New Amsterdam Hospital to be investigated – President Ali

President Irfaan Ali yesterday told Berbicians that the New Amsterdam Public Hospital will be investigated and persons will be held accountable following harrowing stories from patients about their experience there. 

On a visit to Berbice yesterday, the President stated that he had recently read a “few nightmare stories (about)  the New Amsterdam Hospital and we have to fix it, people have to be held responsible”. 

He said the administration and staff have a duty to serve people with dignity “and some of the stories that I have read are stories that are heart-breaking”.