Nurses call for probe into SWRHA board resignations

The Trinidad and To­ba­go Na­tion­al Nurs­ing As­so­ci­a­tion (TTNNA) is call­ing for an in­de­pen­dent in­ves­ti­ga­tion in­to the mass res­ig­na­tion of the South-West Re­gion­al Health Au­thor­i­ty (SWRHA) board, warn­ing that pro­longed lead­er­ship un­cer­tain­ty could un­der­mine health­care de­liv­ery, work­ers’ rights and pub­lic con­fi­dence.

In a me­dia re­lease on Mon­day, the as­so­ci­a­tion urged Health Min­is­ter Dr Lack­ram Bo­doe to rec­om­mend suit­ably qual­i­fied peo­ple for ap­point­ment to a new board and en­sure con­ti­nu­ity of the au­thor­i­ty’s op­er­a­tions.

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The call fol­lows a se­ries of res­ig­na­tions that re­sult­ed in the board be­ing dis­solved, with con­cerns al­so raised about the re­la­tion­ship be­tween the board and SWRHA chief ex­ec­u­tive of­fi­cer Dr She­vanand Gopeesingh.