What catalyst can be used to enable faster responses in Guyana?

Jun 18, 2008 Letters

Dear Editor,
As a developing nation, Guyana moves slowly when called to deal with some situations, or to the scene of incidents.

For example: as a crime is being committed, the Police may arrive after; by then the criminals would have fled.

Yet, the Police would pick up leads, and through good training, would apprehend the perpetrators.

This delay could be due to the lack of facilities, eg. inadequate transportation or being understaffed.
In some instances, fire fighters may appear when a building has already been engulfed in flames. This sloth could be blamed on the public relative to summoning the Fire Service quickly.

Accident victims groan painfully as they await the arrival of the ambulance. A mother in an advanced state of pregnancy dies, owing to a late response to her appeal to have her taken to the emergency unit. For instance, “she had to wait for hours before being taken to the Emergency Room.

“By the time the doctor was ready to attend to her, she breathed her last (SN 2008-05-23). Only four days after, (2008-05-27, KN):

“I am getting sick over this thing”, relative to slow response in processing things, or, rightly speaking, matters. Nationally, is Guyana out of rhythm? Have we lost our momentum and pace as we march along the road to development?

I close by asking: what catalyst can be used to enable a faster response?

George Carrington

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