St Kitts and Nevis: Prime Minister Terrance Drew visited JNF General Hospital yesterday evening, where he encountered challenges faced by the patients that had to be immediately rectified.
PM Terrance Drew stated that there are plenty of challenges faced by the hospital staff, including the bloodlines for the dialysis machines, and that is why PM Terrance drew decided that the staff quickly had to improvise and make sure that they dealt with the situation by changing up the shift in which people are given dialysis, and PM Drew also thank them for being innovative with respect to dealing with the challenges.
A haemodialysis bloodline system is a type of tubing system that connects a patient’s blood circulation to a dialyzer in the course of the dialysis treatment.
It is very crucial to get in the bloodlines, which are the lines that are important to working the dialysis machine. That line everybody is talking about is what allows the blood to go out, go through the machine, and then come back into the patient.
Furthermore, PM Terrance Drew stated that “We have resolved that to this moment, and we will ensure that the situation is continuously dealt with. So at this moment, operations are back to normal, patients are receiving their treatment, and I wish all the patients well.”
PM Terrance Drew also gave special thanks and appreciation to the whole nursing staff at the Haemodialysis Unit for their tremendous work and continued sacrifice in making sure that this life-saving treatment is available here for the people of St. Kitts and Nevis.
On a similar day, he also visited the Pogson Hospital in Sandy Point and was given a tour of the facilities. The nurses, staff and residents are pleased with the recent change made by the government to ensure that a medical doctor is available around the clock.
This addition is a part of government’s drive to improve medical care and the overall delivery of healthcare services in Sandy Point and surrounding communities.
Many other staff accompanied PM Terrance drew, including the Director of Health Institutions within the Ministry of Health, Dr. Jenson Morton; Press Secretary, Mrs. Adelcia Connor-Ferlance; and H.E Kenneth Douglas.
