Antigua and Barbuda
MSJMC Denies Anesthetic Shortage
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- Friday, 08 February 2013 02:30
- By caribarena news
Antigua St. John's - Head of Marketing and Communications at the Mount St John’s Medical Center Salma Crump has refuted accusations that the hospital is performing medical procedures without anesthetics.
Crump was responding on Thursday to public concerns called in via radio over the past few days that there was a shortage of the drug at the hospital, and procedures like D&C (Dilation and Curettage) had been performed without it.
“I really can’t speak to what you are being told, from the standpoint that you can’t conduct surgery without it. (But) It just would not happen, so to speak,” Crump said.
A D&C is often performed in cases of abortion and miscarriage where there is excessive bleeding. It is a surgical procedure in which the cervix is expanded using a dilator and the uterine lining scraped with a curette.
Initial reports had suggested that MSJMC had a shipment of the drug sitting at the port, but could not clear it due to financial constraints.
But Crump was quick to rebuff that notion. She said, “...We are a statutory corporation and that gives us exemption from port fees.”
The head of marketing and communications said she was positive that under no circumstance would hospital physicians perform any procedure requiring the drug, without having it on hand.
“…It is just not going to happen… I can say that with certainty. No one is going to put you under a knife without anesthetics,” Crump said.
Meanwhile, the patient who had the D&C was reported to be recovering favourably.
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4 Comments In This Article
@ Jimmy
skyewill
No anaesthetic?
God help us all!
Jimmy
Not ME!
So who is telling lies?
Who is telling Lies
It just would not happen, so to speak
skyewill
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