Public hospital patients prefer death to neglect

“Look just give meh a knife and leh meh kill meh self. I don’t want to live anymore. What a living fah,” ‘Granny’ lamented.

“You ain’t want a cutlass? You too damn annoying, mek people can’t even sleep when deh night come,” was the response she received.

This sad exchange occurred between two elderly women in a ward in the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH). The first cried and begged for assistance for hours and the second must have had enough as she herself was ailing and was unable to rest.