Demerara_Guy

          Indiana Jones

SCUMBAG GO PISS OF INSTEAD OF PISSING IN YOUR PAMPERS

Usual expressions from GNI's esteemed Moderator of the Bollywood Talk Forum. 

Originally Posted by asj:

Demerara_Guy

          Indiana Jones

SCUMBAG GO PISS OF INSTEAD OF PISSING IN YOUR PAMPERS

Usual expressions from GNI's esteemed Moderator of the Bollywood Talk Forum. 

IF A SKONTHOLE LIKE YOU WERE EDUCATED, WITH A CLICK OF THE MOUSE YOU COULD HAVE FOUND WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR:

Government response to chikungunya is inadequate ...

Originally Posted by asj:

Demerara_Guy

          Indiana Jones

SCUMBAG GO PISS OF INSTEAD OF PISSING IN YOUR PAMPERS

Usual expressions from GNI's esteemed Moderator of the Bollywood Talk Forum. 

Diaper changing time.

Items still need a response.

Re-posted -- To bring the matter to light; which thus far is the focus of specific dialogue on the gross neglect of the basic rules by an esteemed GNI Moderator.

Guyana still can’t test for Chikungunya virus – CMO warns

“Don’t let anyone fool you; we can’t do the test,” insisted Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Shamdeo, as he commented on the advice being reportedly offered by some medical professionals that testing for the Chikungunya virus can be done here. According to Dr. Persaud, the Chikungunya test cannot be done at any health facility in Guyana. He pointed out too that Guyana is still relying on the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) in Trinidad to do all testing of its blood samples. Guyana with the support of the Pan American Health Organisation, is currently working on having personnel of the National Reference Laboratory trained to utilise the equipment available there to conduct the test. But according to Dr. Persaud, testing may not always be necessary. He pointed out that “you don’t need to go testing regularly all the time.” He therefore explained that persons with symptoms of the virus could in fact be treated with panadol which can help to appease fever and pains associated with the condition. Intensified symptoms, he added, could be treated with ibuprofen or fever injections.  “There are things you can use to treat the symptoms but there is no fancy antibiotic or any other thing to fight Chikungunya,” said Dr. Persaud even as he insisted that persons should not be fooled into thinking that there is any cure for the virus. He went on to emphasise that while symptomatic treatment is especially important in helping to deal with infected persons, great focus must also be placed on reducing the prevalence of the virus which is believed to have invaded many sections of the country. As part of its efforts to deal with the virus efforts have been made by the Health Ministry to do fogging and residual spraying with chemicals but according to the CMO, who claims he isn’t an advocate for the use of chemicals, “removing the breeding sites of the mosquito could be even more effective.” Moreover, he is adamant that persons should be seeking to help tackle the public health challenge by simply ensuring that the Aedes Aegypti mosquito, the transmitting vector, is not able to thrive in bodies of water in their environment. He explained that the mosquito is able to breed in containers or locations that hold water that can be considered relatively clean. He disclosed that even water in vases should be changed at least every three days while tanks, drums and other containers of potable water should be securely covered to prevent access to the vector. Such measures, according to Dr. Persaud, could prove effective in helping to reduce the impact of the virus which can easily multiply in as little as seven days. The virus which is manifested within a few days after infection is characterised by symptoms including headache, nausea, skin rash, high fever and muscle and joint pains. The latter pains can prove to be quite debilitating over a prolonged period. Reports out of the Health Ministry suggest that there are just over 70 confirmed cases of the virus but there are an even greater number of suspected cases among members of the population. The virus, which was first detected in Canje, East Berbice, Region Six, has since been confirmed in other areas of the country including Regions Three, Four, Five and 10, Dr. Persaud said. According to him too, at least three confirmed cases in Region 10 have been categorised as imported cases, as they are not believed to have occurred in that section of the country but were rather caused by travel to infected areas.

It is a sad state of affairs when the Government of Guyana knows of this sickness since in May 2014 and yet from May 2014 to now,

Guyana still can’t test for Chikungunya virus – CMO warns

Now that school reopens, god help those children from Chikungunya

Now quit bothering me, let me concentrate on this post.

Health Minister downplaying Chikungunya situation – Dr Norton

“We have got to forget about tourism and think about the health of the nation” – Dr Norton

Claims by Health Minister, Dr Bheri Ramsaran that all of the confirmed cases of the Chikungunya virus have been

