NEW ORLEANS, (Reuters) – City officials warned New Orleans residents yesterday to secure their homes, stock up on supplies and prepare to huddle indoors with Tropical Storm Barry poised to make landfall as the first Atlantic hurricane of 2019.
Barry’s maximum sustained winds were clocked at 65 miles per hour (100 kph) as it churned through the northern Gulf of Mexico toward Louisiana. Meteorologists warned that torrential rains – as much as 2 feet (60 cm) in some places – are likely to unleash severe flooding. Continue reading
Guyana: The death of Nurse Apple—Did danger lurk where nurses work? – by Yvonne Sam
Nurses are the heart of healthcare, present when the first and last breath is taken.
Permit me in the first instance to extend sincere condolences to the grieving family and colleagues of slain nurse Schenise Apple. While the circumstances surrounding the death of the healthcare employee is enigmatic to say the least, the ensuing behavior / actions of the Health Minister only serves to create further doubts. Plainly stated, there is gross absence of the normal and huge presence of the abnormal.
Schenise Apple
According to newspaper report regarding information coming from the Ministry, when the nurse was found dead Dr. Chissundra Abdool, the Regional Health Officer for Region Eight contacted the police, who then launched an investigation. If she was discovered dead, who made the discovery? She was seen hanging in her room? Who certified death? How was the Health Officer made aware of the situation? Who undertook to cut the body down? Continue reading →
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