"*they just waited for the inevitable*:

We should change our expectations. As I recounted this story to an individual in the US yesterday, they told me a funny story of an elderly relative who sustained a hip fracture. They said to themselves, "*well, I guess that's it*". But the individual had surgery, aftercare and went home. They then contracted pneumonia.. again, "*well that's it...*", treated and went home. They cited four incidents in total, any of which in our public system could have been the last for an elderly patient but where meticulous care brought the patient back to recovery.

"*The terrible and very painful third stage bedsores, the UTIs, the onset of Pneumonia all indicate a fundamental failure to address and follow a proactive treatment plan (like constant repositioning & providing bed equipment to prevent/alleviate bedsores & the pain), as well as providing basic physician & nursing care required for such patients as Mrs Bain*"

This was my first thought as I read this story. Any one of these things could happen to a well cared for patient.. well minus the massive bedsore... but for all of them to happen to one patient?? It would be interesting to know the timing between the discoveries. Because together they indicate a complete failure of the safety precaution mechanisms at the hospital. The nurses on that ward over the course of her stay should hang their heads in shame.

Almost 30 years ago now, a physician said to me that the most vulnerable community in the Bahamas are the elderly, because when they get sick, people "**expect**" them to die. So if malpractice is hidden anywhere in their treatment, nobody raises an alarm, "*it was just their time*".

I recall the case of Dr Perry Gomez. It is a sad one for someone who contributed so much. All of us will get old and most of us, no matter how wealthy, do not have sufficient funds to afford sustained **best** health attention, or long term hospital stays in this country, at an advanced age

**The current and next administration need to be consultative, level headed, thoughtful and stop/stay away from crackhead games (like building a hospital on property purchased from a land Barron contaminated with sewerage) when addressing the strategic planning around healthcare.**

I get that the commissioner wants to be seen as supportive of her troops and she should be. But after the Metayer tapes, Sonny Miller, ASP Curtis on video... and murder of two witnesses associated with the Metayer tapes, with one young boy saying, the murderers "*had on police boots*", this statement "in the absolute" stretches belief

And one Judas was enough to get a whole Jesus killed, despite the 11 "good" ones

"*We did not have any effect, no damage*"

That's because we had no hurricane We is do for more.

"*What a dumb and inexperienced thing to say*"

I agree.

From the Tribune May 5 2020 regarding admission from police investigator Debra Thompson of bringing together two witness to *align* their statements:

"*..further cited facts that arose during his trial about Superintendent Thompson’s work, like the fact that she initiated a meeting between the two main prosecution witnesses to synchronise their statements.* (weird to the extreme)

“*She admitted that in hindsight she had acted improperly in arranging the meeting to ‘clear up the ambiguities’ in each of their statements” and “she altered the original statement taken from Jonathan Ash…,” he noted*" (a firable offense)

This violates every principle of a fair trial

"*Bahamas Union of Teachers (BUT) president Belinda Wilson previously said **trips to recruit Cuban teachers were cancelled in April and May**, yet the Ministry of Education failed to inform or consult the union.*"

April, May, June, July ... school starts in two weeks. Teachers should be in the classroom now...

"*The indictment also alleges the involvement of an unnamed politician. Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis sent a diplomatic note last year requesting further details, but it remains unclear whether any information has been received*".

"***Mr Munroe said the matter is not under his purview**, but falls under Mr Davis and the Minister of Foreign*"

There is an active US indictment that alleges that a high ranking Bahamian politician was involved in the solicitation of a bribe from Colombian drug dealers to facilitate cocaine transshipment through all Bahamian airports and **the National Security Minister says this has nothing to do with me**??? **The PM issued a similar weird statement urging Bahamians to take note that the indictment said the politician solicited a bribe, but didnt say he received it.**

**These statement from two high ranking politicians are extremely weird. Both indicate a massive unwillingness to do anything to uncover one of the greatest national security risks the Bahamas may have faced since Island for Sale**. We have the potential of a powerful politician directing govt officials and resources to facilitate crime in exchange for payment. What else could they be negotiating for payment? Guns? Illegal Haitian inmigration? Sex trafficking? Murder?

Other reporting indicated that the victim was a "nice guy". And he probably was. Many people who turn to a life of crime are intelligent, talented, handsome, charming... if only theyd chosen another path. *a fair face may hide a foul heart*

Most likely because their citizens travel on these vessels...
And they dont trust us to investigate ourselves

"*instead of using the funds as designed, allegedly diverted them to purchase two residential properties in Orlando, high-end watches and a gold bracelet for their own gain. They sent $525,151 towards the purchase of one property just a single day after receiving almost exactly the same amount from the victim, who thought the monies were being applied to his Bahamas property deals*"

**There's been a troubling pattern of prominent persons in finance/legal/real estate mishandling large sums of money. These people prior to the discovery are well known in the community, well respected, some with key appointments in govt and various boards.**

Reminder that in most cases, the reason these people reach these clients is their proximity to political power. In many cases they have no intl reach without the political link.

It cant be that this issue keeps happening. The money has to be wired in through some bank, so there's a record of an unusually large transfer of funds. The transfer comes with the client stating the purpose of the transfer, i.e. the receiver is a "trustee" or acting in some capacity for the client. The client should also indicate what the end action is, then there should either be another transfer of funds to the thing indicated the client, another traceable bank transaction or that money should sit undisturbed. again something traceable in the bank.Possibly the client being given an independent link or notification on the movement of those funds. The Bahamas protecting its name should make it known that the system exists and buyer beware.

It seems like a thing that could be monitored. Would this be the Securities Commission or the Central Bank?

And yes any system can be corrupted, but it seems like theres no system. And of course if people on both ends of the deal shady, like that diamond saga...anything goes. In the best of worlds hopefully the gate has been closed slightly in the last 10 years.

Is this the same Patrice Bullard that was caught in another legal issue

"*44-year-old Bahamian woman has been charged in a Florida court with aiding the escape of a man wanted for more than a dozen sexual offences in Osceola County*"

It could be two Bahamians with same unlucky name