Press Release
The Peoples Empowerment Party(PEP) is appalled and dismayed that our Barbados government has turned down a request to accommodate and treat some of our injured Haitian brothers and sisters in Barbados.
Aside from Cuba, Barbados probably has the most comprehensive health care system in the Caribbean. Thus, if Barbados declares that it cannot spare the resources that would be needed to accommodate even one Haitian patient, then we are sending a message to virtually every Caribbean country that they too should close their doors and their hearts to Haiti’s wounded and disabled.
Clearly, no one would expect a country the size of Barbados to take in a large number of Haitian patients, but surely Barbados could make a positive gesture by accommodating even a handful of Haitian patients. By so doing, we would have fulfilled our duty, and would have sent a powerful message to bigger and more powerful countries. Haven’t Prime Minister Thompson and his Cabinet colleagues ever read or heard Jesus’ parable about the widow’s mite?
Our Government has done a disservice to us, the people of Barbados, and has brought shame to our nation.
David A. Comissiong
President
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