Minister of Health, Dr Bheri Ramsaran

transmitted in the Ancient County of Berbice, has been described as “almost unbelievable.”  This description was offered by a very vocal Shadow Minister of Health, Dr. George Norton, as he indulged this publication in a conversation on the matter yesterday. According to Dr. Norton, “when one takes into consideration the Chikungunya virus situation in St. Lucia we can possibly be in a worse situation here in Guyana.” Reports are that the virus, which surfaced in the Caribbean for the first time last year, has reached disturbing proportions in the Windward Island. And according to Dr. Norton, since the mosquito – the Aedes Aegypti – that transmits the virus is very prevalent in many sections of the country it is therefore not impossible for it to already be in many parts of Guyana.  In fact he theorised that since the symptoms of the virus are very similar to that of dengue fever, the possibility exists that a number of Chikungunya virus cases are being passed off as dengue fever. “We have the mosquito here, we have all the conditions here, and we have persons coming down with the symptoms so we can very well have a high percentage of the Chikungunya virus right here in Georgetown,” the Shadow Health Minister speculated. This publication had received reports of the virus being confirmed in sections of the city but the Health Minister had assured that the virus had not entered Georgetown or any other part of the country for that matter.  He disclosed that the virus had been “imported” to the city, a process, he said, entailed the victims travelling to Berbice and being bitten by the mosquito before returning to their Georgetown residences. The Minister told this publication that there were only two such confirmed cases. But according to Dr. Norton, a Member of Parliament, representing A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), the utterances by the Health Minister are unrealistic. “We know that that is not the case, that only Berbice has the virus,” said Dr. Norton. He went on to substantiate his argument by pointing out that there are absolutely no measures in place to ensure that the virus remains in Berbice. “There is nothing that is stopping the people from Berbice coming to Georgetown and some of the people from Georgetown going to Berbice, nothing…stopping the virus from being in other parts of the country,” said the Shadow Health Minister. He even observed that there have been no moves by the Health Ministry to quarantine or isolate persons with the virus in an attempt to help reduce transmission. He recalled that a few years ago Guyana was able to guard against the Foot and Mouth Disease by ensuring that there were extensive screening processes even upon entry to areas such as the Rupununi. But according to him, such measures have not been employed by the Health Ministry to combat the Chikungunya virus which he recognised as a real public health threat. Health before tourism Dr. Norton has also vocalised his concerns about disclosures by Dr. Ramsaran that his Ministry has been seeking to tackle the virus quietly so as not to scare off tourists and investors and create panic. “I have a problem when the authorities are going to say that we are trying to not create a situation of alarm that would upset the tourist industry…that I cannot accept,” asserted Dr. Norton. “We have got to forget about tourism and think about the health of the nation,” he passionately insisted.

Shadow Health Minister, Dr George Norton

And according to Dr. Norton, Guyana’s current inability to test for the virus is also another disturbing development.  Dr Ramsaran during an interview with this publication said that while Guyana has in place all the equipment to test for the virus at the National Reference Laboratory situated at Thomas and New Market Streets, Georgetown, there are currently no trained personnel to undertake the process. As a result, Guyana has been depending exclusively on the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) in Trinidad to confirm suspected cases of the virus.   Dr. Ramsaran in justifying the utilisation of CARPHA, noted, “We are happy that our CARPHA in Trinidad is doing what it is intended to do. We speak about regionalism and this is where regionalism is in action.” However, Dr. Norton is certainly not buying the Minister’s explanation even insisting that “you can try to hide under the inefficiency and come out with a statement and say the reason we cannot test for the Chikungunya virus here is because we are maximising on regionalism.” “In other words because it can be done in Trinidad then we mustn’t do it in Guyana? Trinidad don’t look at it that way, Barbados don’t look at it that way, Jamaica don’t look at it that way; no Caribbean island don’t look at it that way and say ‘oh we are maximising regionalism’ and that is why they don’t do things in their countries that can be done in Guyana.” According to Dr. Norton, “that is a lame excuse and it is a direct reflection of the inefficiency of the Ministry of Health not to be able to diagnose the Chikungunya virus here in Guyana when according to them we have the equipment here on the ground.” Minister Ramsaran has belatedly disclosed that moves are being made to have at least one person trained to test for the virus, an undertaking that is slated to be done with support from the Pan American Health Organisation and the Centres for Disease Control. In the meantime though, Dr. Norton noted that Guyana will have to remain reliant on CARPHA to be able to confirm suspected cases of the virus. “We have about 100 samples waiting there and I don’t know up to when we can wait…” disclosed Dr. Norton who intimated that “our track record of sending samples abroad, even for the simple DNA test, is not one that anybody is proud of because either something is left behind or some never return…something always happens with our samples.” Moreover, the Shadow Health Minister is convinced that not enough is being done to effectively deal with the Chikungunya virus in Guyana.  “I don’t think that we have done enough at the level of the health centres or even the hospitals where there should be systems in place so as soon as people present with symptoms there is somebody who takes off the samples and gets them to Trinidad…I don’t think we have a system specially in place to look at that,” Dr. Norton speculated. The symptoms of the Chikungunya virus include: fever, muscle and joint pains, headaches, rashes and nausea. Since there is no cure for the virus, like dengue, efforts are focused on treatment of the various symptoms. However if the symptoms are not treated there are debilitating effects including curved limbs, paralysis and even death due to certain pre-conditions.  According to Minister Ramsaran, as at last week, his Ministry has been able to confirm 19 cases of the virus.

ASJ,just ignore the old fool. He is insignificant and has one foot in the grave.

Just ignore him and he will ride off into the sunset.

Demerara_Guy

          Indiana Jones

 

Stop making yourself an ass whole and look at the third item on this page and you as skonthole will find what you are looking for, that is if you are not blind as well.

The "esteemed" GNI's Moderator of Bollywood Talk, yet again provides his usual references to/about himself .. perhaps?

