“It was not a nice experience at all… I just don’t know what to say. I don’t want to talk too bad, but that is just how I feel and how I was treated when I was there. Sometimes it is like you frighten to talk because you get a bump or them face always screw up.”
The words of a young mother who recently gave birth via C-section at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH). I asked her about her experience during her over one-week stay at the institution, especially in light of International Nurses Day being observed on May 12, last Thursday.
This is not about bashing nurses or the GPH, it is just an honest reflection of a patient’s experience during her recent hospitalisation. Over the years, the contribution of nurses has been often highlighted and even in today’s edition there is another story speaking to the role of nurses in our society.
