Annotto Bay Hospital needs ambulance, better access routes
Published:Saturday | October 1, 2011 | 12:00 AM
It is with interest that I read reporter Christopher Serju's reports coming out of St Mary South East. I would also like to draw to your attention the great assistance The Gleaner's People's Report has done for the institutions in South East St Mary, especially Annotto Bay.
Some weeks ago, there was the report and pictures of the deteriorating situation at the Annotto Bay All-Age School, which has got prompt attention. On Saturday, September 10, page A5 again addressed water woes in Annotto Bay, which also got prompt attention.
May I bring People's Report's attention to the deplorable conditions at the Annotto Bay Hospital. As I write, there has been no ambulance for the last two weeks. Persons seeking treatment at the outpatient department have to sit in the burning sun or in the falling rain under a tent.
It may surprise you to learn that a patient, after being treated at the hospital's outpatient department and returning home, fell and broke his finger in a pothole on the road leading to and from the hospital.
There is so much more People's Report can see there. I do hope you can bring this to the public's attention.
DANIELLE FERGUSON
Annotto Bay, St Mary