… Minister Lawrence

MINISTER of Public Health (MoPH) Volda Lawrence has, on behalf of the entire public health fraternity, expressed profound condolences to the parents of the late Nurse Schenise Apple.
She also urged those functioning in the health sector not to give up hopes but build on what the late nurse has left.

The body of the nurse, who was stationed at Mahdia, was found hanging in her room at the nurse’s hostel where she lived, on July 02, 2019.

In a live interview with the Department of Public Information (DPI), the minister said that the ministry, especially the late nurse’s colleagues with whom she had worked and lived, are still in shock. “We are still in shock” they stated.

Noting that the health ministry views every nurse “as important”, the minister recalled that the nurse was deployed to Mahdia, either during November or December, 2018. She, like many of her colleagues, was asked to help out with the situation in one region or the other.
“I am quite certain she loved what she did so much that she volunteered to go and help the people in Region Number Eight,” she said.

The minister said that investigations into the nurse’s death have been ongoing by the ministries of Public Health and Public Security and that officials are currently awaiting conclusive details which will provide guidance in moving forward.

The body of the late Schenise Apple, who formerly lived at Lot 323, Block 22, Linden, Region 10, will be laid to rest in the community on July 16, 2019, following a home-going service.