Medical officials in Bara-mita, North West District have highlighted the language barrier between them and villagers as one of the challenges they are facing in their response to the gastroenteritis outbreak in the area, according to Regional Chairman Brentnol Ashley.
Ashley, who spoke to Stabroek News via telephone yesterday, explained that while he cannot say for sure how many additional cases of gastro have been reported, he is expected to be briefed on the situation today. Ashley, who had been on medical leave for the past two weeks, stated that based on the information he had received before proceeding on leave,
