GPHC nurses protest termination of nursing services head

Dozens of nurses left their patients unattended yesterday at the Georgetown Public Hospital to protest what they say was the “wrongful” dismissal of their Director of Nursing Services Colleen Hicks by the hospital’s CEO Michael Khan.

The nurses stood outside of the hospital for two hours, holding up placards and calling for Khan’s removal as the hospital’s Chief Executive Officer. The protest began after the nurses and other health care workers got the news that Hicks was terminated with immediate effect by Khan.

Khan told Stabroek News that Hicks was not fired as was rumoured throughout the hospital. He stated that she was on a probationary period