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Superintendent of Prisons Lieutenant Colonel John Nurse has expressed gratitude for the outpouring of best wishes.
However, he has assured Barbadians that there is no need for alarm regarding his sudden illness, which resulted in him being admitted to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital.
Nurse, who is still hospitalised, told
Nation News today that while he wants to keep the nature of his illness private, it was not as serious as some reports had suggested. In fact, Nurse said that with a little rest, he plans to be back at work at Her Majesty’s Prison Dodds very soon.
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Her Majesty’s Prisons Dodds.
Superintendent of Prisons Lieutenant Colonel John Nurse disclosed yesterday that some of them had submitted sick certificates.
However, he said 70 officers, including himself, had returned to the job.
Nurse was giving an update during yesterday’s press conference on the situation since COVID-19 struck there two weeks ago, resulting in 240 male inmates and 72 staff testing positive for the virus.
The prison, which has an inmate population of 790, was being managed by a combination of forces, including the Barbados Defence Force and the police.
“A significant number of us tested negative twice and were eventually released. The vast majority of those persons have joined the working parties that we have here at the prison,” Nurse told the media.