SWRHA plight: Audit shows months of warnings, complaints before board exodus

The col­lapse of the South-West Re­gion­al Health Au­thor­i­ty (SWRHA) board did not be­gin with the mass res­ig­na­tions. A Guardian Me­dia in­ves­ti­ga­tion found months of warn­ings about re­cruit­ment, an in­ter­nal au­dit that iden­ti­fied fail­ures in the process and re­peat­ed com­plaints that board de­ci­sions were not be­ing car­ried out.

Eight di­rec­tors sub­mit­ted their res­ig­na­tions in four days in Oc­to­ber. The records show that the dis­putes had been build­ing since March.

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The SWRHA over­sees pub­lic health fa­cil­i­ties across south Trinidad, in­clud­ing San Fer­nan­do Gen­er­al Hos­pi­tal and Point Fortin Hos­pi­tal.