Baramita suffering drug shortage, other problems

As residents of Baramita, Region 1 continue to face an issue with the delay of drugs reaching the community, there is a call for supplies to be taken there directly.

Haliema Khan, a commissioner with the Women & Gender Equality Commission (WGEC), with responsibility for that community, said there is a “bottle-neck” as the drugs first have to “go through the RHO [Regional Health Officer] at Mabaruma.”

That system, she said, is resulting in