Another note:  Regardless of when an article was post on GNI, it always requires the proper references.

Okay Mits,  I am trying my best here, buddy.

Symptoms of Chikungunya Virus could last for years – CARPHA Director

- PAHO Director emphasises need for public awareness

Three years from now a fair percentage of persons who have been inflicted with the Chikungunya Virus are likely to

CARPHA Director, Dr James Hospedales

be still subjected to symptoms of the condition on a periodical basis. This assertion was recently made by Director of the Trinidad-based Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), Dr James Hospedales, during an interview with this publication. While the symptoms of the mosquito-borne virus include rash, high fever, nausea and/or vomiting, headache, muscles and joint pains, Dr Hospedales disclosed that one of the most pronounced symptoms likely to remain over time is that of the joint pains. Moreover, he noted that although the virus started plaguing a number of Caricom territories about six months ago, with Guyana, Trinidad, Haiti and the Dominican Republic being infected more recently, it is expected that the health sectors of these territories will still be battling to combat the virus in a few years. There have been reports from a number of persons who have been infected with the virus that after recovering from the symptoms, most within days, that the symptoms resume their manifestations. This therefore resulted in persons concluding that they were re-infected with the virus, a state of affairs that contradicts statements out of the World Health Organisation (WHO) that once persons recover they will in essence develop life-long immunity from the virus. But according to Dr Hospedales, while immunity is developed, the virus could have protracted effects. “A very common feature that we have been seeing is that persons get ill, they get joint pains and other symptoms then they start to feel a bit better; and then it comes back and with the severe joint pains and that is part of the challenge with this virus,” added the CARPHA Director. The long-term joint pains, he noted, can be classified as chronic arthritis even as he intimated that such developments could prove to be rather depressing to some persons. “At least 15, 20 or 25 per cent of the people (infected with the virus) will two, three years later still have chronic joint problems that might have a lot of people thinking it has come back, but it is just this chronic manifestation.”

PAHO Director, Dr Carissa Etienne

He however, noted that the other possibilities could be that persons have developed other conditions such as dengue fever which has similar symptoms to the Chikungunya virus. Among the other conditions with similarities, said Dr Hospedales are “leptospirosis, the flu or something else, because there are other conditions that have some similar features such as fever and body ache.” It is however the conviction of the CARPHA Director that the Caribbean will have to brace for the “full impact” of the virus, even as he pointed out that within the last six months an estimated 600,000 cases have been reported, with 9,000 of these being confirmed. He disclosed too that there have been 37 associated deaths reported thus far. But while Governments, through the health sectors, have a responsibility to combat the virus, Director of the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO), Dr Carissa Etienne, noted that complete reliance on Governments to do everything is a notion that is wrongly placed. She pointed to the need for individuals to assist the fight against the virus by helping to determine what in their environments is helping to facilitate the breeding of mosquitoes and aid in the removal of breeding sites. According to Dr Etienne, while she is unaware of all the Government of Guyana has been doing to tackle the virus, she is optimistic that the health sector has been embracing guidelines set out by PAHO/WHO. “I don’t think I know all of what the Government has been doing with regards to Chikungunya…but I know that the guidelines they have are effective,” said the PAHO Director. She went on to emphasise, too, the importance of disseminating information to the public about the virus. “There must be a widespread education and communication component so that people recognise what the symptoms are and how they can prevent the spread and transmission,” Dr Etienne asserted. There are some, including A Partnership for National Unity’s Shadow Minister of Health, Dr George Norton, who have opined that the Ministry of Health’s level of information dissemination is currently very limited and more should be done to tackle the widespread impact of the virus.

THE CORRUPTED PPP/C ARE HIDING THE REAL ISSUES ON THE MOSQUITO VIRUS FROM THE NATION AS THEY THEMSELVES ARE CLUELESS:

GO TO ALL THE VILLAGES IN GUYANA, AND YOU WILL FIND THAT ALL THE MAIN DRAINS HAS NOT BEEN CLEANED FOR YEARS, THEY ARE CLOGGED WITH STAGNANT WATERS: GALORE BREEDING GROUND FOR MOSQUITOES:

PEOPLE ARE DYING ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, THOSE WHO ARE NOT DYING, THE PAINS ARE REMAINING WITH THEM:

THE PPP/C HAS NO CLUE:

DG,this is something that is becoming an epidemic ongoing in Guyana that needs to be hilited, who cares where, who, what,why it was written?

This shithead DG needs to change his pampers, the stench eminating and going up to his nose seems to be bothering him. When people are dying left, right and center, when  people are at home like they are in "Quarantine" Then one can expect a shithead to come and express garbage.

This virus is now in Guyana and in an epidemic proportion.

Thursday, October 02, 2014

More than 1000 with chikungunya in Guyana

<cite>The Aedes aegypti mosquito spreads chikungunya. (FP)</cite>

Sun, September 14, 2014 - 9:27 AM

it look like rohee have this disease,he keep talking sheer shit 

Over 5230 with Chikungunya in Guyana — Guyana Times

Posting on GNI at night in Guyana.