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Friday Febuary. 4, 2022

CIOG TAKES MEDICAL OUTREACH TO AMELIA’S WARD

OMICRON VARIANT CAN KILL–HEALTH MINISTER

HEALTH MINISTER OUTLINES EFFECTS OF LONG-COVID, URGES MORE VACCINATION

Pg4 MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING STEPSON REMANDED

Friday Feb., 4, 2022

CIOG TAKES MEDICAL OUTREACH TO AMELIA’S WARD

The Central Islamic Organization of Guyana (CIOG) on Sunday, January 30, 2022, held a Medical Outreach at Central Amelia’s Ward, Linden.

The Outreach was supported by the U.S Embassy to Guyana Military Information Support Team, the Guyana Cancer foundation, The Guyana Police Force, Kashif and Shanghai Organization M.S, Diaspora Auxilium, National AIDS Programme Secretariat, Linden, and GHPC Hospital Eye Care Team, National Blood Transfusion Services, Linden Hospital

Dental Team, SEWA International Guyana, Sterling Products Limited, The Linden Covid-19 Vaccination Team, and TSI Security Services.

The main purpose of the outreach was to provide medical assistance to the community in general.

The residents were able to have their blood

pressure and glucose levels tested along with HIV, Hepatitis B and Syphilis, access to mental health care, provision of over-thecounter and prescription

medication, Eye Testing, Dental Care and Advice, Covid-19 vaccination, and Booster shots.

General and Specialty doctors were on-site and those wishing to contribute to a good cause we’re able to donate their blood to the Blood Bank. The medical team was able to provide assistance to over 200 persons inclusive of children, the elderly and the disabled.

Along with the medical care provided, the residents present were issued with packages that catered for basic daily necessities; inclusive of Hair and Skin Care Products,

Sanitation Products, Face Masks clothing and both children and adult pampers.

The CIOG will like to express thanks to the Kashif and Shanghai Organization, to all the collaborating partners, and our esteem gratitude to the Doctors, Nurses and Volunteers who gave their time and services voluntarily in making this humanitarian effort a successful one.

We pray that God Almighty richly rewards all those who were involved and we pray all those who sought medical assistance be blessed with good health.

OMICRON VARIANT CAN KILL–HEALTH MINISTER While some people are saying the COVID-19 Omicron Variant due to its mild effect on a human, as compared to another variant, should not be feared too much.

However, Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony, is warning people to not become complacent over the variant since complacency can lead to long term damage to the body and even death.

Speaking during the COVID-19 Update, Minister Frank Anthony pointed out that the behaviour of some folks, who are not following the COVID-19 measures

Minister of Health, Dr. Frank

when the fast-spreading Omicron Variant remains in our presence, is not recommended.

“In some cases, we have seen people living

for more than a year, posthospitalization with long COVID-19. So, it’s not advisable that people just go out there and throw caution to the wind; don’t

use masks; don’t get vaccinated and so forth.

“It is very important that people take precautions to avoid getting the infection.”

Dr. Anthony said that doctors around the world have noted that they have seen how the lung of a person who had COVID-19 can be affected, but no studies have been completed to show how the under respiratory is affected.

“We are seeing many people getting infested but most of them have a milder form of the disease and that’s because we are seeing people presenting with more upper respiratory tract infection.

“However, that should not be taken lightly. So, although you have upper respiratory tract infection, what we don’t know is

how this will affect you in the future.”

Dr. Anthony also noted that in some cases people who are living with the COVID-19 and its variants can die. Some with known underlying conditions do not know about their conditions.

Omicron Variant has been noted as a variant unlike the others. It would present itself as the flu and would remain in individuals with a mild symptoms.

Hence the variant is sometimes harder to detect by an individual in an early stage. The result is that infection rates can be high.

TWO ARMED ROBBERY SUSPECTS REMANDED Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony, M.P, said Guyana has recorded a number of cases of the long-term effects of the coronavirus (long COVID) since the beginning of the pandemic in 2020.

To prevent this, he is urging persons to ensure they are fully vaccinated and boosted.

Speaking Wednesday during his daily Covid update, Dr. Anthony said SARS-CoV-2 can affect

almost any part of the body. He said symptoms of long-COVID can develop when a person is infected with the disease or even after recovery.

“Most people are aware of COVID pneumonia, and that’s what a lot of people were having especially when we had the delta variant circulating.

COVID pneumonia would prevent you from breathing properly, that’s why we had to put a lot of people

on ventilators,” he stated.

Long COVID is a term used to describe the effects of Covid-19 that continue for weeks or months beyond the initial illness.

Dr. Anthony said long-COVID could also cause damage to the kidney, heart ailments and temporary memory loss.

Some persons were also diagnosed with diabetes after they recovered from the virus.

