– DirectorThe capabilities of the National Public Health Reference Institute to conduct advanced leptospirosis tests will soon become a reality, according to director of the institution,Cheap Jerseys From China, Dr Colin Roach.The doctor’s disclosure came during a recent interview with this newspaper.At the moment, he said, the laboratory has the capacity to carry out rapid testing to determine the presence of leptospirosis.According to him, since the laboratory, which is located at the corner of New Market and Thomas Streets, opened its doors last year July, it had the capability to carry out the leptospirosis tests, but not to the desired extent.Dr Colin Roach“That function initially existed at the Georgetown Public Hospital, but with the transfer of the Bacteriology Department (to the laboratory), that department now comes under our Serology Department. Right now, we are doing basic rapid tests.” he related.However, he disclosed that there are plans apace to expand the laboratory’s testing capabilities in the very near future.Dr Roach pointed out that,Clark Griswold Jersey, with the introduction of the Enzyme-Linked Immuno Sorbent Assay (ELISA) Technology and other advanced testing methods, the laboratory will be well on its way to being fully on par with international facilities.“We are hoping that with the approval of equipment for this facility,China Jerseys Online, we will be having the capacity to do ELISA tests, which is a more specific test,” Dr Roach asserted.The advanced technology allows for the testing of antibodies, and is a more controlled test than the commonly utilised rapid testing process.With ELISA testing capabilities, laboratory technicians will be able to test for any strain of disease, or be able to make confirmations on any sample. However, the services of the Centre for Disease Control, in Atlanta, United States, will still be sought to detect the strain of a disease, such as leptospirosis, that may be detected in a sample.Dr Roach further disclosed that, although the laboratory was intended to operate at an advanced level, most of the services offered are in fact not new, and include testings in the areas of Quality Assurance,Cheap NBA Jerseys China, Haematology,Cheap NBA Jerseys, Tuberculosis, and Serology.“The serology suite was already in existence at the Blood Bank, where HIV testing was done. Persons were already trained in HIV rapid testing. The bacteriology and TB suites were there, and persons were also trained by CAREC and CSIH prior to coming here. So most of the functions here are not exactly new functions, but we are hoping to move these functions to another level.”He disclosed that the laboratory capabilities will be significantly boosted with the introduction of the Deoxyribonucleic Acid Pollymarase Chain Reaction (DNA PCR) equipment which will be procured by the Government through the Ministry of Health.It is anticipated, Dr Roach disclosed, that the equipment will be here within another three months.In the meantime, the laboratory has been able to establish a twining relationship with the North Carolina Laboratory in the United States, where staffers of the local lab will be able to gain firsthand experience of the operational ways of a First World laboratory, Dr Roach said.And the training exercise, according to him, will commence as early as this month end.Dr Roach disclosed that it is expected that he will be able to observe and do rotations in the DNA PCR Suite in North Carolina, while another staffer, Ms Cherry George, will be rotated in the TB Department, observing TB smears and cultures, and will learn of future diagnostic capacity.“We are hoping that this collaboration will continue even after the twinning relationship; although, before it ends, we are hoping that all of the persons in the various departments can have an opportunity to see what happens at the North Carolina Lab.”The collaboration comes as part of the laboratory’s relationship with the Association of Public Health Laboratories of the United States through the PEPFAR Programme, which also funded the construction of the local lab.At the moment, the laboratory has about 20 staffers, most of whom garnered their qualifications at the University of Guyana, thus amplifying the need for additional training.

A three vehicle smash up which occurred during the wee hours of yesterday morning on the Montrose,China NFL Jerseys, East Coast Demerara Public Road has claimed the life of a 76-year old Bath Settlement West Coast Berbice woman.Dead is Ramdularie ‘Selis’ Singh who was returning home in a minibus with relatives from the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri, after seeing her daughter off to the United States.Dead Ramdularie ‘Selis’ SinghTwelve other persons received injuries as a result of the smash up which involved a minibus, a truck and a car.Singh’s grandson Kamal Lallchand is now a patient of the Male Surgical Ward at the Georgetown Public Hospital.The other injured persons, Sommal Ramdyal, Bibiwattie Ramdyal,Cheap NFL Jerseys, Bethlene Parsram, Nadeen Srikisson, Krishendatt Singh, Sablalla Budhoo,Wholesale NBA Jerseys China, Narvani Lallcahand,Jerseys NFL Wholesale, Vindyen Lallchand, Ashmini Lallchand,?? Jitendra Bagwha and Ramdhani Singh were all treated and sent away.According to a police press release, investigations revealed that the driver of mini-bus BNN 7851 attempted to overtake motor lorry GNN 5130 and collided with motor car PMM 1123 which was proceeding in the opposite direction. After the collision, the motor lorry ran into the rear of the mini-bus.The drivers of the three vehicles are in police custody assisting with the investigations.This newspaper was informed that the driver of the car,Cheap Jerseys, Jitendra Bagwha was under the influence of alcohol when the collision occurred.According to the dead woman’s son, Rohan Singh, the driver of the bus they were travelling in had just overtaken a truck when he noticed a car coming in the opposite direction.Singh said that the driver of the car apparently panicked and applied brakes, lost control of the vehicle which started spinning causing it to slam into the right side of the bus,Cheap Jerseys From China, the same side that his mother was sitting. The impact then caused the bus to slam into the truck, hurling the elderly woman from the vehicle.Singh said that he was told that nearby residents and other public-spirited citizens assisted in taking his relatives out of the wreckage and rushed them to the hospital.The woman’s death was the second road fatality on the East Coast Demerara within hours.Earlier on Saturday night pedestrian Edward Ashby was killed when he was struck down by two speeding cars on the Ogle Public Road.

