PLP Leader Philip "Brave" Davis.
By KHRISNA RUSSELL
Tribune Chief Reporter
krussell@tribunemedia.net
PROGRESSIVE Liberal Party leader Philip “Brave” Davis said his condition due to COVID-19 was a lot worse than he knew, revealing his oxygen had fallen to a “precarious level”.
He described his experience back in August with the respiratory virus as one he would not wish on anyone.
Mr Davis was criticised for leaving the country to receive medical treatment under the care of his daughter who is an anaesthesiologist working on the frontlines of the COVID-19 fight in Georgia.
However, he said the decision to leave the capital was an “easy” one.
“It was an easy decision. It had nothing to do with the professionals or care I got here at Doctors Hospital,” Mr Davis said.
“The truth of the matter is I was not feeling as sick as I really was. The diagnosis of my illness had me in a serious condition, but I was not feeling it. It was only when I got into the hospital, and I guess it was more psychosomatic than anything else, that I started feeling a lot worse than I was when I was at home.
“That was the extent of my experience. I was experiencing shortness of breath and my oxygen level fell to a precarious level. They had to bring that back up to the level that it ought to be. But at the end of the day I don’t wish the experience on anyone. I urge our people to take note of this invisible enemy.”
He said to this day he did not know how he became infected.
His comments came during an interview on the PLP’s new Facebook show, Coffee Break with Apryl Sands, which was posted on Sunday. During the interview, Mr Davis expressed confidence that his party will win the 2022 general election, noting he believes the PLP has regained the Bahamian people’s trust.
“The plan is to recapture the government,” he said.
“Immediately after the loss in 2017 I embarked upon a listening tour throughout the length and breadth of the country and on the island of New Providence and three things struck me.
“One, the majority of the persons I spoke to believe that the Progressive Liberal Party was the party for the Bahamian people, the small man. Secondly, they all understood and believed that the foundations of this modern Bahamas were laid by the hands of the Progressive Liberal Party. Thirdly they also understood that the voice of the people is articulated and better heard through the Progressive Liberal Party and so that caused me to pause. If this is so then why did we lose and not just lose, but so badly?”
He continued: “What I sense and the common denominator that emerged of those discussions is that they lost trust in the Progressive Liberal Party and hence that was my job.
“What I’ve been doing over several years and months was to regain that trust, working on regaining that trust (and) I think we are there.”
Comments
birdiestrachan 3 years, 6 months ago
Mr: Davis it was your God-given right to seek medical help where ever you were pleased. it left a bed vacant for someone else.
Clamshell 3 years, 6 months ago
“Gravy” also has a God-given right to stay in America and leave his seat vacant for a true Bahamian.
tribanon 3 years, 6 months ago
And pray tell, what good is a vacant bed in a hospital without adequate medical care?!
Yellow belly Davis high tailed it for the US with his tail between his legs because he knows full well just how dysfunctional and under-resourced our healthcare system is because of corrupt politicians like himself who have always focused on feathering their own nests while ignoring the interests of the vast majority of the Bahamian people.
proudloudandfnm 3 years, 6 months ago
What meds was he given? And are they available in the Bahamas? If not, why?
We need the whole story....
The_Oracle 3 years, 6 months ago
Yep, the PLP laid the foundations of the Modern Bahamas, hence the decay, lack of Moral fibre, Lack of infrastructure and frequent Power cuts. Oh, and an empty treasury. Yep, I trust and fear nothing has changed.
Bahamabird 3 years, 6 months ago
Happy that Mr. Davis pulled through and praying that others do, too. Let's pray that the drugs will soon be available here. I am sure that there is a process, but in the circumstances, surely it can be expedited.
bahamianson 3 years, 6 months ago
Captain abandoned ship. He also said his daughter wanted him near her when she doesn't live or work in Georgia. What a misrepresentation if I ever heard one. Hopefully the Bahamian people do not let him slide on that one. Can't imagine any doctor or nurse will be voting for him when he pretty much by his actions said, I don't believe in you or your degree. Your degree is good for politics but no one with money had any faith in you.
themessenger 3 years, 6 months ago
Considering all the hot air he continues to emit it seems unlikely that he is ever out of breath.
John 3 years, 6 months ago
How much did his entire treatment cost? In excess of $100,000 or closer to $1/4 million?
Topdude 3 years, 6 months ago
This is the understatement of the century, albeit totally inaccurate and palpably incorrect. He should have said, “ I am currently in the worst condition more so than I thought with respect to my mental health, political popularity and capacity to grasp reality that the PLP is a finished party.”
tribanon 3 years, 6 months ago
Minnis is no different from Davis. Oops! I stand corrected. Minnis is much much worse.
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