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Minister Cummings lauds Linden on maintenance of zero maternal death record

GINA, May 17 --- Minister within the ministry of Public Health, Dr. Karen Cummings today, paid a visit to Linden for one of the scheduled activities for ‘Linden Town Week’, the Annual Health fair which was held at the MacKenzie car park.The minister was accompanied by a team of health officials, as well as the United States Ambassador to Guyana, His Excellency Perry Holloway, Mayor of the mining town Carwyn Holland, Deputy Mayor Waneka Arrindell, Regional Democratic Chairman,  Renis Morian, and other officials.

Touching on ‘Health at 50’, in keeping with the Jubilee Independence celebrations, the minister applauded the Linden Hospital complex for its record of zero maternal deaths. In addition, the control of the zika and chikungunya viruses in the region has been impressive, and health care officials in the region were encouraged to maintain this level of excellence.
“Over the last 50 years, the health sector in Guyana has worked tirelessly with very limited resources to ensure it delivered health care services to Guyanese. The achievements of the Guyanese health sector have been modest, but substantial,” Dr. Cummings stated.
Minister Cummings touched on the issue of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) that are still not receiving the attention they deserve even though they are prevalent in Guyana. She noted that cardiovascular diseases, cancers, chronic respiratory diseases and diabetes are some of the main NCDs.
“According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), there are a number of modifiable health risk factors that are attributed to the presence and prevalence of NCDs. They are tobacco use, physical inactivity, unhealthy diet, and the harmful use of alcohol,” she stated.
She added that these NCDs carry a huge cost in terms of caring for the persons who have been diagnosed with them; hence prevention is better than cure.

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Yes, while three Indo Mothers have to share one bed in a maternity ward in a hospital. 

Keep it up PNC, your racism and priority is beginning to show as bright as sunlight.

FM
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yuji22 posted:

Yes, while three Indo Mothers have to share one bed in a maternity ward in a hospital. 

You're talking about Georgetown Public Hospital. This report is about Linden Hospital, which seems to be doing better than PHG. Time long overdue for an overhaul at PHG.

FM
yuji22 posted:

Yes, while three Indo Mothers have to share one bed in a maternity ward in a hospital. 

Keep it up PNC, your racism and priority is beginning to show as bright as sunlight.

Linden is a PNC stronghold. Lindeners are getting subsidized electricity while pensioners are paying for theirs. Linden Health facilities are better equipped and provide better service than Georgetown, where Indians share beds and nurses their babies on the floor. Why are you complaining? 

FM
Gilbakka posted:
yuji22 posted:

Yes, while three Indo Mothers have to share one bed in a maternity ward in a hospital. 

You're talking about Georgetown Public Hospital. This report is about Linden Hospital, which seems to be doing better than PHG. Time long overdue for an overhaul at PHG.

From this point everything in Linden will be the best and gets personal attention, firstly, Linden is almost 100% PNC supported, Linden is almost 100% Blacks What do you expect a Black government to do , this is written in the Old PNC manifesto , divert all resources into the predominantly Black communities.

“Over the last 50 years, the health sector in Guyana has worked tirelessly with very limited resources to ensure it delivered health care services to Guyanese. The achievements of the Guyanese health sector have been modest, but substantial,” Dr. Cummings stated.

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K

Linden/Mckenzie have always enjoyed better lifestyles under the PNC. I remember visiting Mckenzie back in the 80s and was surprised how much better the supermarket there was stocked than the empty shelves ones in Georgetown.

FM

MacKenzie always had experienced and focused medical staff.

Growing up at MacKenzie, I have always had expert attention from the doctors and nurses when I visit for routine check-ups and at one time when I was in the hospital for medical attention. At that time, all of the doctors were from Canada.

FM
ksazma posted:

Linden/Mckenzie have always enjoyed better lifestyles under the PNC. I remember visiting Mckenzie back in the 80s and was surprised how much better the supermarket there was stocked than the empty shelves ones in Georgetown.

Those people were big into farming as well....

FM

Pineapples came from Sousdyke and for all the years I spent trolling the markets I never heard of ground provisions coming from Linden/Mckenzie. That area was all this red messy sand.

FM
RiffRaff posted:
ksazma posted:

Linden/Mckenzie have always enjoyed better lifestyles under the PNC. I remember visiting Mckenzie back in the 80s and was surprised how much better the supermarket there was stocked than the empty shelves ones in Georgetown.

Those people were big into farming as well....

Very true. Our family owned the biggest provision business in Linden at one stage. We used to supply the hospital, the local hotel by the bridge, and the Bauxite company's kitchen with fresh fruits and vegetables every day. But Burnham banned the import of fertilizers and insecticides at some stage, which affected the quality and quantity of our plantation.

Mr.T

So why aren't some of you buying one way tickets to Linden to enjoy this fabulous lifestyle, rather than just dreaming about it?

Best medical care, subsidized electricity, pineapples, cassava, plantains, etc.  Sounds like Utopia to me.

Bibi Haniffa
Bibi Haniffa posted:

So why aren't some of you buying one way tickets to Linden to enjoy this fabulous lifestyle, rather than just dreaming about it?

Best medical care, subsidized electricity, pineapples, cassava, plantains, etc.  Sounds like Utopia to me.

Why?

If it sounds like Utopia to you, then you should go

FM
yuji22 posted:

Yes, while three Indo Mothers have to share one bed in a maternity ward in a hospital. 

 

Where?  G/T Hospital?  Why not show us that all of the black mothers have luxury suites, while all of the Indian ones sleep on the floor?

Given that the vendors look like they are straight out of Ghana, and the Congo, and are very unhappy with APNU, please show us exactly how this gov't favors blacks over Indians.

In fact some might argue that they give preference to Indian shop owners by ridding them of the almost exclusively black vendors.

FM
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ksazma posted:

. That area was all this red messy sand.

Agreed nit suitable for much, aside from bauxite, yet Jagdeo ensured that over 3,000 bauxite workers were thrown on the breadline, with few alternatives available to them.

Closed sugar estates can be used for other forms of farming, yet Jagdeo runs and screams "black man a starve ahbe".

That guy is a clown.

FM

One of the contributory causes of overcrowding in the maternity ward of Public Hospital Georgetown is that pregnant women in East Demerara and West Demerara converge there even though there are hospitals in Diamond, Vreed-en-Hoop, Leonora and a few other places. They have a perception that medical care at PHG is better.

Still, there is big need for improvement in the Georgetown hospital. 

FM
yuji22 posted:

Yes, while three Indo Mothers have to share one bed in a maternity ward in a hospital.

This is terrible. So where do they put the other expectant mothers? On the floor? And what criteria do they use to determine who gets the bed and who the floor? 

FM

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