Lamb Foggo Care Centre Closed This Weekend
The Bermuda Hospitals Board [BHB] said that the Lamb Foggo Urgent Care Centre will be closed this weekend due to an “unanticipated staffing shortage.”
A BHB spokesperson said, “The Bermuda Hospitals Board [BHB] today informs the public that the Lamb Foggo Urgent Care Centre [UCC] will be closed this weekend due to an unanticipated staffing shortage. The UCC will close at midnight tonight, Thursday 14 September and is expected to reopen at 4pm on Monday 18 September.
“BHB will extend its fast track service in the Emergency Department at the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital over the weekend to midnight to accommodate people who would normally have attended the UCC and others with non-emergency medical conditions. Individuals with genuine medical emergencies will be seen as usual.
“This temporary UCC closure is to ensure adequate staffing to safely manage continued high demand for all patients who require urgent or emergency care. BHB apologises for the inconvenience.”
Why not hire staff just for the Clinic and house them nearby as there are plenty of empty Condos on Orange Hole Road.
Um you are assuming they want to be housed there.
@Fisherman, plenty of empty condos where?!!
Don’t worry folks Premier Burt & PLP Co will fix this right away – Friends & Family hiring plan here we come!!!!!!
Where de fo fogo go?
…staffing shortage or patient shortage? Hmmmm
Exactly
This clearly shows the 2 Bermudas the PLP loves to refer to for election purposes. When the UCC was closed it was “the OBA don’t care about us”. Now it’s “we can’t afford the staff” yet the budget will be balanced by 2019. The next 2 years will be fun to watch.
Simple fix, move the dialysis unit out of KEMH to the Lamb Foggo You have better parking. A more pleasant place to be. Less congestion at Hospital and more people at South Side. The income from the dialysis unit would help support the daily operation. By closing and locking shut any health care facility for days will incur problems, mold comes to mine.
Totally Unacceptable!
I blame de plp.