DOCTORS LAID OFF IN ECONOMIC CRUNCH.More than 40 doctors employed with state-operated hospitals have been laid off because there is no money to pay them, reports The Gleaner newspaper (February 3, 1999). Dr. Trevor McCartney, senior medical officer at the main public hospital, the Kingston Public (KPH), said that 32 doctors from the KPH, the Victoria Jubilee jubilee (j  `bĭlē), in the Bible, a year when alienated property and land were restored, slaves were manumitted, debts were forgiven, and a general sabbatical year was observed in , a major public
maternity MATERNITY. The state or condition of a mother.2. It is either legitimate or natural. The former is the condition of the mother who has given birth to legitimate children, while the latter is the condition of her who has given birth to illegitimate children. hospital, the Bustamante hospital for children and the National Chest Hospital were told that their employment would cease on March 1. The Gleaner added that 12 doctors have been laid off from the Cornwall Regional, the main public hospital serving the western end of the island. The move came a week after Health Minister Dr. John Junor Sir John Donald Brown Junor (15 January, 1919 – 3 May, 1997) was a Scottish journalist. A columnist at the Sunday Express, he became its editor-in-chief.[1] He then moved to the Mail on Sunday. announced new rates for hospital fees in a bid to close a revenue shortfall Shortfall The amount by which the capital required to fulfill a financial obligation exceeds available capital. Notes: Shortfall risk is often combated with an efficient hedging strategy created by a fund, group, institution, or individual. . |
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