COMMENT | I held back about the state of our national health services because so many individuals have articulated opinions about it. However, the limited solutions currently offered by the government require that we speak up.

In the past 15 to 20 years, when we discussed our national health service and people asked my opinion, I said our national health service was dying.

Many of us have spoken to senior management in the ministry to tell them about the crisis we are facing on the ground. Sadly, listening has been poor, and no meaningful, concerted action has been taken to rectify the situation.

Hence, we have now come to this situation today where our national health services are in crisis. Those of us who have served for decades in the ministry feel heartbroken about the current state of our health services and the lack of adequate care for the public.

What is most distressing is that the...