 50-year budget of this PNM administration, that something is done to increase the level
00:33of security at our nation's hospitals and healthcare institutions.
00:37Dr. Cichuron said based on a report he received, there's illegal gun trade taking place in
00:43this country.
00:44We actually had access to a UN report recently titled the Caribbean gangs, guns, firearms
00:52and gangs and they made a reference to the fact that these gangs in Venezuela are trading
01:00with our gangs here in Trinidad and Tobago, they are trading guns and we on this side
01:05are giving them food.
01:06He said more work has to be done by the Ministry of Health to protect staff and patients at
01:11the nation's hospitals, as he recounted an incident which took place at a health facility.
01:17Just recently, I actually had to visit a relative at the priority care facility in
01:24Montauk and while I was there outside the facility, a group of men came and they wanted
01:30to see their comrade that was being treated in the facility and they were very aggressive
01:36and belligerent with the security guard that was on duty and it was a lone security guard,
01:41it was an unarmed security guard and I felt sorry for this guy because there was no way
01:47he could control the situation with these three or four individuals.
01:51Our doctors, our nurses, our health care technicians, the auxiliary staff, the patients, no one
01:58feels safe and more has to be done by the Minister of Health and I'm hoping and I'm
02:05asking him to do something about the security in our health institutions in the upcoming
02:09book.
02:10The opposition MP urged health care workers to remain vigilant and aware of their surroundings.
02:16Charlotte Kistel, TV6 News.
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