Today's discussion point parallel closely to my present situation as I
sit in front of a community not-for-profit hospital trying to airlift a
staff member of the for-profit hospital that I work for. I am a part of
the on the ground lead of a project management team building a for
profit hospital on the island of Grand Bahama in the Bahamas. Our
hospital is the only private health care provider in the Bahamas but
our facility is located in the capital of the country. We experienced
and emergency, which ironically is causing me challenge in posting
today but after considering the discussion based question, I
appreciate more what we are experiencing. As a not-for-profit
community based hospital a key deficit is often resources. Whether it
be financial or human resources, a facility such as this is often
challenged. A simple airlift with no financial constraints to pay for the
medical evacuation nor any constraints to the admitting hospital,
which is our for-profit facility was met with numerous challenges
that should not have to exist. As our hospital makes decisions to our
strategy for needs on the ground, this experience which is now 7
hours in with still no resolve has left us with the decision that we
cannot afford to not have our own urgent care facilities with capacity
for airlifts as we built our our phased approach for construction. A
for-profit facility has the backing of resources, policies, procedures,
and strategies that can have the outcome of life saving treatment for
communities that do not have appropriate sized or financial
resourced non-profit facilities in place. My post does not suggest
that a non-profit facility cannot work, it only suggests that in our
country it has not proven to be the best outcome.
