A sudden half-day work stoppage by nurses of the Maurice Byer Polyclinic has prompted the Ministry of Health to make changes at the Station Hill, St Peter facility.
As a result, work was suspended today, the day after International Nurses Day, and is scheduled to resume tomorrow at 10 a.m.
“This clinic is bad; it is making the nurses sick. There is only one toilet, which the nurses and patients have to use. Plus, when they call for things like towels or alcohol, they can’t get it.
“This polyclinic needs to shut down for a month to fix it and let the nurses work somewhere else,” said a source, adding that things like dirty windows and rusty cabinets and fans were not helping matters.
The main issue seems to stem from dust due to an ongoing construction/renovation project currently being undertaken at the polyclinic, which began in August last year. This project involves changing the polyclinic roof and building an awning and new conference room.
Around 11:30 a.m, a group that included Acting Permanent Secretary Tennyson Springer and medical officer of health Cheryl McCollin were spotted touring the facility after a meeting.
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