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Last Updated: Sep 9, 2020 - 5:42:00 PM |
Communication to the House of Assembly
Hon. Renward R. Wells Member of Parliament (Bamboo Town) Minister of Health COVID-19 UPDATE
House of Assembly Parliament Wednesday, 9th September 2020
Mr. Speaker I rise in this Honourable Place as a servant of Yahweh Elohim and by extension the people of Bamboo Town giving thanks for this opportunity to provide my Ministry’s update on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
Mr. Speaker In December 2019, an unnamed virus associated with pneumonia cases was reported in Wuhan, China. Since then, 2020 has been rife with rapid global change; and here in The Bahamas, the first case of COVID-19 was diagnosed on 15th March 2020.
Human Resources for Health
Mr. Speaker
Since that time, we have seen frontline workers rise to the challenge in defence of our country’s health and economy. I thank the men and women who go out every day to ensure that the majority of us remain healthy so that our economy will have the people and skills necessary to rebuild. Their exposures include excessive risk, inclusive of prolonged stress with emotional and mental detriment, the risk of infection, and ultimately, the risk of death.
Since we last met here, we have suffered the loss of Nurse Bernadette Rolle, Registered Nurse, who was an employee of the Sandilands Rehabilitation Centre (SRC). As we mourn the loss of a brave warrior from the frontline in our fight against the pandemic COVID-19, the nation is grateful for her service.
Nurse Rolle was dedicated to her family, to her patients, and to the institution of nursing and SRC. As I have done in the past, on behalf of my Ministry and on my own behalf, I extend sincere condolences particularly to her two children, her wider family, her patients that she dearly loved, and to her nursing colleagues at SRC who are her extended family. May Nurse Rolle’s soul rest in peace and rise in glory.
Nurse Rolle’s death amplifies the reality that healthcare workers are continually being removed from the work environment for quarantine and isolation for extended periods due to becoming a COVID- 19 case or a contact of a case.
Mr. Speaker, On behalf of the Government of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, the Ministry of Health and that of my own family, I would like to offer sincere condolences to the families of all Bahamians who have passed away as a result of COVID -19.
Mr. Speaker losing a loved one is never easy, and it is even more difficult during the period we find ourselves in. Having had loved ones pass away within my own family, I too am familiar with the enormous pain and grief that accompany the realization that a much loved family member has passed on.
As we continue in this war against this deadly virus, may we as a country and a community resolve within ourselves and hold within our hearts the memory of those whom we have lost in this battle.
I again join the countless number of citizens and residents in extending our deepest sympathy to the loved ones left behind, practically the spouses, children and grandchildren, many of whom will need our love, care, thoughts and our prayers in the days, months and years ahead
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