In a recent interview with Health Minister Ronnie Skelton, he stated that the new Peebles Hospital is not yet 100% operational due to the lack of several equipment and staff.
Minister Skelton’s statement was the response from Opposition member Julian Fraser’s question at the house of Assembly where the minister gave an outline about the current status of the hospital.
“We have six stations and three are being used. The Nursery Unit has been converted into a triage area. Babies are now being housed with their mothers,” adding to his words that the Neo-natal Intensive Care Unit is now 80% operational.
While at Post-Partum and Intensive Care and CCU Unit, Minister Skelton said that these areas are almost 90% operating. Half of the beds from the Post-partum Unit are being utilized but more staff is still required to fully operate.
“These units have six beds and – on average – three beds are accessible. This unit requires additional staff to become fully operational,” Skelton said.
When Skelton discussed about the surgical rooms he said, “It is 75% completed as this too requires additional staff and equipment to be fully optimized.” Pertaining to the two out of three rooms in the department that are being used.
The PACU (Recovery Room), which has four beds still need more added staff to operate fully. As of now this department is 75% functioning.
The health minister also mentioned that The Endoscopy Unit would not be used for patient purposes until June.
As the minister explained that they are now giving out their best efforts to suffice the needed equipment and fill the vacant positions for the Peebles Hospital to fully operate he also noted that ““The interdisciplinary teams lead by the attending physician – with support from Social Services – assist with the identification and location of alternate sites Eureka, SRMC (STT), HIMA (PR), PAVIA (PR), Jackson Memorial (FL), Baptist Health (PR). These are examples of our many partnerships that we have forged in the best interest of the BVI community to ensure that our people have access to the necessary care that they need if the services are not readily available at the New Peebles Hospital.”
The New Peebles Hospital Still Needs More Staff and Equipment -Health Minister Skelton
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