The North Cen­tral Re­gion­al Health Au­thor­i­ty (NCRHA) has strong­ly re­ject­ed claims cir­cu­lat­ing on so­cial me­dia that three re­cent­ly hired nurs­es re­signed due to con­di­tions at the Er­ic Williams Med­ical Sci­ences Com­plex (EWM­SC) in Mt Hope, in­sist­ing the de­par­tures were un­re­lat­ed to the new­ly opened Adult Med­ical Ward.

Re­spond­ing to the Trinidad and To­ba­go Na­tion­al Nurs­ing As­so­ci­a­tion’s (TTNNA) claims, NCRHA chair­man Dr Tim Gopeesingh said the res­ig­na­tions did not in­volve nurs­es as­signed to the ward.

Speak­ing with Guardian Me­dia, Gopeesingh said, “Three nurs­es re­signed, none from the new ward. One got em­ploy­ment at SWRHA as she was from South, the oth­er was do­ing her Mas­ters, had some fam­i­ly is­sues and re­signed, the third nurse al­so from South got called from SWRHA and she took the job.”