Bed Crisis Forces Pmh To Cancel Ops Again

Wed, Jan 22nd 2020, 07:00 AM

ELECTIVE surgeries at Princess Margaret Hospital have once again been cancelled due to overcrowding at the public hospital, Health Minister Dr Duane Sands revealed yesterday. The decision to temporarily suspend elective procedures was made on Monday, according to Dr Sands, who noted yesterday the hospital has been challenged with overcrowding compounded by shortages of beds and nurses. “A major issue at PMH right now includes the challenge of getting people into beds. The knock on effect is the impact on surgery, because if you have a hospital that is full, then you can’t bring in people for elective surgery,” he told reporters outside of Cabinet. “We are literally in the process on renovating more space but again, you could have all the spaces in the world, but if you don’t have nurses then that’s a problem…” Added to these issues, the Elizabeth MP noted, is the longstanding problem of boarders at the hospital.

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