Another Oops! Signage @ Peebles Hospital has a typo
While the Ministry of Education and Culture, beginning with the Minister Hon Myron W. Walwyn (AL), takes the cake for bad grammar in public letters, press releases, statements and Facebook posts coming out of that Ministry and some of the Departments and Units that are part of the Ministry of Education and Culture, the new buzz is the signage at the state-owned Peebles Hospital in Road Town.
There is a typo in the word 'healthcare' which was misspelt on the signage and written as "healtcare", with the 'h' missing.
We know that this is not a reflection of the improved healthcare services provided by the new Hospital. However, on such an auspicious occasion as the grand opening in 2014 of the much needed new hospital facility and after two administrations and two loans and 12 years to complete, someone could have proofread the signage.
Mandarin new English?
While the BVI Health Services Authority has been tight-lipped about whether or not a correction will be made, the signage as of publication time today, July 8, 2017, is still displayed on the entrance wall of the building.
Now, do not get our newsroom wrong; we all make mistakes and Virgin Islands News Online will admit that with some 50 stories a week, we have had our fair share of typos and errors.
But we expect public officers with so much talent, resources and education, will at least take the time to proof read, especially on a history making occasion as the opening of the new hospital that will provide the best HEALTHCARE for our residents and visitors.
But then again, with Mandarin and French on their way, speaking, writing and reading good standard English might become a thing of the past.
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44 Responses to “Another Oops! Signage @ Peebles Hospital has a typo”
Kudos to this newspaper for admitting we all make mistakes
Poor with their own English language and they love to talk about us Jamaicans.
The mirror is there "FI UNU!"
Work as a secretary then get a degree and work as a head of department is crazy
and that degree, but degree don't do work, it’s common sense that does. Everyone wants to be on
the fast track to success with these online degrees, we don't even know who did their courses for
them or how they acquire them, all we know is that it's a degree and we feel good to hire them.
When put to the real test they can perform, they don’t even have enough common sense to use spell check , so am not surprised at all with these typos.