And while we had the opportunity, we asked the Chairlady about the PAHO report which was released last month.
It's been quite a while since the Hospital gave an update on how they will deal with findings of that report, which gave a pretty clear idea on how the neonates died while inside the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
We asked what the Board is doing about it, and the Chairlady told us that, unfortunately, they've not reached a final position yet:
Chandra Nisbet-Cansino - Chairlady, KHMH Board
"We are not working at the pace that probably the public would want us to work, a lot of people that are engaged in the process - I think first and foremost we want the public to know that the hospital is as safe as a hospital can be. We don't want you to fear anything - the board is engaged, we're having some conversations and making some decisions. Unfortunately, we haven't discussed our decision with all the relevant persons so we can't give you more information than that. I can tell you that we will be issuing a release very shortly of what has been done, what will be done and possibly to answer more of the public's questions."
Daniel Ortiz "Tell us about how seriously the board is taking the PAHO report?"
Chandra Nisbet-Cansino
"The board is taking the PAHO report very seriously - we have discussed it several times, it's a long report. If you look at it, it really goes beyond just the issue at hand which was the neonatal tragedy. We are taking our time to dissect the report and we just want to ensure to the public that safety of the patients is our utmost priority."
Reporter
"I understand that you're not able to go into any details - would you be able to at least say if the decisions that have been made - do they include terminations?"
Chandra Nisbet-Cansino
"I will not be able to say that at this time."
As noted in the interview, the Chairlady said that as soon as that position is reached, they will release a statement.
