I was speechless today after reading the Sunday Guardian article "Confusion as ex-Sando mayor dies". Sadly, the Guardian website is set up in such a way that you cannot link to the story conveniently.
The article describes how Hazel Rogers-Dick was allowed to go home with more than $50,000 worth of equipment from San Fernando General Hospital. She was a board member of the SWRHA.
Yesterday, SWRHA heads of department, including chairman Imtiaz Ahamad, all denied giving permission for one of the authority’s vehicles to transport a cardiac monitor, valued at $27,000, a new bed worth $17,000, plus an oxygen tank to Rogers-Dick’s Vistabella home on June 12
A letter, dated June 15, written by a nurse in the unit (Ward 16B) to the bio-medical engineer, and obtained by the Sunday Guardian, revealed Rogers-Dick told the nurse in charge of the ward that SWRHA CEO Michael Harris had given her permission to take home the cardiac monitor.
The letter noted that no written document was obtained from Harris to that effect, and advised that the necessary adjustments to note the missing items be made to the records.