In full view of his wife and eleven-year-old son, gunmen using a CG motorcycle shot? 64-year- businessmanWounded: Fyuse HoosainFyuse Hussain in the head and escaped with $2.5 M after trailing their victim from a city bank to Church Street, GeorgetownThe robbers, who fled up Church Street, struck at around 14.15 hrs yesterday when Hussein’s wife had just parked the family’s vehicle near to Guyana Stores Limited.Hussain, a rice farmer and contractor of Good Hope, East Coast Demerara, was rushed to the Woodlands Hospital, where he was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit. The bullet that struck Hussain reportedly exited through one of his cheeks and his condition is reportedly listed as critical.Several vendors and passersby witnessed yesterday’s brazen attack,Wholesale Authentic Jerseys, which occurred about 100 meters from the Police Outpost in Water Street. Only a policewoman was on duty at the time.Recounting the family’s ordeal, Hussain’s wife told Kaieteur News that she had driven her husband to the Scotiabank’s Carmichael Street branch at around 14.00 hrs to uplift a sum of cash. They then went to Church Street to pay a phone bill. After that, the couple, with their eleven-year-old son, headed to Water Street,Cheap China Jerseys Authentic, with the intention of parking near Fogarty’s General Store. But after finding no place to park, she drove to Church Street and stopped in the vicinity of Guyana Stores Limited.The woman said she had just finished parking when two men on a motorcycle rode up to their vehicle. One of the men, who had a handgun, went straight to her husband, who was sitting in theWhere Hoosain was shot and robbed .back seat with his son,Jerseys NFL Wholesale, and ordered Mr. Hussain to “hand over the f—ing? bag.”But after her husband refused let go of the bag,NFL Jerseys From China, the robber struck Hussain repeatedly on the head with his gun.“I was screaming, and people were looking on but nobody came to help us,” she said. The woman recalled hearing a single gunshot but said that she was unaware at the time that her husband was hit.After shooting Hussain,Cheap Jerseys 2018, the robber grabbed the businessman’s bag and escaped with his waiting accomplice. Eyewitnesses recalled seeing the men riding further east up Church Street.Hussain’s wife said that she then drove to the Woodlands Hospital with her wounded spouse.Relatives described his condition as “stable.”Kaieteur News was told that Mr. Hussain was also robbed about three years ago shortly after uplifting cash from another Scotiabank branch.One close relative appealed to Government to provide more security to businessmen, and lamented the fact that many of these attacks were occurring outside one particular bank.At least one of the Government-installed Closed Circuit Television Cameras is located near Church and Main Streets, where the gunmen fled. Security cameras at the Bank of Guyana are also likely to have recorded the attack.The cameras are manned by staffers at the National Intelligence Centre, located in the Castellani House compound and by police ranks at the CID headquarters, Eve Leary.

Less than a year after he pleaded guilty to one of 10 counts of fraud charges in a New York court, well known Guyana-born real estate broker, Edul Ahmad, is preparing to be sentenced.Businessman, Ed Ahmad (r) with fallen Senator John Sampson (l) in the good times.Prosecutors on Thursday wrote Judge Dora Irizarry of the Eastern District of New York Court asking her to issue orders that will prepare Ahmad for sentencing.The businessman was the star witness in the case brought by the feds against Senator John Sampson, who was found guilty late last month in a Brooklyn court.It was widely felt that the delay in Ahmad’s sentencing was because he was cooperating with the feds in the Sampson case. In February 2012, he reportedly wore a wire, recording Sampson during a meeting. In July, he gave testimony during a four-week trial.In a court request filed Thursday, Assistant US Attorney,Cheap NBA Jerseys, Alexander Solomon, on behalf of Loretta Lynch, US Attorney, said that the government, with the consent of defence counsel, Steven Kartagener,Cheap NFL Jerseys, wants the Court to order the United States Probation Department to begin preparation of the pre-sentence investigation report for the defendant, Ahmad.“Mr. Kartagener, Esq., has requested to be present for any interview of his client conducted by the United States Probation Department.”Ahmad is well known to the tens of thousands of Guyanese living in the New York area, as he was well connected in the real estate business, before his downfall.A former policeman in Guyana, he appeared in a New York court before Judge Irizarry in October 2012 and pleaded guilty to count one of the ten-count criminal complaints against him, and told the court that his attorney has advised him that there is no viable defense to the charges against him.In admitting guilt, Ahmad told Judge Irizarry that between January 1995 and January 2009, within the Eastern District of New York and elsewhere, together with others, he knowingly and intentionally conspired to defraud several lending institutions,Cheap NFL Jerseys Wholesale, in a mortgage fraud scheme that lasted almost 15 years.The United States Attorney’s office alleges that Ahmad was part of a scheme that defrauded American lending institutions of approximately US$50 million, obtaining approval for mortgages on various properties by falsifying documents submitted to the lending institutions, using a string of straw buyers, and other illegal practices.In detailing the allegations against the Queens businessman with strong political connections, Judge Irizarry outlined a scheme which had as its victims not only financial institutions, but also many ordinary New Yorkers,Wholesale NFL Jerseys, most of whom were Guyanese immigrants pursuing the American dream to own their own home, only to find themselves trapped in a real estate scheme, ultimately resulting in them losing their homes in foreclosure proceedings,Steve Bartkowski Falcons Jersey, while Ahmad and his co-conspirators made millions of dollars.Ahmad’s attorney had signaled intentions to challenge the financial loss attributed to him.Prosecutors had advised a term of between 121 and 151 months (10 to approximately 13 years) of imprisonment for Ahmad.Ahmad’s case has attracted much attention from the media in Guyana and in New York, fueled by his strong political connections in Guyana and the U.S.He reportedly has properties in Guyana and had shipped containers of building materials to former President Bharrat Jagdeo.