Acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), retired Brigadier George Lewis, has announced that the public image of the hospital will soon be improved.
According to Lewis, he has been analysing the needs of the facility.
Speaking recently to the media, the acting CEO noted that it is important for the human relations aspect of the hospital to be improved.
“We need to work on the human relations aspect, they are some rifts between different parties within the organisation including the doctors, nurses and the administration, so we need to look at that and we need to work towards getting all parties here to work together as a whole to make the Georgetown Public Hospital the best primary care hospital within the country,” Lewis said.
He added that he will be working in conjunction with the other heads of departments of the hospital towards this goal.
Retired Brigadier George Lewis
Nevertheless, the CEO applauded the efforts of the professionals at GPHC but noted however that their contributions are not known. This, he added, also must be improved.
“My observation during my walk around of the institution was that we have lots of dedicated hard working professional here and they give their best under trying conditions but their contributions are not known outside there,” Lewis said.
As such, he said that the public image must be improved so that people can see the “good” coming out of the facility.
He added that often times the public is not aware of some of the challenges the medical facility faces.
“The public must not know of the challenges only but also that every single day, the doctors and nurses here are working towards ensuring that people get the best care that we can provide and saving lives.”
Over the years, the public perception of GPHC has reached an all-time low and many have expressed a lack of confidence in the facility.
