‘Healthcare in the VI should be free!’ – Edmund G. Maduro
He was speaking last night December 18, 2014 on his EGM radio show heard on ZROD 103.7 FM from 8:00 PM.
“I want to talk tonight about something that greaves my heart, bounces into my soul and hurts my spine. In Cuba, as I mentioned to you, education is free, I mentioned to you that medical care is free. But what is said… is that every living human being who is an adult is gainfully employed in Cuba, where everyone has a living, where everyone has something to eat,” he said.
“Check it out here in the British Virgin Islands…we are being told and a number of parents have said to me that they were told that when this new [Peebles] hospital gets going a mother will have to pay $1,000 for getting a baby in that hospital,” he said.
“I know here in the British Virgin Islands that there are mothers who are not employed and they have problems with getting support for their children. If this mother is getting another child where will she find $1,000?” he asked.
“I am saying to you that giving birth is normal biological thing. Yes, there are times when complications set in,” he said.
“Childbirth is natural…for a mother to be paying $1,000 for going in a hospital bed, have a child where she has no complications is ridiculous and abusive and I am calling on my Government to take that ugly behaviour away,” he said.
Further, he said that people who visit the hospital regularly have told him that the $45 that they now pay to visit the hospital will be increased to $145. “Where in the name of Jehovah God are we going? Why are we treating our people like this?” he asked.
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21 Responses to “‘Healthcare in the VI should be free!’ – Edmund G. Maduro”
I agree he look h..h.
As J. Cole says "Ain't No Life Better Than Yours" So Love Yours and stop the damn comparisons!
1. Estimated annual operating costs of the new Peebles is $ 40 million.
2. BVI Health Services Authority is owed some $40 million for services rendered.
3. Nobody here wants to make a contribution out of pocket for anything that had to do with community.
For sure, health services are practically free or low cost in the Scandinavian countries, Canada etc, but the residents there pay considerably higher taxes in those places. Some may complain about this but in the long run, they have the peace of mind that they will be looked after in their hour of need..
So, Mr. Maduro, if you want to offer free health services by properly trained professionals, how will all this be paid for?