| Over-crowded schools with limited teachers; and hospitals without doctors are just some issues Opposition Members of Parliament say need to be addressed,Wholesale Jerseys China, but they wonder if they are being ignored at the expense of politics.The newest Member of Parliament, Dawn Hastings, welcomes the opportunity she has been given by the People’s National Congress Reform to sit in the House, and is ready to point out areas of need, and hopes her concerns will be seen as genuine.Hastings serves as Head Teacher of the Jawalla Primary School in Region Seven. Her biggest concerns are in the areas of health and education.In her Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni), she said that the district hospital at Kamarang is short on equipment. But worse yet, she said the hospital is not staffed with a resident doctor. According to Hastings, sometimes a doctor would visit, but it has been a while since that has happened.In addition, she said sometimes the hospital runs out of drugs to treat malaria and diarrhoea. Because of the inadequacies of the hospital, she said that complicated cases have to be referred to the Georgetown Public Hospital. When the people come to town, they have to spend prolonged periods.In the education sector, Hastings told Kaieteur News that the Waramadong Secondary School is now overcrowded. There is an estimated 500 students, but there are only 13 teachers. She said there is therefore a major problem with staffing,Cheap Jerseys Online, and wants to see this matter addressed in the interest of the children.Further, she said that the school has no science laboratory or facilities for Home Economics. She feels that education is a matter that needs serious attention in the Region.Hastings knows this first-hand,Wholesale Stitched Jerseys, having served as a Supervisor of Schools with the Region Educational Office. She said transportation was hardly available,NFL Jerseys From China, so she couldn’t get to schools and would most times hitch a ride whenever a health team was visiting an area.At Jawalla, where she teaches,Cheap Nike NFL Jerseys, Hastings said that while she now enjoys a new school building, it does not have enough furniture. Hastings hopes these matters can be addressed at the earliest. In Region Four, Parliamentarian Ernest Elliot sees a number of areas where there could be co-operation, but laments the fact that because he sits on the opposition benches he is not taken seriously.“I am disappointed that what the Opposition puts forward, the government doesn’t see as meaningful,Cheap NFL Jerseys China,” he told Kaieteur News. Unless it is a grave constitutional issue where the participation of the opposition is absolutely needed, Elliot says the hand of co-operation is not extended. “I feel the time has come for real democracy,” he declares. It is a matter Elliot feels strongly about.“Since we are the Parliamentarians on the ground, we see what needs to be done,” he reasoned.One area in which he feels the government demonstrates its lack of co-operation is in its dealings with the Regional Democratic Council (RDC), which is controlled by the main opposition PNCR. Elliot said the government has proceeded to set up housing schemes without the active involvement of the RDC.Elliot looks forward to a time of “shared governance when all parties will have a stake in the cake.” |
