-residents lament lack of potable waterAfter years of living under appalling conditions in the Sandpit/Onderneeming RedResidents and AFC members hold their noses while observing the hospital waste that is dumped in the village.Village, Essequibo Coast, residents have decided that they can no longer tolerate much more “slackness” from those in authority.Kaieteur News understands that the area is populated by mostly poor and relocated persons,jerseys from china, many of whom work in the interior to support their families.According to Alliance for Change (AFC) Member of Parliament (MP),Wholesale NFL Jerseys Authentic, Trevor Williams,Cheap Jerseys Wholesale, a visit was paid to the area to ascertain the living conditions of residents who contacted the party for assistance.He stated that he was told that since the scheme was opened, there has been no potable water available resulting in residents having to purchase water at a cost of $2,000 per tank.It was further stated that residents are forced to bathe and wash their clothing with stagnant water from a pool,Cheap Jerseys Free Shipping, which is filled by rainfall.Even cattle and other animals make use of the said pool.Some of the affected persons also complained of their children contracting illnesses of uncertain origin.This newspaper was told that waste materials (garbage) from the Suddie HospitalThe stagnant pool in which residents are forced to use for almost everythingare usually dumped in the village,Cheap Jerseys Free Shipping, much to the discomfort of residents.Whenever it rains the waste (water) would run down into the conservancy where they do their laundry and bathing.“The tractor still coming here through the village openly. It’s a private contractor with the hospital and they come and dump every three days. We made complaints to the Region before but they aren’t saying anything or doing anything. It is a huge sore, where they dump waste. It flows into our conservancy canal when it rains and this isn’t healthy because we all use this water,” said Christopher,Cheap Jerseys From China, a resident of the area.Additional reports are that sometimes schoolchildren in the community would pick up discarded medical waste needles and puncture each other.Williams explained that the AFC team visited the garbage site and had a firsthand look and smell of the waste.One resident told this publication yesterday that there are human/child-like bones scattered in the area.“The tractor that is contracted by the hospital is dumping everything, includingThe well in the village which is not operational.these bones in here. I am living here 10 years now and we have to live in such situations. It isn’t right,” another resident told this newspaper.Kaieteur News tried contacting Minister of Health, Dr. Bheri Ramsaran, on Thursday; last for a comment on the situation, but these attempts proved futile.A number of calls were made to both his office and cellular phone as well as an e-mail sent highlighting the issue yet no response was given to date.