🔘 KPH curtails A&E service amid severe staff shortage
The Kingston Public Hospital has restricted service in the Accident and Emergency Department because of a severe staff shortage. The department is reportedly operating in "emergency" mode. The development coincides with mounting frustration among staff working in very hot and uncomfortable physical conditions.
▫️ Patients are being redirected to other facilities in the South Eastern Regional Health Authority. Their staff is being warned to brace for increased cases.
▫️ Medical staff are urged to be vigilant and to be on the alert for viral illnesses. Jamaica has increased monitoring for symptoms of the often fatal Ebola Virus amid reports that eight people on the island are now in self quarantine after travelling to affected African countries.
▫️The Health Ministry says the eight people have shown no symptoms of the disease and there has been no reported Ebola case in Jamaica.