Hospital CEO pledges security beef-up after assault

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Hospital CEO pledges security beef-up after assault

Chief Executive Officer of the St Ann’s Bay Regional Hospital, Delroy Morgan, says that staff safety is paramount and sought to give the assurance that security at the facility would be beefed up. His comments came after staff came under assault...

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