As the usual perching place of the Wise Bird which is the historic Cotton Tree was maliciously damaged by unscrupulous citizens to render the fearless bird homeless, he has decided to find a new and peaceful resident at the Connaught community closer to the Connaught Hospital to get another comfortable sitting place as there are a lot of trees there.
Since the Brave Bird relocated to his new abode, he has noticed a lot of negative activities going on in and around the Connaught hospital which is undeniably reflecting to the negative outputs of the workers particularly doctors, well as nurses and patients who are also bearing the brunt of the unpleasant situation.
In his quest to know what is really going on wrong and who is or are responsible, Bra Parrot recently left his tight and busy schedule to visit the Connaught to know how the hospital is been managed.
When the Patriotic Bird finally landed at the hospital, he was greeted with number of incredible issues that eventually made him forgot to ask a lot of questions pertaining to hospital. Instead, he stood agape for some time with his mouth wide open without a single word coming out.
After regaining his senses, he realized that many things were missing at the important hospital including water, power outage and lack of medicines at the hospital pharmacy among many others.
In fact, the cry of patients and their parents or guardians made the investigation very easy for the Curious Bird and didn’t bother him to ask the hospital management many questions as was expected.
But for clarity sake, he still asked few questions for the benefit of the patients and for the welfare of workers, is nothing to write home about.
At the end of brief engagement with patients and few workers, Bra Parrot without making a case for anybody but only wants to call things by their proper names came to the realization that, government after government had and still not treating the hospital and all other health facilities and by extension the workers countrywide with the seriousness they deserve.
For instance, before the advent of the Bio led administration at Cotagge Hospital there was a Free Health Care programme for pregnant women, lactating mothers and children under-fives. But the programme is said to be glaringly neglected or better still has died a natural death with President Bio’s ascension to power.
Apart from Connaught Hospital, Bra Parrot also visited other hospitals to get first-hand information if they are going through similar challenges or difficulties.
To the dismay of the Patriotic Wise Bird, the situation in those facilities were in fact extremely grime as managements in some cases have to resort to using their own meager resources to buy water or gloves not only to keep the hospitals or facilities running but importantly to save lives.
Many of the stand-by generators are nothing to write home about and some doctors have to shamelessly use mobile flashlights as alternative to operate on patients. This development sometimes leads to unfortunate or fatal situation.
Don’t ask the Nationalistic Bird, because all he knows is that the condition in these hospitals are extremely very poor more than they were before the coming of the SLPP to power.
You can’t imagine that in some of the wards are in complete darkness, offices of senior Doctors and are in shabby shapes.
This is more the reason the Furious and Fearless Bird used to say that President Bio’s government has many square pegs in round holes. The Wise Bird is still wondering whether the Minister has been visiting hospitals to get first-hand information about hospitals.
By the way there is no need to stress that the government should take full responsibilities of these institutions. But in any case, papa government, this is your problem oh. Hurry to solve them now before losing more precious souls.
Salone people trust the fearless Wise Bird he will continue to find out and keep you posted about developments in these lifesaving facilities.