APNU MP Richard Allen has challenged the response to the gastroenteritis outbreak in Region One by the regional administration and the Health Ministry, saying they failed to take urgent action until after the second of three child deaths linked to the illness.
As the reported cases begin to decline, Allen also says residents remain clueless as to the plans to ensure they get safe water. “Is it that we are going to be given water treatment tablets every month or are we going to get clean, potable water?” Allen, who is a resident of Port Kaituma, yesterday questioned, while noting that concerns have been repeatedly raised about the quality
