Quarantine conditions at Camp Madewini

Mar 27, 2020 Letters

DEAR EDITOR,

I arrived back in Guyana on flight TGY 5081 on 25th March at around 18:30. After formalities, we were taken by bus to Camp Madewini near Timehri. There were 17 passengers on the flight.
We were all informed that we would be quarantined for 14 days. This was expected but what was not expected was that we would be sharing facilities at Camp Madewini. The ladies are sharing 5 to a dormitory and the men are 9 to one dormitory. There are also three young children passengers here, as well as four persons from Suriname.
We have a female Doctor GP, here, as one of the passengers. With previous experience of quarantining, she has stated firmly that this is NOT quarantine. Quarantine, by definition means the isolation of the individuals. There is no isolation at Camp Madewini; in fact, it is just the opposite.
By allowing all the passengers to mingle and mix, the MOPH (Ministry of Public Health) is INCREASING THE RISK of any of the passengers contracting COVID-19 from one of the others, should they be positive but not showing fever.
It is astonishing and criminal that healthy people be put at risk in this manner and forced to sleep in the same room, with a fan blowing any contamination around the room. I am an elderly person and one of the ones most at risk, and I am worried and quite frankly frightened.
This accommodation is totally unacceptable.
• Inmates are expected to share showers and toilets
• There is no air-conditioning
• There are no mosquito nets
• Bedding is flimsy and inadequate
• Very basic food was served cold
If you wanted to create a cosy environment to increase the cases of Covid-19 in Guyana, then look no further. I am asking the MOPH to put proper isolation in place immediately to protect these passengers.
Peter Bouchard

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