
PARAMARIBO – The Emergency Room at the Academic Hospital Paramaribo (AZP) currently has a serious capacity issue as it only has 22 beds while more than 35,000...

patients are brought in each year. This means that patients who need a bed at the ER often cannot be admitted. The limited space at the ER is making patients and their family increasingly frustrated. The nurses are also experiencing problems as a result of the huge work pressure. They reportedly lack the tools to do their job optimally and this affects the quality of the services at the hospital. The current situation has made it clear that more nurses and hospital beds are needed at the ER.

