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OKEU Manages 13 Victims following Babonneau Mass Shooting

Millennium Heights Medical Complex – Thirteen gunshot wound victims were received at Owen King EU Hospital in the Accident & Emergency Department, between 9 and 10PM, last night, December 3, 2022. The clinical and clinical support teams at A&E responded expertly to admit twelve patients and address the critical cases that required emergency surgery. 

Two emergency surgeries were performed for victims last night, one of which is now in the Intensive Care Unit and the other admitted at an acute general ward. The third critical case was still undergoing surgery as of this morning. Five patients will require orthopedic surgeries for open fractures over the next few days. At the time of dissemination of this release, there have been no deaths. 

The Dr. Bernadette Joseph-Labadie, head of department at A&E, commends the staff on their quick and efficient response to these casualties, “They really did well. When they realized the number of people coming in, they sent out to ask for help and staff who were not on shift came to the hospital right away. They worked very hard so that all patients were cared for. That’s what teamwork is about and that’s what helps us to get things done.”

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Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Dexter James, shares Dr. Joseph-Ladabie’s sentiments. He also emphasizes the statements made by Prime Minister Philip Pierre urging for an end to senseless crimes. He said, “These crimes consume an exceeding amount of resources in emergency medical care that should be used for other patients.” 

Millennium Heights Medical Complex joins the Government of Saint Lucia in denouncing gun violence in the country. 

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  • BEULAH LAND
    Oh beautiful St. Lucia Island in the sun
    I did not leave because I hated thee
    You are dear to me like a cup of cool
    Clearwater
    But the pioneer spirit would not let me be
    It's in my blood and pushes me onward
    But I vouch someday to return my love
    Today my soul mourns for thee seeing your
    Dying ambers
    The young and old have been taken, hostage
    Rule by a government of weak hearts
    There is a brewing cancer governed by a nest
    Of scorpions and vipers of all kinds
    For a few trinkets, they come by the shipload
    To your shores
    Recking havoc on a then our peaceful nation
    Of God-fearing people who live by the rules
    Now it is too late your birthright has been stolen
    Sold to the highest bidder
    By the very same people you love and protect
    They open your door to strange people with
    Strange custom intending to dominate
    Placing a choke hold around your neck force
    You into submission slavery
    Some came bearing gifts making us a gluttony
    People rotten fruits at that poisoning this
    Generation for gain and security
    Now they openly bear arms against us killing
    Our people at random
    Our loving citizen of the sun Island will soon be no more
    The killing has become a way of life a vice adopted
    By devels and passing it on to our youth
    For a mere trinket
    While our leaders twirl their fingers looking for another
    Bribe another dollar of useless infidels
    Our creole heritage is soon to become a thing
    Of the past
    Replace it with Twanise jumbo Mombo or Chinese
    Chin Chung
    Our land of peace our beautiful St. Lucia has
    Become a vipers paradise
    Fellow brothers and sisters beloved of St. Lucia
    There is no time left for slumber
    Open your eyes to the destruction around you
    The degradation and dysfunction of warm people
    I am not at present with you but urge you to
    Harness your God-given birthright
    And rise to a new beginning a new dawning
    Arm your selves with integrity love and fellowship
    Trod on the belly of the snakes and shout upon the
    Rooftops a call to arms
    Cleanse the land that gave you birth the land of
    Hills and valleys Farest Isles of all the earth
    I came back to see you live among you
    But you plunder my resources and left me wanting
    Nevertheless, I love you like my brethren' mind and body
    The die is cast now is the time to root out evil in your
    Community your villages your cities and yourselves
    May the glory of Jehovah whom I served shine upon
    You as you fight the good fight
    The age of killing must stop now and only you can
    Accomplish this if not prepare yourself for a mass
    Burial of a once peace-loving creole people
    I now leave you to summon up your courage as
    People of St. Lucia
    Once a force to reckon with alas our true leaders are gone
    The poet
    Kenvil Atkins/ Lewis

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