To address this issue, the health ministry has

established a “multidisciplinary” medical team at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) to treat and manage patients with long-COVID. “Within the Georgetown Public Hospital, we have a multidisciplinary team that has been established so that when we identify patients with long-COVID they can come, and depending on the symptoms that they are showing, the relevant

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specialists will be able to help them with the relevant care and management,” Dr. Anthony said.

Meanwhile, the minister

is cautioning citizens not to become complacent, as persons can still become hospitalised with the Omicron variant.

Friday Feb., 4, 2022

MAN WHO TRIED TO ROB BAGOTVILLE POST OFFICE CAUGHT IN THE ACT, ARRESTED

According to the police, Bobb between January 26 and January 27, murdered his stepson, Isaiah Edwards, at North East La Penitence Squatting Area, Georgetown.

The Special Organized Crime(SOCU) is on the hunt for a LaPenitence woman for money laundering. SOCU wants the public to help.

In a wanted bulletin issued this morning SOCU named Sasha Leah James, who is wanted for questioning in relation to Money Laundering and

other offences committed in Guyana.

SOCU has indicated that anyone with information that may lead to the arrest of Sasha Leah James is asked to contact the Special Organised Crime Unit (S.O.C.U.) on telephone numbers 2253079, 225-3084 or the Sasha Leah James nearest police station.

Stepson Bobb being escorted to court by members of the Poilce Force

Days after a 30-yearold man was caught trying to flee the jurisdiction dressed as a woman after allegedly murdering his 19-year-old Stepson, he was brought to court

today, charged and remanded to prison for the murder.

His next court appearance is February 11.

The defendant, Shawn

Bobb, of Independence Boulevard, Albouystown, Georgetown appeared before Magistrate Clive Nurse and was not required to plead to the indictable charge.

18-year-old prisoneescapes from Lusignan Prison compound

SOCU wants woman for money laundering

Naked Body Found At South Better Hope

Kavin Singh

Earlier today (202202-03) between 09:45 hrs and 11:37 hrs, 18-year-old prisoner on remand, Kavin Singh, Lot 291 School Street Grove, East Bank Demerara escaped from the Lusignan Prison Virtual Court compound while attending court.

Enquires disclosed that Singh was admitted at the Lusignan Prison on 2021-12-06, having been charged with two counts of Possession of Ammunition and Firearm and Robbery under Arms.

At about 09:30 hrs

today, Prison Officer Dhanraj ‘uplifted’ seven inmates, including Kavin Singh, to attend court at Lusignan Prison.

Singh and the other inmates were left in the custody of Prison Officer Rawlewayne Payne.

At about 09:45 hrs Kavin Singh, who was foot-cuffed at the time, asked Prison Officer Payne to use the prisoner washroom which is situated to the northwestern side of the court compound.

Permission was granted and Singh left and went to use the washroom.

According to Prison Officer Payne, he left and went to the court office leaving the prisoner in the washroom and upon his return he went to the washroom and discovered Singh missing, hence an alarm was raised.

Checks were made in the court compound and it was observed that the eastern fence of the court compound (chain link fence) was detached from the post.

Searches are currently being conducted to recapture the prison escapee

bulletin was issued for Bobb’s arrest and a few days later he was nabbed

by Police investigators at Helena #1, Mahaica fully dressed as a woman with a wig and make-up.

His arrest came after investigators received information that he was hiding out in the Mahaica community.

When the police arrived at that man’s hideout around 7:20 on Saturday night he reportedly attempted to escape from the officers by jumping through a glass window.

He was cornered and taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital for medical attention for the injuries he sustained by jumping through the window.

Reports are that Bobb got into an argument with his wife over her late cooking. He reportedly started to physically assault the woman. The woman’s teenage son rushed to her defence, so Bobb allegedly armed himself with a knife and stabbed the youth to his abdomen and the woman to her body, before fleeing the scene.

Both mother and son were rushed to the Georgetown Hospital.

The son was later transferred to the Ocean View COVID-19 hospital after his COVID test on admission returned a positive result. Young Edwards passed away at the same hospital.

Subsequently, a wanted

Police are seeking the assistance of the public in identifying a male body that was found in the South Better Hope, ECD area on Wednesday at about 14:05 hours.

Ten minutes before the discovery an anonymous caller contacted the Sparendaam Police Station via telephone and reported that a corpse was

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seen. On arrival at the location, police saw a man of African descent whose identification is unknown at this time.

The man reportedly did odd jobs in the area.

He had no fixed place of abode.

The body lay naked face-up, with severe sunburn.

The body was examined

and a decomposed open wound measuring six inches was observed on the left thigh. The body was escorted to the Georgetown Public Hospital where Dr. Jagjit pronounced it dead on arrival.

The body was later escorted to the Memorial Funeral Home awaiting identification and PME.