FREEPORT, Grand Bahama –A Grand Bahama attorney is calling for a new “decent” hospital to be built in Freeport, stressing that Grand Bahamians deserve a proper public healthcare facility, The Tribune reported on June 17, in an article written by Denise Maycock.
K Brian Hanna, of K Brian Hanna Chambers, claims that the current hospital is a “total disgrace,” and is a demonstration of the neglect of Freeport.
“I invite you to look around Freeport and open your eyes to the neglect…,” he said. “Our health care system is a total disgrace…as a direct result of our visionless government representatives.”
Rand Memorial Hospital in Grand Bahama was compromised by Hurricane Dorian last September. A field hospital set up by American NGO Samaritan’s Purse is being utilised as repairs are carried out at the main hospital. However, the attorney contended that the tent hospital is insufficient and unacceptable.
“Those tents would be blown down in a thunderstorm, and if a hurricane was to come here, it would be devastated,” he said. “What is our Prime Minister telling us here in Freeport; that is okay to give birth to the future of the nation in a tent; that it is okay for our sick and injured to be cared for in a tent; that it is okay for our doctors, nurses, and health professionals to work and operate in tents?…” See BAHAMAS CHRONICLE at http://www.tribune242.com/news/2020/jun/17/attorney-calls-for-decent-new-hospital/
