Akash Sama­roo

Health­care work­ers at­tached to the South West Re­gion­al Health Au­thor­i­ty (SWRHA) have been warned that they can­not leave work at the end of their shift un­less the next per­son on call ar­rives. 

An in­ter­nal memo was sent out to­day re­mind­ing the work­ers of an ear­li­er memo sent on April 19 2022, which said that if no re­lief ar­rives, even at the end of their shift, health­care work­ers in­volved in pa­tient care will be re­quired to con­tin­ue work­ing un­til a re­place­ment ar­rives. 

If the work­er does not fol­low this rule, then the SWRHA warns that it will be viewed as gross mis­con­duct as their ac­tions would com­pro­mise pa­tient care.

The SWRHA work­ers are al­so told that if they are un­able to re­port to their as­signed fa­cil­i­ty they may re­port for du­ty at any of the fol­low­ing fa­cil­i­ties dur­ing the Trop­i­cal Storm Warn­ing.

. San Fer­nan­do Gen­er­al Hos­pi­tal/San Fer­nan­do Teach­ing Hos­pi­tal
. Point Fortin Hos­pi­tal
. Siparia Dis­trict Health Fa­cil­i­ty
. Princes Town Dis­trict Health Fa­cil­i­ty
. Cou­va Dis­trict Health Fa­cil­i­ty
. Ce­dros Health Cen­tre
. Moru­ga Health Cen­tre