THIS DAY IN OUR PAST
The following events took place on September 6 in the years identified:
1990:Minister Acting Prime and Minister of Development, Planning and Production P.J. Patterson will be relieved of his role as acting prime minister when Prime Minister Michael Manley returns to his post on Monday, September 23. This is disclosed by vice-president of the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ), Dennis Lalor, who makes the PSOJ address for the last quarter at the PSOJ Quarterly Membership Luncheon held at The Pegasus hotel. Lalor thanks Patterson for his service to the country and wishes Manley a full and complete recovery. When Lalor makes the statement, Patterson nods his acknowledgement of the thanks from the PSOJ.
1990:represented Prison warders by the Jamaica Union of Public Officers and Public Employees (JUPOPE) threaten to withdraw their services unless the Ministry of the Public Service meets with the union on September 7, or fix a date by Tuesday, September 11. In a statement, JUPOPE President Claude O’Reagan says he has written to Minister of the Public Service Ken McNeill on September 3, in respect of matters outstanding and concerning the prison warders. These, he says, includes scarcity allowance and payment in lieu of overtime.
1991: Conditions at hospi tals in western Jamaica resulting from the Nurses Association of Jamaica strike have worsened. The Cornwall Regional Hospital in Montego Bay issues an appeal for registered nurses and other volunteers to do extra sessions. Unconfirmed reports are that the 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. shift from last night to this morning had been without the services of supervisory nurses. When a reporter visited the hospital, matrons on duty were seen frantically trying to contact volunteers by phone. “The situation has escalated and is getting worse,” hospital administrator Samuel Stennett says. Eight registered nurses scheduled to have been on duty did not turn up. He says, however, that two registered nurses and nine nursing supervisors, along with enrolled nurses, are manning the wards. Only emergency cases are being accepted as the hospital begins discharging those patients who can be sent home. Wards could be closed if the situation worsens, he says.