Mystery sickness

Apr 24, 2026 Letters

Dear Editor,

For a while now, there’s a sickness circulating where people having high fever and bouts of diarrhoea along with no taste. Whilst the government or health officials are yet to pronounce on this issue, the public is silently battling this outbreak with their own remedies or on advice from others.

Quite a few people I know have contracted this disease and some have overcome it and some still battling it. Incredibly most refuse to visit the hospitals or health centres to seek medical advice or assistance and have negative answers against these places when I asked them why they are not going.

Editor, during a visit to a school on Tuesday, teachers were complaining of this sickness and mentioned that some of their colleagues are also affected, some bravely turned up to teach still. Whilst discussing various issues, one teacher informed his senior that one child was experiencing symptoms and contacted the parent to take her home. Now incredibly, despite this government boasting of development, their vision so compact that all the schools they building and money they boasting of spending, they failed to include a room in the school for a sick child could rest while resting.

Couple with that, in primary schools especially, kids tends to play roughly and accidents occurs. Again, lack of vision causes them not to include a nurse at each school with bands aids and a few tablets to treat minor incidents. Instead, I continuously witness teachers have to act as nurses, provide what is necessary that they purchase with their own money for the temporary relief until a parent or help arises.

So much for development and good governance in Guyana.

Regards,

Sahadeo Bates

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