This is a 1st. Aspergillus in hospital....political terrorism????

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This is a real first! A Carribean newspaper is citing a politician, who is

claiming the aspergillus in the hospital, is an act of political terrorism.

I have never heard anything like that one before!

" also said that an act of political terrorism was being waged on the

parish of St with the closure of its lone polyclinic.

He said the discovery of aspergillus (a fungus which infects the lungs and

other tissue through inhalation) at the clinic caused its doors to shut, as

staff and patients were experiencing respiratory problems and skin rashes. "

Local News Story

Time to 'remove Walcott'

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Ready for the challenge: DLP leader (right) with Boyce,

candidate for Christ Church South, following yesterday's mass canvass.

OPPOSITION LEADER wants Prime Minister Owen Arthur to heal an

ailing Ministry of Health by removing the minister.

, speaking at a Press conference yesterday following a " Meet The

People " in the Christ Church South constituency by Democratic Labour Party

(DLP)

candidate Boyce, said the representative for the area and Minister of

Health Dr Jerome Walcott was heading a ministry which was rapidly

deteriorating.

The Opposition Leader called on Arthur to " take stock " .

" Any caring Prime Minister would either take the portfolio himself or,

alternatively in this case, he could assign it to the Deputy Prime Minister who

is

certainly not overburdened at this time as a minister . . . . The real

refrain that often plays over in my mind is that song by King, 'How many

more

must die', " he said.

He added that the Queen Hospital's (QEH) Accident and Emergency

Department, the diet and nutrition of patients at the hospital, and now the

sanitary conditions were all rapidly deteriorating.

also said that an act of political terrorism was being waged on the

parish of St with the closure of its lone polyclinic.

He said the discovery of aspergillus (a fungus which infects the lungs and

other tissue through inhalation) at the clinic caused its doors to shut, as

staff and patients were experiencing respiratory problems and skin rashes.

The St representative said what made this situation worse was that no

arrangements were made for the elderly in terms of transportation to access

health services elsewhere.

said Government should be more concerned about the health of the

nation.

" The minister has been very silent on the reasons for the closure and if he

was upfront with the people of Barbados he would tell them there has been a

virus that affected the polyclinic and the residents have been asked to use

other polyclinics, " he said.

He added that after the Barbados Labour Party had been in office for 12

years, the health care system in Barbados was under siege, and when the DLP was

in office the BLP tried to force then Minister of Health Branford Taitt out of

office.

He said within ten days of a DLP Administration taking office, a number of

things at the QEH would change. (WB)