Letters to the Editor

The health system failed in its duty to a patient

Dear Editor, Besides being filled with utter rage, abhorrence and disgust on reading of the midnight intruder who sneaked into the Georgetown Public Hospital to molest an in-patient teenager (Kaieteur News, October 5), I am also questioning what sort of security is offered those during a vulnerable period in their lives?

The problem with contracts is not poor design but poor management

Dear Editor, Charles Sohan in his SN letter of September 29 seeks to challenge Minister Harmon’s statement on the problem of construction cost of the Kato Primary School Region 8, which contract was originally awarded to the contractor in 2013 for $780M but which has already cost approximately $1B with no end in sight.

Harmon should have authorised an audit of the Kato Primary School construction project

Dear Editor, In response to my letter which appeared in Stabroek News on Sept 29 regarding cost overruns at the Kato Primary School (KPS) being constructed in the Potaro-Siparuni Region, Lindon Stephney apparently Minister of State Joseph Harmon’s spokesman has stated elsewhere [see also letter above] that he was of the opinion that these were not due “to poor design but poor management of the greedy and corrupt.”

Blood transfusion service ran out of barcodes for donors

Dear Editor, As is very much known by the public, the National Blood Transfusion Services (NBTS) located within the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation’s compound is in dire need of blood and constantly urges healthy individuals to become voluntary blood donors.

A possibly significant development

Dear Editor, The arrest and subsequent charging of four police officers in the ‘cocaine bus’ bribe case represents a possibly significant development for the Guyana Police Force and larger society.

Plan for the WICB

Dear Editor, Since there are no legal or political avenues open to those who are not directors or have the right to vote in meetings of the WICB, perhaps such outsiders should use their powers of persuasion to plead with the insiders to do something.

Why weren’t internet subscribers consulted by GT&T before the change from pre-paid to post-paid?

Dear Editor, I was taken by surprise when upon paying the monthly charges for internet usage (as I usually do) I still could not connect to the internet, so I called customer service and after a lengthy wait on the phone line I was finally connected to an agent who after checking my account told me that I still have an outstanding amount which I must pay before my internet service could be restored.

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