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Some 20 persons permanently residing @ D. Orlando Smith Hospital- BVIHSA

- said it is causing a strain in on BVIHSA's finances
Some 20 persons have made the Dr D. Orlando Smith Hospital their home, causing a strain on the purse of the BVI Health Services (BVIHSA). Photo: VINO/File
Chairman of the Board of Directors of the BVIHSA, Mr Molito A. Smith Jr, during a press conference on Thursday, November 24, 2022, shared with reporters that among the issues of low morale of staff and shortage of staff, there is the ever-present issue of finances. Photo: VINO/File
Chairman of the Board of Directors of the BVIHSA, Mr Molito A. Smith Jr, during a press conference on Thursday, November 24, 2022, shared with reporters that among the issues of low morale of staff and shortage of staff, there is the ever-present issue of finances. Photo: VINO/File
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Some 20 persons have made the Dr D. Orlando Smith Hospital their home, causing a strain on the purse of the BVI Health Services (BVIHSA).

This is according to the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the BVIHSA, Mr Moleto A. Smith Jr during a press conference on Thursday, November 24, 2022.

He shared with reporters that among the issues of low morale of staff and shortage of staff, there is the ever-present issue of finances.

An unforeseen expense is taking care of persons who have made the hospital their permanent home.

“Many don’t know that there are about 20 boarders here at the hospital, about 20 boarders. The hospital is not a nursing home but we now have to carry around the clock, 24 hours a day, care for individuals that should have been discharged,” Mr Smith said.

'Financially stretched'

He added, “So some of it is how we look at the continuum of services and some of it has to do with the formula, some of it has to do with the fact that internally we have to do some things and we are not. So I wouldn’t say were are in financial turmoil, I would say we are financially stretched and I would say that balancing the delivery of services with the revenues coming in has been an ongoing challenge for us even before this board.”

Smith also said the BVIHSA is actively working on a number of areas that require finances, including compensation for existing staff and attractive numeration packages for prospective staff.

21 Responses to “Some 20 persons permanently residing @ D. Orlando Smith Hospital- BVIHSA”

  • Just saying (09/12/2022, 12:55) Like (26) Dislike (0) Reply
    This is sad do they have families?
    • @ Just saying (10/12/2022, 06:53) Like (9) Dislike (0) Reply
      The families are the ones that are leaving them there giving BVIHSA the burden of having to take care of them. Those family members are selfish.
      • @Just Saying (12/12/2022, 12:08) Like (1) Dislike (0) Reply
        Some family doesn't have a choose cause the family home doesn't have space.
  • 3D show (09/12/2022, 13:30) Like (5) Dislike (4) Reply
    I wonder if Doug is one of those?
  • adina donovan (09/12/2022, 13:32) Like (8) Dislike (3) Reply
    Where is the big man for the 7th district padre domiciled?
  • Really (09/12/2022, 13:36) Like (6) Dislike (12) Reply
    Wake up people this is all by design. They know once they don't pay you and make you work more hours than what your supposed. Plus they are going to mandate this mRNA vaccine to get the digital beast system going. What people need to understand they don't need people to work the elites already said you all are lazy useless eaters,and you dumb folks only use 20% percentage of your brain which I said that's too high because the dumb people who come at me in these comments don't use none. They will be the first to die from the lack of knowledge. I will stay one step ahead. Watch as robots and computers take all these jobs here on this small island. I know you see in America when you go shopping it's more self checkouts less and less workers. Ask the question Why are so many workers leaving. You all don't ask questions. Every place in the world the people who don't comply to the restriction and laws lose their Jobs a world that was giving to us. Why is a child born into a world with bills when they don't have money and that bill goes in their name/ parents name wow you must question the World
  • Citizen (09/12/2022, 13:46) Like (23) Dislike (1) Reply
    So where are their families. Where they used to live before. If they have properties, sell it to help look after them.
  • flUffy (09/12/2022, 19:12) Like (5) Dislike (0) Reply
    Ok MR.MOLETO SMITH..AND WHERE ARE YOU DOMICILED????ISNT IT THE BVIHSA THAT PAYS FOR YOUR TRAVEL EXPENSES ( PLUS MORE) AS YOU TRAVEL FROM YOUR USVI HOME TO WORK IN THE BVI???( IF THEY ARE ILL ARE THEY SUPPOSE TO BE HOSPITALIZED??IF NOT ..THERE ARE AVENUES TO HAVE THEM SENT HOME TO THEIR RESPECTIVE FAMILIES!!
    • No taxes (10/12/2022, 11:35) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
      And don't forget he don't pay any taxes here either. Full 100% pay and do deductions come from it.
      • ? (10/12/2022, 13:00) Like (3) Dislike (0) Reply
        Do we pay taxes in the BVI? The man owns property here so I am sure he is paying property tax.
  • ok (09/12/2022, 19:18) Like (16) Dislike (3) Reply
    list the 20, let us try to find (shame) their families into taking care of them or paying for nursing daily services. I bet most of the "boarders" have families with land and $$$.
  • and (09/12/2022, 19:20) Like (11) Dislike (2) Reply
    The Hospital needs to hire taxis to take the "boarders" to their families.
  • Marcie (09/12/2022, 19:31) Like (31) Dislike (1) Reply
    Build the Senior Citizens home the previous government started YEARS ago at Spooners. For goodness’s sake, why can’t you educated people see that this is urgently needed?

    It looks bad and sounds even worse to be talking about 20 persons residing in hospital when they should have been discharged!!! Utterly disgraceful!! BUILD THE HOME ALREADY!!!
    • @ Marcie (10/12/2022, 06:56) Like (10) Dislike (0) Reply
      What is disgraceful are the families that left their loved ones there for the responsibility of the hospital. They are the disgraceful ones.
  • Motion (09/12/2022, 20:58) Like (6) Dislike (0) Reply
    Government need to build a mental house budget for that and send rest of people up sandy lane center
  • who are they (10/12/2022, 08:50) Like (7) Dislike (9) Reply
    They must all be Indigenous BVIslanders . If it was expatriate belongers they would have dumped them already . Weird place
    7th District Rep .. Where is your Dad?

    Island people don’t dump their loved ones like that . Learn something nice from them
  • mmmmmmm (10/12/2022, 11:10) Like (1) Dislike (3) Reply
    Not that alone causing a financial strain, when you have a facility like that with poor management from the financial comptroller, the manager and supervisor for the cashier ,Billings n admissions unit, how y'all going make money, nobody like they don't want to look into n investigate that department, Roxanne might not have had much on the educational side but she was great at collecting but bcs of jealousy and one person just wanted to dominate the department things fall right back, how you can have someone greedy n vindictive running all the good workers head of operations , now department over staff all bcs of person greed wanting to work 365 days for the past 2yrs she alone n giving her freind all the holidays to work,place one sided n staff frustrated , HR nor finance comptroller ain't doing nothing to the complaints made by staff, now this is very depressing...take a look , audit n investigate the patient business services department fix it before we start pay for claim it's a warning
  • hmmm (10/12/2022, 15:32) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    12 seems to be a number that needs research.
  • .money (10/12/2022, 22:20) Like (2) Dislike (0) Reply
    Stop them pensions give it to the hospital and you see the familes come running back for them but them all from HARE so stop all the talk and let see what you going do


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