Strike could not have come at a worse time, says Annotto Bay Hospital CEO

ANNOTTO BAY, St Mary – With the hospital already grappling with a shortage of doctors, the management of Annotto Bay Hospital on Friday said they were operating in emergency mode as many junior doctors across the country withdrew their services.

Chief executive officer Dale Brown told the Jamaica Observer that while the hospital had activated its contingency plan, deploying consultants and senior medical officers to critical areas, the strain was beginning to show.

“We have the MO4s [senior doctors] out manning the areas to ensure that we do not have any deaths. A few junior doctors turned up, so the amount of persons that turned up we have to utilise them to man areas in case of an emergency,” Brown explained.