A day after the deadline they gave the board of directors of the Sir Lester Bird Medical Centre to address their grievances, the executive of the Antigua and Barbuda Nurses Association (ABNA) will be meeting with the government’s negotiating team. Late last month, the nurses who have complained bitterly about…
Nurse Soria Dupie-Winston has received special congratulations from the Ministry of Health on receiving a Caribbean Nurse of the Year Award. She got the prestigious award at the 32nd Biennial Caribbean Nurses Conference in Jamaica earlier this month. Nurse Dupie-Winston, who is currently stationed at the Ministry of Health headquarters…
By Shermain Bique-Charles Shermainbique.charles@antiguaobserver.com Nurses who recently hit out at a “toxic” work environment, exacerbated by staff shortages and a lack of key equipment have been told their concerns are being addressed with urgency. The pledge came in a letter from the Board of Directors of the Sir Lester Bird…
By Shermain Bique-Charles Shermainbique.charles@antiguaobserver.com One month. That’s all the Antigua and Barbuda Nurses Association (ABNA) is willing to give the management of the Sir Lester Bird Medical Centre (SLBMC) to address their concerns - or risk tough action which ABNA said will be detrimental to the sector. The warning came…
By Shermain Bique-Charles Shermainbique.charles@antiguaobserver.com The shortage of nurses in Antigua and Barbuda is one of the challenges being faced by the…