Bra Parrot was sitting at his usual place-the great historic cotton tree-even though the historic tree was brought down by a heavy storm last year; thank God, few branches were left where the brave bird now sits.
As if the wise bird knew what was going on at the Princess Christian Maternity Hospital (PCMH), the wise bird went to the hospital to get first-hand information.
Upon arrival, the brave bird overheard a bitter argument between the workers at the hospital (PCMH) Fourah Bay Road and some family members in respect of the demand made by workers to collect a copse.
The wise bird was totally amazed when the family explained that, a pregnant woman was taken to the hospital to give birth but unfortunately the woman died in the process, and the workers were demanding NLe800 to get the woman out of the hospital.
The family members pointed at a lady whose name was given as MARIAMA KAMARA and she is fair in complexion.
And an alleged worker in the mortuary section had been the brain behind the NLe 800 demanded to release the pregnant woman (now deceased).
In presence of the wise bird, MARIAMA said that it is the normal procedure in the hospital to pay NLe 800 to collect a copse, the family members were left with no alternative but to pay the said amount again.
She said without even thinking about the implications of what she was saying in the presence of the wise bird unknowingly.
The brave bird asks if the NLe800 paid will go to the consolidated revenue fund?
From her she looks MARIAMA KAMARA does not even look like a worker in the hospital; her face looks to suggest an impish reply: please don’t ask me, and with beads on both feet hair tint-all seem to tell a message don’t even attempt to ask me please.
It is very important and necessary for doctors-in-charge to know about what is going on in the hospital at night thus giving them unnecessary bad name.
It is no secret that, some people are not fit to work in any decent environment.
According to what the wise bird gathered from the people was that, that is her (Mariama) usual habit of collecting monies from people without giving receipts and without the knowledge of the authority.
The people went further to say that, this is not the first that her usual habit in the hospital to collect NLe 800 from family members for any pregnant who died.
The wise bird is advising the chief doctor at PCMH to put a stop to that ugly behavior of the fake MARIAMA KAMARA.
The wise bird will continue to visit the hospital on a daily basis to see and know whether the said MARIAAMA is still playing her games in the hospital at the detriment of the authorities.
In fact, most of all those the wise bird saw at the mortuary are half barked, untrained and unqualified to do the job.