SWRHA chairman: Delay in Charge causes medical waste back-up
Chairman of the South West Regional Health Authority (SWRHA) Dr Lackram Bodoe Reported a back-up of medical waste in the San Fernando General Hospital had to do with a delay in payment to Your contractor Rather than the malfunctioning of the incinerator. Responding to complaints about the risks posed by the accumulated medical waste, which included amputated limbs, needles, and bloodstained items, Bodoe assured the 9 million incinerator installed last year was functioning well. He said it had been allowed to collect because daily paid employees refused to work on Tuesday. Speaking with members of the media at SWRHA’s symposium on leadership in the Southern Academy of Performing Arts on Wednesday, Bodoe stated: “that I wish to provide the assurance that the incinerator itself is working nicely. “It was a brand new incinerator which was installed last year and the issue had to do with a builder who was supposed…