Dear Editor,
Good day to you and the staff of the Jamaica Observer and congratulations on being in business for so long and continuing to give us the best news from Jamaica and the world.
I am writing in regards to the Sandy Bay Health Centre in Clarendon. It has come to my attention that the authorities there have been out of family planning supplies both for males and females. Mothers and children have also had to be turned away because of a lack of certain drugs that the children need to stay healthy.
Regarding the family planning supplies, as a country that keeps reminding us about safe sex and preventing unwanted pregnancy, why have we allowed supplies to run out? Not everyone can afford to buy a condom but they can have sex and not providing these, as in the past, can lead to a rise in AIDS and other STI's.
I am appealing to the authorities to look into the situation and correct it as soon as possible. The children need their medications also.
Another thing is the lack of mosquito spraying in the area. Neighbourhoods such as Longville Park and others are continually sprayed. I have lived in the area for over a year and it has never been fogged.
At one point, people from the mosquito eradication programme were going around making sure that containers were treated. When I asked them about fogging, the answer was that they were short of chemicals. Mosquitoes are forcing us to lock up in our homes and using coil destroyers which are not good for the children. I have contracted dengue and so has my wife. My son is asthmatic and having him locked up in the stale area is not helping.
Please, I am asking the relevant authorities to address these issues immediately so that I can see where my land tax and the other taxes are going.
Alessandro
originaliru@gmail.com
Sandy Bay health centre falls short
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Good day to you and the staff of the Jamaica Observer and congratulations on being in business for so long and continuing to give us the best news from Jamaica and the world.
I am writing in regards to the Sandy Bay Health Centre in Clarendon. It has come to my attention that the authorities there have been out of family planning supplies both for males and females. Mothers and children have also had to be turned away because of a lack of certain drugs that the children need to stay healthy.
Regarding the family planning supplies, as a country that keeps reminding us about safe sex and preventing unwanted pregnancy, why have we allowed supplies to run out? Not everyone can afford to buy a condom but they can have sex and not providing these, as in the past, can lead to a rise in AIDS and other STI's.
I am appealing to the authorities to look into the situation and correct it as soon as possible. The children need their medications also.
Another thing is the lack of mosquito spraying in the area. Neighbourhoods such as Longville Park and others are continually sprayed. I have lived in the area for over a year and it has never been fogged.
At one point, people from the mosquito eradication programme were going around making sure that containers were treated. When I asked them about fogging, the answer was that they were short of chemicals. Mosquitoes are forcing us to lock up in our homes and using coil destroyers which are not good for the children. I have contracted dengue and so has my wife. My son is asthmatic and having him locked up in the stale area is not helping.
Please, I am asking the relevant authorities to address these issues immediately so that I can see where my land tax and the other taxes are going.
Alessandro
originaliru@gmail.com
Sandy Bay health centre falls short
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