WHEREAS, The Bertha Moses Patient Hostel was established by TCC in the 1980s to house patients, especially elders, who came in from the villages for medical care or extended medical treatment; and WHEREAS, Much needed renovations of the hostel were completed in 2015 and operations resumed in early 2016; and WHEREAS, The hostel now has a total of ten units, with the five …
WHEREAS, There are significant patient travel needs across all health disciplines for referrals from the rural areas to specialty or higher levels of care; and WHEREAS, Multiple staff across the healthcare system make travel arrangement for patients creating confusion for patients and family needing travel; and WHEREAS, Making travel arrangements is time consuming and detracts from staff time who’s primary duties are to …
WHEREAS, The Chief Andrew Isaac Health Center is understaffed; and WHEREAS, Understaffing creates an appointment waitlist, patients becoming frustrated with not being seen by a physician, and the cancellation of patient appointments; and WHEREAS, Physicians are limited in how many patients they can see in a day because they do not have enough time to conduct case reviews on their patients: chemistry panels …