GPHC’s resources should not be misused – Public Health Ministry PS
Public Health Ministry Permanent Secretary Trevor Thomas
The Permanent Secretary (PS) of the Public Health Ministry, Trevor Thomas said resources allocated for advancement of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) should not be abused or misused.
These sentiments were expressed on Tuesday while he was delivering remarks on behalf of the Junior Public Health Minister, Dr Karen Cummings at a donation ceremony at GPHC’s Resource Centre.
The PS explained that much had happened in terms of finances at the medical facility, and, as such, the administrators had to constantly work to ensure that the capital inputs were made to match the demands that were placed on the institution.
Thomas cautioned against the misuse of monies, noting that patients would only be provided with the best care if the institution was properly run.
“We now have to ensure that as an institution, whatever resources are provided, those resources are used to provide optimum benefits, but, at the same time, they are not abused or misused,” said Thomas.
He explained that the GPHC must have ‘clean power’ to ensure high-quality results.
“So we have a responsibility to ensure that we have clean power; for instance, we need to ensure that we have timely and accurate results and that should show.”
In conclusion, the PS said that the GPHC needed to function to the highest of its capacity and noted that the institution had the ability to do so.
