Hospital grabs historic accreditation | First in Caribbean
Chief Executive Officer of the BVI Health Services Authority (BVIHSA), Dr June Samuel has revealed that the Dr D Orlando Smith hospital has been granted full accreditation from the esteemed accrediting body DNV-GL (Det Norske Veritas and Germanischer Lloyd).
The hospital now stands as the first Caribbean institution to be recognized by DNV-GL, which boasts an accreditation list that includes over 635 US hospitals and 15 others spanning Brazil, China, Iceland, Slovenia, Czech Republic, and Thailand.
The achievement follows the initial accreditation in 2020 which necessitated follow-up evaluations by DNV-GL. Following the final successful assessment, the Dr D Orlando Smith Hospital is now the proud recipient of a comprehensive three-year accreditation certificate.
According to BVIHSA officials, choosing the DNV-GL programme was in alignment with BVIHSA’s unwavering dedication to patient safety and quality. Renowned for their methodical developmental approach, DNV-GL ensures organisations such as the BVIHSA embark on a journey of continuous growth and alignment with global standards and best practices.
Before awarding the accreditation, seasoned healthcare experts gauged the BVIHSA’s proficiency in ensuring a secure environment for patient care; enlightening patients about diagnostic and treatment risks and options; upholding patient rights, including privacy; assessing patient conditions throughout treatment phases; safeguarding patients and staff from infections; and preparing comprehensively for potential emergencies.
The acclaimed DNV-GL accreditation integrates NIAHO standards with ISO 9001 and ISO 15189 standards for healthcare and medical laboratories, respectively.
The BVIHSA said it is committed to upholding high standards and welcomes regular monitoring and inspections that come along with accreditation.
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Give the credit to the Cuban doctors who BVIslanders patients treat like crap when they come in . They insult and abuse them
Give the 95% expat nurses credit
Kudos to the BVI Health Services staff .
Not the hyprocite who undermines their own for position they not capable of filing but there because of pull string
Not the hypocrisy of those who are so inexperienced but are given precedence over older experienced doctors because they are not generation bvi .
FOR A RESPONCE FROM THE EMPEROR OF THE 3RD DISTRICT , WHO ONLY KNOW HOW TO SPEW OUT HIS EVIL EXENOPFOBIA MENTALITY ON OTHERS FROM THE OTHER CARIBBEAN COUNTRIES (AKA) ISLAND PEOPLE, / ON THE STREETS IT IS SAID ,HE HAS THE KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE BUT LIKE THE REST HAS NO INTEGRITY , WHAT A PITY ,HE CANNOT THROW THAT GUTTER MENTALITY IN THE GABBAGE AND LEARN TO TREAT OTHER PEOPLE FROM THE CARIBBEAN AS HUMAN BEINGS (OR ) GIVE CREDIT WHERE ITS DUE / THOSE ANIMALS THAT COME HERE , GET RID OF THEM , BUT DON’T USE THAT AS AN TO EMPHASIZE YOURSELVES ON OUR OWN CARIBBEAN BROTHERS AND SISTERS , WE ALL LIVE ONCE AND DIE ONCE, THIS LAND IS NOT OUR HOME , WE JUST PASSING THROUGH ( ALYO GET ALYO MINDS TOGETHER FOR THE BEST INTEREST OF THE COUNTRY WHILE YO LIVING / BY ADAPTING THE PRINCIPLE OF ( INTEGRITY )
Congratulation BVI. At least they can say the BVI government through their health team and leaders can be credited with accomplishing great things. All the past and present nurses, doctors, hospital administrators, Chief Medical Officers, PS, Health staff, Ministers of Health, Premiers (especially Fahie and Malone who saw it fit to give most of the expat nurses status and brought in the Cuban medical team during covid in a crucial time of need as well as ensured the finances to get the accreditation accomplished and funded many locals to study nursing and become doctors). THE BVI SHOULD BE PROUD
I agree the Cuban doctors are a game changer. The skill knowledge and temperament.
one key fact in this article: Time period of the DNV-GL accreditation; month, year, 2 years????
DNV-GL accreditation is not forever!
This is Great News….
IS THIS A PRACTICAL JOKE OR A PRANK?
Congratulations…. Thanks to allwho made this possible.
Next, get rid of the stigmma that is rampant within the community that, one goes in alive and comes out with a toe tag.
The only thing left for the hospital to do is pay the people for the work that they outsourced. I’ve been waiting since 2019 for the money that they owed me for work. Talking bout the money is
Too much
HOW COME THE POLITICIANS DONT WANT TO GO THERE WHEN THEY GET SICK?
BVIslander sare never giving credit w. What about the Cuban Doctors who cant speak the language. Some of them do work hard. You all are always on here bashing NVIslanders
Facts and bashing are two different things
Expatriate work like horses and never given credit for their work .
When it is volunteer work and extra hours without pay it is expatriates
When it is recognition and money it is BVIslanders
You cannot have a handful of SOME inexperienced, not as educated and knowledgeable BVIslanders control
Highly experienced, and knowledgeable expatriates and this is where all the problems begins
Nobody come here to take away anything but when statements are made like “SUPPORT Your OWN “ it kills the society
Take the best not this support your own mentality
It is the little holes that sink a ship
Some of the worst attitude and lack of humanity is shown by some of those same expatriates you are referencing. They might have the skills and expertise, but they don’t have no positive manner in dealing with patients and hospital workers. They definitely don’t need to be employed in any health care environment.
When is the government going to resolve this issue and give the Expatriates Nurses and other healthcare workers who have been here for donkey years, a pension. The AG and government have been considering this issue for over two years now. IT is inhumane to have these people work for twenty to thirty years and then tell them you cannot give them a pension because they are not from here. The sad story is that many of them are now Belongers and voted too but they are still being denied a pension.