Dear Editor,
I suppose the graphic depiction of two obviously sick men on one bed in one of our nation's health care facilities by the Leader of the Opposition Andrew Holness was very disconcerting for many people, among them the governing People's National Party (PNP).
In a desperate attempt to deflect attention from the real issue, the devastating state of the health care system, they sought to make much ado over privacy. While I agree that privacy is a fundamental right, the real violation is the deplorable conditions in the hospitals faced by these two men. I am sure that these men would urgently want awareness to be brought to their dreadful situation. What the picture of those two men did was awaken me to the very real and present inhumane reality experienced by many an unfortunate citizen .
As an average Jamaican citizen working hard to balance career, family, school, and hobbies, it is quite easy to get lost in the humdrum nature of it all. In a culture where nine-day wonders abound, just staying afloat in all the different topical discourses is a full-time job. In this information-driven age, statistical data and laws of averages add to the conundrum.
A picture is indeed worth a thousand words; as these nameless, faceless men's plight has been cast into the light. The nation is now aware of the very things that this Portia Simpson Miller-led Administration did not want uncovered in the health audit.
Many complain that the Opposition is very often just paid talkers and noise-makers, but this shows the fortitude with which Holness is willing to champion the cause of the Jamaican people, ironically in many instances the very ones the PNP claim to love -- the poor and vulnerable.
Why is the PNP so opposed to a no-user-fee policy? Wouldn't this policy help the destitute? I am sure that people with the means to do better would not subject themselves to such deplorable conditions if they could be helped. We would all like to book a private room on the Tony Thwaites Wing, but this is how we are forced to live after 20-odd-year reign in PNP country.
Take a bow and a picture while you are it, Holness, I follow you on social media, job well done.
Sandrine McKenzie
sandrinemckenzie876@gmail.com
Show the pic, Holness. We wants to know!
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I suppose the graphic depiction of two obviously sick men on one bed in one of our nation's health care facilities by the Leader of the Opposition Andrew Holness was very disconcerting for many people, among them the governing People's National Party (PNP).
In a desperate attempt to deflect attention from the real issue, the devastating state of the health care system, they sought to make much ado over privacy. While I agree that privacy is a fundamental right, the real violation is the deplorable conditions in the hospitals faced by these two men. I am sure that these men would urgently want awareness to be brought to their dreadful situation. What the picture of those two men did was awaken me to the very real and present inhumane reality experienced by many an unfortunate citizen .
As an average Jamaican citizen working hard to balance career, family, school, and hobbies, it is quite easy to get lost in the humdrum nature of it all. In a culture where nine-day wonders abound, just staying afloat in all the different topical discourses is a full-time job. In this information-driven age, statistical data and laws of averages add to the conundrum.
A picture is indeed worth a thousand words; as these nameless, faceless men's plight has been cast into the light. The nation is now aware of the very things that this Portia Simpson Miller-led Administration did not want uncovered in the health audit.
Many complain that the Opposition is very often just paid talkers and noise-makers, but this shows the fortitude with which Holness is willing to champion the cause of the Jamaican people, ironically in many instances the very ones the PNP claim to love -- the poor and vulnerable.
Why is the PNP so opposed to a no-user-fee policy? Wouldn't this policy help the destitute? I am sure that people with the means to do better would not subject themselves to such deplorable conditions if they could be helped. We would all like to book a private room on the Tony Thwaites Wing, but this is how we are forced to live after 20-odd-year reign in PNP country.
Take a bow and a picture while you are it, Holness, I follow you on social media, job well done.
Sandrine McKenzie
sandrinemckenzie876@gmail.com
Show the pic, Holness. We wants to know!
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