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Observer by Newsco Editor Gemma Handy has responded to an email by the Ministry of Health which called for a correction of an earlier report about nurses at the hospital.<\/p>

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In the email thread response, Handy tells the MOH to respond the concerns raised by the nurses not to Observer.<\/p>\n

Here is her response in full:<\/p>

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Received – with some confusion.
\nWhen we spoke today and I asked for a response to the story, I was asking for a response to the nurses’ concerns.
\nDoes the MoH intend to respond to those???!
\nThis is a feeble, petty and frankly bizarre response to some extremely serious allegations by the nation’s nurses.
\nNo wonder they’re fed up.<\/p>

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