–?? ?heads for Leonora today By Romila BoodramResidents of West Coast Berbice took the opportunity to see the doctors of the Guyana Watch Medical team yesterday, as the specialists moved to the Bath Settlement Primary School early yesterday and in a short time had their clinic up and running.Within minutes, the volunteers were registering patients and learning medical histories and vital information to assists the doctors in their diagnostic sessions.A patient being looked after by the dentist,Wholesale Jerseys, Dr. Chiran ReddyPatients were then sent to adjacent rooms,Cheap Nike Air Max Shoes, be it for dental checkups, to visit the pediatrician or for general checkups after which they were sent to the pharmacy to collect the prescribed medication.Yesterday, 321 patients were attended to at the clinic.An interview with patients, waiting to see the doctors revealed that some of them were at the school as early as 06:00am yesterday.According to one resident, Samantha Arjune, whenever the doctors visit the community, there would be a long line, hence, she arrived at the school at 06:15am.“If you see de line wha’ dem does got, you does want turn back. Last year too there was nuff, nuff people.”Another patient,China Jerseys, Pooran welcomed the doctors to the community and thanked them for the excellent job they have been doing over the years.Many persons asked for the doctors to visit their community more often, with some requesting eye care services.“My eye does hurt me bad and that is why I come. I thought there would have been an eye doctor,Wholesale China Jerseys,” said 69-year-old Jude Mohamed.President for the Guyana Watch team Tony Yassin stated, however, that eye care is a major problem in Guyana and he advised that persons visit the relevant hospitals which offer that vital service. He promised to distribute reading glasses to the needy next year.A first-timer in Guyana, Dr. Nadav Mor said that the patients he examined yesterday were generally in good health when compared to those in Timehri and Patentia.“The patients here seem to be in much better health. Their blood pressure and sugar content are good and the volume of patients seems to be low here,Wholesale Stitched Jerseys,” Dr, Mor said.Dr Nor prepares to examine the foot of one of the patientsSeven teenagers from the United States of America who are aspiring doctors came to Guyana to offer their assistance. They are Shawn Chakraborty, Brandon Somwaru, Kushal Dave and her sister, Kavita, Namrata Mehta and her sister, Nikita, and Anjali Ghodasara.The Guyana Watch team will be at the Leonora Primary School today.

– Rohee blames prison authoritiesBy Abena RockcliffeWhere do we go from here? That’s the question that the government is asking itself in the aftermath of the Camp Street Prison Tragedy that left 17 inmates dead and several others injured.The young government is now faced with tough responsibility of moving on from the worst prison tragedy that the English speaking Caribbean has ever seen. Public Security Minister, Khemraj Ramjattan has set aside all pride and admitted that the government is under pressure.In this regard, he pointed to the “chattering class” that feels it has all the solutions, one of which is the building of a new prison out of Georgetown. However, The Minister said that there is much to be considered by the government before it can charter its course ahead.In the meantime,NFL Jerseys Wholesale, measures are being put in place to avoid a replay.Ramjattan said that he has been receiving daily reports about the state of affairs in the prisons ever since Thursday’s tragedy. Also, there is the Commission of Inquiry (COI) that is set to get underway soon.He told Kaieteur News yesterday that the three Commissioners—Justice James Patterson, Merle Mendonca and retired Director of Prisons, Dale Erskine—are to meet with President David Granger today. Also, the commissioners are still to collect their instruments of appointment, “all of that have to be worked out so I doubt the inquiry will begin tomorrow (today).”Ramjattan said too that the COI was not something long in the making and the Commissioners may very well have personal matters that they need to attend to in getting themselves prepared.Former Minister of Home Affairs, Clement RoheeMinister of Public Security, Khemraj RamjattanThe COI is expected to examine the causes, circumstance and condition that led to the disturbances; the nature of the injuries sustained by prisoners during the disturbance, the conduct of staff of the Guyana Prison Service who were on duty, to confirm whether the actions were in harmony with the Standard Operation Procedures of the Prison Service and determine whether the death was as a result of negligence or abandonment of duty. The Commission is also expected to make recommendations.However, Ramjattan said that he wants to find out if previous recommendations were implemented and whether issues that would have been found to play a part in the prisoners’ reactions were addressed in those recommendations.In July 2001,Wholesale Jerseys From China, a team from Britain, the Consultancy Group of the British Government Cabinet Office Centre for Management and Policy Studies presented its?Prison Reform Report to the then Minister of Home Affairs Ronald Gajraj. In another reformative face saving process, Cecil Kennard, former Chancellor of the Judiciary, again presented to Gajraj a 30 page Report of Board Of Inquiry into the February 23, 2002 escape of five prisoners from Georgetown Prison.The Carter Centre of America also presented another report in 2002, calling for the establishment of a Criminal Law Review Committee to examine existing laws,Nike Men Air Max 97 For Sale, practices and procedures for the criminal justice system, especially imprisonment. In like manner, the Guyana Prison Service also produced its own 2001-2011 Strategic Development Plan based on workshops, consultancy reports and visits.Justice Ian Chang had also handed over to the Speaker of the National Assembly in May 2004 a 28 page recommendations Report of the Disciplined Services Commission,Wholesale China Jerseys, regarding improvements to the Georgetown,Wholesale Cheap Jerseys, Mazaruni and New Amsterdam prisons.Were any of these recommendations implemented?The immediate former Minister of Home Affairs, Clement Rohee says that the answer should be yes.He told Kaieteur News that the People’s Progressive Party/Civic administration gave the go ahead for most of the recommendations to be implemented. He said that it was left up to prison authorities to ensure that that was done.In plain terms, Rohee said that if it is found that there has been a repeat of an issue that was addressed in previous reports, the blame is to be placed solely at the feet at the Prison Authorities and in no way should the PPP be made to take the rap for this.Ramjattan said that he hopes that the COI would highlight what of the previous recommendations were implemented. However, contrary to what Rohee said, Ramjattan noted that if there were non-implementations of the recommendations the prison authorities are not the only ones to blame.He said this as he pointed out that some of the recommendations would have required some financial expenditure to be incurred which might not have been there.Ramjattan said tha