This is who we are as a people. We are our brother's keeper. I am sure that there will be many more stories like this. Thank God, the Sergeant, his family and neighbours are alive to tell the story.

@Tommy Q, excellent point!

@topdude, we are seriously our own worst enemies. It's absurd that fellow Bahamians would wish to destroy this country for political gain. In the end we all lose when our country fails.

couldn't agree with you more @jujutreeclub!

Yes Mr. Editor, I agree with those sentiments!

there goes @well_mudda again, the voice of gloom doom and destruction against the government of the people of the Bahamas. If I didn't know better, I would say that you are lashing out at the government like a woman scorned!

**Ms Bassett said the government had no right to illegally impose one-year contracts on doctors, adding it was also the union’s intention to file a trade dispute over the removal of housing for interns and housing allowance.**

Girl go sit your self down and catch yourself! The government has the right to do whatever it needs to, in the best interest of the Bahamian people. I agree that you all should be paid for the holidays worked, it's the law, but the way you all put the lives of our people at risk because of your greed is unbelievable!

Furthermore, how much more do you all want from the government, more than half of you went to UWI and received government funding to pay for your program. Be thankful for your job. Pay the Bahamian people back what we gave you, work yourself up the chain and move on, as many others ahead of you have done. You all are too greedy and furthermore, half of you don't know what you are doing anyway, just learning, experimenting with people's lives.

I have heard some of you talk about working in the US and the standards that they have, well I have news for you, many of you will not make it there. First of all, all physicians MUST clock in, that's not an option. If the government is asking you to clock in, why are you not clocking in? Forms to document your presence at work? Who does that and even if it was done in the past, if they are asking you to clock in then you do it. You must be held accountable.

And to the Bahamian people who support this strike, I hope none of your family members end up in any of those facilities, needing assistance. You certainly would not support that strike then.

**Unfortunately, the reality is that it can potentially do far more damage than good. And in such a fragile economic state where we’re still in recovery mode, it may be more prudent to stand pat and trust the process.**

Spot on Mr. Strachan! I have been saying this for the past year and a half. We can not proceed to do anything extraordinary until we get our fiscal house in order. I don't think many realize how close to the brink of disaster we truly were financially. This is not the time for the government to go of course because of the demands of constituents. I am of the view that even if they only get one term, at least make that term count enough to get us back on track. Once we are stable financially, by all means, take care of the needs of the people.

You can't take care of people's needs while you are scrapping to make ends meet. There is absolutely no sense in that. I do believe the Minnis administration understands this and is doing it's best to put things in order, even if its to the detriment of its own existence.

**We will take a stand, if the nurses have to come off the job, we will do that to take a stand with our congress. We are not playing no jokes.**

so you are willing to come off the job and put people's lives at risk? How irresponsible is that! Unions and their leaders are ridiculous, they are part of the reason why the customer service and service in general is sub par. How can we get better with this type of attitude?

Ms. Burnside, I certainly agree with your sentiments!