Dear Editor,
The Suddie Hospital is still to emerge as one meeting the requirements for quality health care. The government is trying to provide better health care to the common man and woman, but there is still a shortage of drugs at this institution.
The Suddie Hospital now possesses semi state-of-the-art equipment and a screening laboratory. Although its diagnostic services are not the best in the country, people from all over the region and the Pomeroon River come to this hospital to avail themselves of its medical treatment. The trained nurses, doctors and technicians provide a high degree of expertise and dedication and offer treatment with the limited drugs. The minimum bed space requirement and passageway for wheelchair patients does not meet international standards at this hospital, and it is hard to navigate to the dressing room. The medical and general store within the hospital complex does not work around the clock, and if a patient needs to collect drugs and it is closed, they have to buy them at a nearby pharmacy on the road. Notwithstanding the extensive news coverage given every day to the so-called free medical treatment and drugs, there is an inadequacy of drugs and medical supplies for patients. No hospital today can transform itself into a modern institution without drugs.
Over the years, the government has spent millions of dollars on drugs; we must now ensure that we get real benefits from the investment.
Yours faithfully,
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