Really sad on the toll of the nation's Health care workers and wished the hero Front line warriors speedy full recovery.

As the govt "nurses and physicians continue to struggle with exhaustion from the increasing amounts of COVID-19 related deaths." An Inquiry needed to be done in why this situation developed affecting the govt medical staff employees. Numerous complaints and press articles on govt Medical staff have appeared. The many shortages of hundreds of Nurses required for the Health care system well known and coming into the Covid Crises is gross Management negligence now more amplified after 8 months into critical Covid crises.

No excuses, the Govt has well fully trained and fully experienced Members of Parliament , Executive and Leguslators like Mr. Symonette, Cabinet Ministers Mr. D'Aguilar and Mr. Turnquest even OppositionMP Cooper will know that running a business, facility that is more than 100 or more qualified personnel short will put entity in more peril and hazardous conditions to overworking employees and dire business concerns. Official Inquiry mandated into this and Health Officials responsible for continuous shortgages staffing and extreme hazardous work conditions made worse by short staffing needs be fired. But then again no Official(s) ever seems got fired for running the nation Health facility with hundreds of staff hiring not done and bad management for decade or so ever seems to be held responsible.

The Bahamas has been tied to the US in many ways for economy, education, shared Maritime border, 24/7 US tv media etc, US assistance patrols Bahamian seas, critical dependance for US tourists, geographical closeness trading ports, access to advanced Medical facilities, arranged parity US dollar with Bahamian dollar and the ties just goes on. The survival of the nation worsening Climate Change with some 80% of the Bahamas forecast to be underwater in next 8 decades will certainly put Bahamas into arrangements for best survival of nation and people. More talks for solutions for challenges should be encouraged and advanced.

@Oracle. Very good points, your info on elderly, special needs family is very good. These "abuse" and challenges of the system being revealed and covered by hot article journalist and Ms. Lawson Chairman National Food Distribution Task Force for standing up tall for all to know, is thanked.

Many irregularities seems to show up and in cases of some getting who "trick the system" some more food and some getting food to resell is plain fraud and corrupting system. It is one of the worsest of criminal behaviour for those who "abuse" to deceive and deprive neediest others from food in this crisis. Previous foreign assisting bank IDB report years ago did identify challenges Govt program to assist the neediest go not go all the way down to benefit the neediest. Full prosecution should be immediately started of those who "abuse" the govt food system who deny and shorten amount of food to neediest.

Price of liberty..???? ...........more glaring continuous part......is WHY the Taxpaying Public continued to be stiffed, conned, deceived, bamboozled, goosied, mandated an financially liable to pay money to victims ....for decades....FOR...FOR...the govt workers and govt management, govt appointments etcetc...inept, incompetance, family, friends, lovers, gross negligence, inept Official performance and lack of doing their jobs, duties.......and receiving regular monthly Public Taxpaying dere salary, ....Govt Salaried jobs with befefits, some red plate vehicles benefits reaping benefits ...and on job ....that cause such harm and suffering to people.?????

The enormity of the suffering sought for, to be money compensation, must be miniscule no matter what amount, and SECOND to the punishment of the official(s) responsible or lack of responsibilities of the victim's suffering. Repeated injustice to pouulation Taxpayers by past Govts being sticking for decades these injustices done by their staff to victims and tekking bread outta population mout imperil present childrens future, shortage of funds for population needs, national debt to pay for negligence, should have Staff responsible notting less than use of corporal punishment laws still on books...Of course thaint aint going to happen as the focus as seen is on the money. Govt salaried Management must be punished first where the injustice totally heinous inhuman actions on the victim was committed.

Minister Health should have jumped on indication of medical challenges like white on rice .....especially being in charge that workforce was running short of 100 Nurses prior Covid 19 and Ministry is now hiring some 29 junior Doctors. When you have a less than optimum work force there are likely to have challenges. Working in Health Ministry with nations population especially at this Pandemic Covid 19 time requires very capable, excellent medical management skills and alert leadership. Past experience of dealing with Bamsi Agriculture institute, the Nassau nation's Garbage Dump and the 3 stages of studies re Garbage Dump and a MOU and experience dealing with Cruise Ship line dumping poop into the waters affecting fishlife does not seem in line wid dealing with PMH and critical nation immediate Health concerns. Perhaps a Doctor who have experience and working at PMH and national system be in charge and an Independent Committee Review Complaints also created.

Goodness grief..!!! Now the BEC customers line to pay bills will get way more longer getting delay customers line up waiting all outside door an down the street....cause likely now people will be finding time wasting peeping through the see through hole in window to see what the cashier is doing behind the window an now even seems more delays people using gloves to collect the change....or some customers counting out exact money to pay the bill so they dont get change back. Time now to pay the bill online.

Agreed wid you Mr. Allen. This is just a tip of the iceberg where other more glaring shortfalls occur like the incarceratdd have to endure in packed sardines in overcrowded cells at Foxhill Prison,.....having to poop into buckets,...judges questioned appointments,...guilty red handed caught criminals tying up courts wid Not Guilty pleas, ....prospective jury lists publishing in newspapers persons exact precise name and address of people serving and having to face accused violent criminals on small island where criminals have illegal guns and going round shooting people, courts located im midst of tourist trafficked areas viewing historic buildings,..varied fines on recent law people caught without masks curfew,..Prison buses charging full speed right across the island forcing motorists off roads instead of building prison Courts by prison,.... and list goes on. Good point Mr. Allen on the Bank Shuffle.

If the non bahamian bank the Inter-American Developing Bank a small bank located by Gas Station by Bay St. Nassau can discover and comment of the structures like wooden structures used to be in Marsh Harbour an destroyed by Dorian Hurricane.....then why don't Bahamian Ministry have to ask public to inform the govt when govt Ministry been doing Census right in same places..????? If there are large clusters of suspect illegal homes, then all the Govt people needs to start with buying computer and looking for common satellite maps and buying services of better satellite maps to locate entire clusters homes which are not to be there..... Ministry should make phone calls to Immigration Ministry on where people live in areas of home clusters. Ministry of Education are aware of students live in illegal home clusters. Ministry Social Services Ministry Babies, Clinics born know addresses where people living etcetc.
The greatest immediate concern should be the safety of hundreds of lives of humans, childrens, babies, medically unfit, elderly, physically handicapped who are living in the illegal inferior massive amounts of homes especially as Bahamas is in the Hurricane season. And proposals by govt to build better Hurricane Shelters must have capacity to shelter residents, many residents abandoning poor built homes for govt shelters. Govt must also be aware of non survivable surge areas.

Chester Cooper challenges the PM to call a snap election.

Opposition MP, Mr. Cooper in lala land fails to know or familiar wid the gravity of this historic suffering of the country is going through, some 110,000 population depending of food handouts from charities etc, nation dependent of Tourist industry and no cruise ships in harbour bringing business, massive unemployment historic, ........an coming from the Opposition MP wanting snap elections, clearly certifiable wid no constructive idea of wiping tears of suffering. Only candidate from Exuma who has certifiable bringing jobs to Bahamians from yacht tourists, local an foreigners, patronizing businesses and who has a good chance right now is the Swimming Pigs and shouldnt tempt for snap election..

Isn't it odd that out of the widest section of patients coming for decades and decades for services of the Public Princess Margaret Hospital....there seems never any complaints from any of the echelons patients having to attend PMH. There should ALSO be independent committee for investigation cause the top heads PMH echelons is unlikely to accept blame on demselves for mismanagement, inept scheduling staff, etcetc.