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Article by January 30, 2021
The Congress of Trade Unions and Staff Association (CTUSAB) has thrown its support behind hazard pay for health care workers, suggesting that while frontline workers are likely to be the first to receive the payment in the current environment, discussions must now be held to extend the payment to others.
Hazard pay concerns came to the fore in recent weeks as nurses at several health care facilities staged work stoppages to demand the allowance, which has been made to employees at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital.
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QEH’S paediatric patients and siblings treated
Article by January 14, 2021
Patients in the Paediatric Ward of the QEH had at least two reasons to smile over the Christmas holiday.
First, they were treated to an unexpected gift of toys from New York. Additionally, toys were also donated to their siblings.
Furthermore, three teen patients, with severe forms of cancer, two boys and a girl, had their special wishes met.
All of this came out of quick and solid response by Barbadian associations and individuals in New York in response to a call from Consul General Mackie Holder to bring some cheer to children in Barbados who were likely to be left out at Christmas.
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Infection fight ‘will cost money, manpower’
Article by January 8, 2021
New anti-virus measures are being implemented at the country’s general hospital as Barbados grapples with its second wave of the coronavirus, Executive Chairman of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Juliette Bynoe-Sutherland said on Thursday.
She outlined to journalists a range of major changes to the hospital’s daily operations.
But the sheer magnitude of the measures is expected to put tremendous pressure on the hospital’s finances and manpower, hospital officials said.
Director of Medical Services Dr. Clyde Cave said: “I think you’ve figured out that this doesn’t all come cheap and I think you’ve realized that even before this [pandemic], we were in a period of financial constraints trying to improve our efficiency,