00:00Chief priority of those issues is nurse to patient ratio. Chief. We would not achieve the benefits of our billion dollar health expenditure if we don't correct that primary issue and we would have labored the past government and the past minister of health at nauseam to no avail.
00:24Stewart reflected on the tragic deaths of several babies at the new natal intensive care unit of the Portisbane General Hospital last year. He says the previous administration called in the Pan American Health Organization to investigate and this is what they found.
00:43And what was the number one issue Marlon? The number one issue in terms of failure of compliance to international standards, international best practice was inadequate nurse to patient ratio.
01:00He says the compliance rating at the NICU according to PAHO was 29%. He laments the lack of training in some areas for nurses and the impact that can have on medical care.
01:14There's nowhere in Trinidad and Tobago you get specialized training. What you have happening as we speak since last year is a situation where the general train nurse is just placed in a specialty area and hope she develops the skills.
01:30But that poses a risk, don't you think, to the patient?
01:34Well, of course.
01:35Stewart also notes that wage negotiations are still an important matter to be discussed.
01:41We have already gained office. Time to settle down and see what is important, where our limited resources needs to be redirected.
01:54Nursing personnel in Trinidad and Tobago continue to work on 2013 salaries.
01:59We are not going to allow 2025 delapses without correcting that.
02:05A word to the wise is sufficient.
02:06Nicole M. Romany, TV6 News.
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