Tuesday, 1 July 2014

To minimize health minister Chikungunya situation - Dr. Norton

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To minimize health minister Chikungunya situation - Dr. Norton

July 1, 2014 | By Knews | Filed under News

"We forgot to think about tourism and the health of the nation" - Dr. Norton

The statements of the Minister of Health, Dr. Bheri Ramsaran currently have all Chikungunya cases

Minister of Health, Dr. Bheri Ramsaran

Minister of Health
Dr. Bheri Ramsaran

transmitted in the ancient county of Berbice, was described as "almost unbelievable." This description was by a minister who is very loud provided shade of Health, Dr. George Norton, this publication was delivered in a conversation about yesterday.
According to Dr. Norton, "is when the Chikungunya virus situation considered taken in St Lucia, we can perhaps even worse here in Guyana." Reports are that the virus, which appeared in the Caribbean for the first time last year, has reached alarming proportions in the Windward Islands.
And according to Dr. Norton, as the mosquito - Aedes aegypti - Transmission of the virus is widespread in many parts of the country, it is not impossible that in many parts of Guyana. In fact, it has been suggested that, since very similar symptoms dengue virus, it is possible that a number of cases as Chikungunya costs for dengue. "We Mosquito here, we have all the conditions here, and we fall people with symptoms, so we could very well a high percentage of Chikungunya virus here in Georgetown," Health Minister speculated shadows.
This publication has been reported that the virus get certified in the areas of the city, but the health minister who does not enter the virus in Georgetown or for that matter anywhere else in the country. Revealed that the virus had "imported" from the city, a process, he said, has to travel in the Berbice victims and bitten by mosquitoes out before returning to his home in Georgetown. The minister said this publication that there are two of these only confirmed cases.
But according to Dr. Norton, Member of the European Parliament, a Partnership for National Unity (UNPA), the statements of the Minister of Health are unrealistic. "We know that this is not the case, the only Berbice has the virus," Norton said. He leaned out his show that there is absolutely no action is taken to ensure that the virus remains argument in Berbice. "Nothing prevents people come to Berbice and Georgetown, Berbice some people, nothing to prevent ... that the virus in other parts of the country," said Minister of Health of the shadows. It was also observed that there was no attempt to isolate by the Ministry of Health, in an attempt to reduce the transmission quarantined or people with the virus.
He recalled that some years ago there was in a position to protect Guyana against FMD in ensuring the existence of an extensive selection process, even at the entrance to areas such as Rup. But were these measures not used by him by the Ministry of Health to the fight against Chikungunya virus has been recognized as a real threat to public health.
Before the health tourism
Dr. Norton has also expressed concern about the disclosure of Dr. Ramsaran that his ministry has tried to quietly attack the virus to not put off tourists and investors and create panic. "I have a problem when authorities say, do not try, a situation that warn the tourism industry ... I can not accept to create angry," said Dr. Norton.
"We have to forget the cars and think about the health of the nation," he said passionately.

Shadow Health Minister, Dr. George Norton

Shadow Health Minister, Dr. George Norton

And according to Dr. Norton, the current inability of Guyana to test the virus also another worrying phenomenon. Dr. Ramsaran said in an interview with this paper that while Guyana has all the equipment to find the virus in the national reference laboratory Thomas and New Market Street, Georgetown, test set, there are no qualified persons in the process. As a result, Guyana depended exclusively on the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) in Trinidad to confirm suspected cases of the virus. Dr. Ramsaran to justify the use of CARPHA, said: "We are very pleased that our CARPHA Trinidad does what it should do, we talked about regionalism, and this is where regionalism in action .."
However, Dr. Norton is definitely not buy the statement of the Minister, to the fact that "you are trying to hide the inefficiency and come up with an explanation and say, why can not test for Chikungunya virus is here because we regionalism to maximize. "
"In other words, because you can do in Trinidad and then do not do it in French Guiana? Trinidad does not look, Barbados is not as out, is not like Jamaica and did not see any island Caribbean so and say" oh maximize regionalism "and that's why they do not do things to do in your country in Guyana."
According to Dr. Norton "is a cop-out and is a direct reflection of the inefficiency of the health ministry for not being able to Chikungunya virus here in Guyana, where, according to them, we have to diagnose the unit here on Earth."
Minister Ramsaran shown later that movements are made to at least one person trained in order to test the virus, a company that is expected, with the support of the Pan American Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control are performed.
At the same time, however, observed Dr. Norton CARPHA remain dependent Guyana be able to confirm suspected cases of the virus. "We have about 100 samples from yet and do not know how long can we expect ..." Dr. Norton, who suggested that "our roadmap sending samples abroad, even by a simple DNA test is not describing everyone is proud , or because something is left behind, or some never again ... always something with our samples. "
In addition, the Health Minister of the shadow is convinced that there is not enough effort to combat the Chikungunya virus in Guyana effective. "I think we do not have enough in health centers and hospitals, where it should systems as soon as people have done symptoms, someone who is removed and Trinidad samples leads to ... I do not think that we have a special it is to to investigate this system, "Mr. Norton speculated.
The symptoms of chikungunya fever, muscle and joint pain, headaches, skin rashes and nausea. So there is no cure for the virus, such as dengue efforts focused on the treatment of various symptoms. However, if the symptoms are not treated effects, including curved limbs, paralysis and even death by paralyzing certain conditions. According to the Minister Ramsaran, like last week, the department capable of 19 cases of the virus was confirmed.

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