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<span style='font-size: 17pt'>Unconscious man thrown out of UHWI </span>
Monday, 26 November 2007
As the Health Ministry grapples with the perceived ill-treatment of patients by recalcitrant health and medical workers at public hospitals, another complaint has grabbed media attention.
Less than a week after Health Minister Ruddy Spencer told the RJR News Centre that his Ministry plans to address long waiting periods at health institutions, another patient has come forward with another stunning complaint.
The patient said he was thrown out of the University Hospital of the West Indies while he was either asleep or unconscious.
The patient gives his name as Barrington Gordon.
He told us he suffers from a breathing condition called Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.
Mr. Gordon says he does not have an oxygen system at home.
This, he said is a critical component which is used to treat him whenever he suffers from an acute shortness of breath.
Mr. Gordon told us that he blacked out about 7:30 Saturday morning.
He said he was assisted by a taxi operator who took him to the University Hospital of the West Indies.
Mr. Gordon told us he was seen by a doctor and was instructed to wait.
He said while he waited he fell asleep and woke up about five in the afternoon.
Mr. Gordon adds that he was told by a nurse that several attempts were made to wake him, as he was required to do an x-ray.
He said this was done about six o'clock.
According to him, he was taken back to the Accident and Emergency Department after the x-ray and was given a meal.
He said moments later he fell into another slumber.
Mr. Gordon said when he woke he found himself outside of the institution seated groggily in a wheel chair with some of his personal belongings by his side.
He said the IV access was still in place.
When he inquired, Mr. Gordon said he was told that he was discharged and could not re-enter the institution.
He says no explanation was offered for his removal from the hospital.
Efforts to contact the administrative Department of the University Hospital Sunday were unsuccessful.
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Monday, 26 November 2007
As the Health Ministry grapples with the perceived ill-treatment of patients by recalcitrant health and medical workers at public hospitals, another complaint has grabbed media attention.
Less than a week after Health Minister Ruddy Spencer told the RJR News Centre that his Ministry plans to address long waiting periods at health institutions, another patient has come forward with another stunning complaint.
The patient said he was thrown out of the University Hospital of the West Indies while he was either asleep or unconscious.
The patient gives his name as Barrington Gordon.
He told us he suffers from a breathing condition called Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.
Mr. Gordon says he does not have an oxygen system at home.
This, he said is a critical component which is used to treat him whenever he suffers from an acute shortness of breath.
Mr. Gordon told us that he blacked out about 7:30 Saturday morning.
He said he was assisted by a taxi operator who took him to the University Hospital of the West Indies.
Mr. Gordon told us he was seen by a doctor and was instructed to wait.
He said while he waited he fell asleep and woke up about five in the afternoon.
Mr. Gordon adds that he was told by a nurse that several attempts were made to wake him, as he was required to do an x-ray.
He said this was done about six o'clock.
According to him, he was taken back to the Accident and Emergency Department after the x-ray and was given a meal.
He said moments later he fell into another slumber.
Mr. Gordon said when he woke he found himself outside of the institution seated groggily in a wheel chair with some of his personal belongings by his side.
He said the IV access was still in place.
When he inquired, Mr. Gordon said he was told that he was discharged and could not re-enter the institution.
He says no explanation was offered for his removal from the hospital.
Efforts to contact the administrative Department of the University Hospital Sunday were unsuccessful.
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