HAVE A BODY TO SPARE?
(Guyana Chronicle April 23, 1980)
The Health Ministry has called for public cooperation and support for a proposal to make cadavers (dead bodies) available for medical scientific research.The Ministry said in a statement issued through the Information Ministry that it is envisaged that bodies would be available through donations.
Such donations could be made through wills by agreement of relatives or through unclaimed bodies.
The support of several organizations is being asked in this venture and the Ministry will be grateful if individuals would express their opinions and ideas on the matter, the statement said.
The statement added that for some time now, the Health Ministry had been seeking ways and means of improving medical research in the Caribbean Region.
It said that an important aspect of preparing medical students for effective service is for medical schools to have cadavers for teaching and demonstrating purposes.
The Ministry explained that the use of cadavers in medical schools is absolutely necessary in the learning of anatomy and medical students are required to dissect them In order to become totally familiar with the make-up and functioning of the human body.
“All over the world, people are encouraged to will their bodies after death to medical schools for this purpose, as well as for scientific research.”
“There are too, in many large hospitals, eye banks, heart banks, kidney banks. Here instead of donating the entire body, the person stipulates which organ or organs are to be removed. These banks exist to provide those specific organs when necessary such as after accidents or to replace diseased organs, the Ministry said.
In addition, if Guyanese are to benefit from modern medical scientific research, this is still the most effective way for students to learn so that problems suffered by mankind can be avoided.
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FRUITS TOP THEM ALL
(Guyana Chronicle April 1, 1980)
Fruits topped the list of produce received for the New Amsterdam market from farmers in the Canje River last week.
According to Transport and Harbours Department officials, 4,500 pounds of various fruits were sent from that district along with 5,000 pounds of bananas.
Other produce received from the Canje River were 3,320 bunches of plaintains and 1, 100 pounds of limes.
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BEES AID ROBBERY
(Guyana Chronicle April 17,1980)
African bees assisted a wanted man to escape from the Police in downtown yesterday when they attacked a policeman and the victim of a robbery.
The victim of the robbery was later treated for bee stings at the Georgetown Hospital.
Zabeeda Ali, 21, of Mahaica East Coast Demerara, was walking along Brickdam in the vicinity of Parliament Buildings when she was attacked by a man who robbed her of some money.
She raised an alarm and a policeman ran to her assistance, but a swarm of bees attacked them and the policeman and Ali had to flee the scene giving her attacker enough time to make good his escape.
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THE TALE OF BYNOE AND TROSS
(Guyana Chronicle April 20, 1980)
Two outstanding Guyanese, Dr. Jacob Bynoe and Mr. Sammy Tross, serving outside of Guyana, have been featured in the April issue of the Commonwealth Current , organ of the Commonwealth Secretariat.
Dr.Bynoe is serving in the Bahamas as an educator, while Mr Tross is serving as a financial expert in Zambia.
Commonwealth Current, in the story of the two men, says:
Back in the fifties, Jacob Bynoe and Sammy Tross were at the same school in Guyana.
Dr Bynoe was then a young pupil teacher and Mr.Tross his pupil.
More than two decades later they have come together in another organization-this time the Commonwealth Fund for Technical Cooperation. (CFTC).
Dr.Bynoe is now a CFTC expert in education in the Bahamas; Mr.Tross a financial expert in Zambia.
Besides acting as Principal of the College of the Bahamas in Nassau, Dr.Bynoe is advising the Bahamian Government on education matters.
Mr.Tross is attached to Zambia’s Dairy Produce Board based in Lusaka.
The Zambian assignment is for Sammy Tross the fulfilment of a lifelong ambition to visit Africa.
“I have always felt involved in Africa,’ he said.
“The whole of the continent is my sentimental home. But I am still a West Indian. I am still a Guyanese. I have come here not to become African ; I have come here to appreciate Africa, and in my own small way, to help Africa appreciate what Africans have become to the Caribbean.”
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SUBHAN DIED FROM CHEMICAL POISONING
(Guyana Chronicle April 22, 1980)
Senior Berbice Magistrate Abdullah Subhan died from chemical poisoning after he and his family had eaten a meal of blackeye peas at their Corentyne home eleven days ago.
According to a reliable source, the chemical has been identified as Monscot Rothus which is used for killing beetles which infest and undermine the growth of coconut trees in the country.
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TODDLER DIES AFTER FOUR MONTHS IN COMA AFTER DRINKING WHISKY
(Guyana Chronicle April 24, 1980)
A 2-year-old child who drank whisky four months ago died at the Georgetown Hospital Tuesday night without regaining consciousness.
Gavin Smith, of Lamaha Street, Newtown, Kitty, was the first person to be unconscious for four months at the Georgetown Hospital.
Eight years ago a woman who was struck on the head remained in a coma at the Georgetown Hospital for 33days before she died.
Gloria Smith, mother of the toddler, said she was in the kitchen preparing tea for Gavin when she was told that he was staggering.
“I thought that my three other children were making a joke. When I went to give him his tea I saw that he was asleep,” she said.
Efforts to wake him failed and he had to be rushed to the hospital.
Mrs. Smith said that at the time of the incident some relatives were visiting the home and they were taking some drinks.
When she later enquired from the other children, she was told that Gavin, who had earlier been given some soft drinks from a glass, had taken up a glass containing whiskey which was being used by one of the visitors, and drank it.
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BRITAIN ACCEPTS CXC
(Guyana Chronicle May, 1, 1980)
The CXC General Proficiency Grades I and II have been accepted as the equivalent to the G.C.E “O” Level Grades A-C by the British Joint Matriculation Board which serves the Universities of Manchester , Liverpool, Leeds, Sheffield and Birmingham.
The British Joint Matriculation Board, which is based in Manchester, will also give individual consideration to applicants wishing a Grade 1 performance at the Basic Proficiency Level to be taken into account.
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40 HELD IN “SPEAK EASY” BETTING SHOP RAID
(Guyana Chronicle May 3, 1980)
A squad of detectives from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) headquarters on Labour Day raided two clandestine bookmakers’ shops in Georgetown and arrested more than 40 punters and those responsible for the operations.
The two shops, one on Regent Street, Lacytown, and the other on Lombard Street, Werk-en-Rust, were raided shortly before noon as betting on horses in the English racing season was in full swing.
Those arrested were placed in a Tata bus and taken to Police headquarters for questioning, but were released after three hours and charges are expected to follow after officials of the Chambers of the Director of Public Prosecution have had a look at the statements.
The Police have been concerned recently about the “mushrooming” of bookie shops in Georgetown, and recently one man who operated such an establishment was ordered to pay more than $62,000 as part of the licence for operating a betting booth.
(Clifford Stanley can be reached to discuss any of the foregoing articles at cliffantony@gmail.com or cell phone # 657 2043)