This comment was made by a healthcare professional. Now regarding his statement that "there are clinics and other hospitals equipped to handle the overflow". So now I want to know, Who is reponsible for educating the public about where they need to go while these renovations are being done? And how well equipped are these other hospitals and clinics? I also communicated with a former highschool mate who is now a medical doctor and this doctor told me something similar, that now that healthcare is free in Jamaica, everyone rushes to the hospital whether or not their case is an emergency. Now of course we are all happy that there is free healthcare, but now the healthcare management will have to develop a strategy to to handle the triage areas so that there is not overcrowding. So the questions that come to my mind are, Why dont people think that they should go to these other clinics that are available? Do these other clinics offer the standard of care t...
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