–?? Workmen lament disrespect? From all indications, workers attached to the Chinese logging company Bai Shan Lin continue to be treatedRegion 10 Chairman,Cheap Jerseys Wholesale, Sharma Solomondisrespectfully.They have complained about the treatment dealt to Guyanese has gone from bad to worse.One worker, who highlighted his concerns who sought anonymity, said that “the Chinese are in the habit of insulting Guyanese, especially when they have to receive the salaries that we work very hard for.”The employee said that upon being hired, the Human Resources Manager,Cheap Jerseys, identified as Mr. Ali,Jerseys NFL Wholesale, told him and a few others? who were simultaneously hired that they have to live at Linden and that the company will provide meals and accommodation.He said that much to his dismay, “every week we have to beg for money to buy food stuff. We had to sleep in the trucks…The place where we sleep is worse than a pig pen with no mattresses.”The disgruntled employee said that the treatment reminds him of the “days of slavery,Jerseys Wholesale, when workers had no rights and no voice. ‘What the Chinese tell you to do you have to do or else they tell you go home and they hold up your salary.”He said that sometimes the trucks have mechanical problems but “the Chinese would say ‘go work, fix later.’ This is big risk for the drivers.”“Chinese have meetings every month where their matters and concerns are addressed, but the Guyanese do not have any meetings to discuss their problems.”Regional Chairman, Sharma Solomon, said that he receives similar complaints almost daily.He said that Region Ten residents and workers who are stationed there are just fed up of the callous behaviour exhibited by Bai Shan Lin as a company which is getting so much out of Guyana but is prepared to give little or nothing in return.“Workers are complaining, Moblissa residents are complaining, the Kwakwani residents still complain about the problems with the road,Cheap Jerseys Wholesale, in fact the entire Region is complaining,” said Solomon.“We are all still very concerned,” said the Regional Chairman. Bai Shan Lin is still to do an Environmental, Social Impact Assessment (ESIA), he added.He said that some workers attached to Bai Shan Lin, frequented the Office of the Regional Democratic Council complaining of the way the company has been violating their rights.The Chairman said that workers lamented the conditions they work under, bad treatment and poor payment.Two days after that story was carried, Bai Shan Lin released a statement refuting allegations of $500 pay but ignored claims of mistreatment,China Jerseys Wholesale, poor working conditionsThe company sought to debunk allegations that it has an employment ratio of 70 percent Asians to 30 percent Guyanese and that it has been paying the few locals it employs as little as $500 per day.Solomon subsequently told this newspaper that he saw the statement and noticed that the company did not reject what he said.Bai Shan Lin has a known presence at Moblissa, Coomacka, Bamia, Kwakwani and Ituni.

Taking advantage of the newest technologies to tackle prevailing heart conditions has become a regular feature at the Caribbean Heart Institute (CHI). In fact, just last week, CHI implanted one of the latest pacemaker devices into oneCHI Cardiologist,Dr Mahendra Carpenof its heart failure patients.The patient, a man in his mid-60s,Cheap Jerseys Free Shipping, had been suffering from heart failure for sometime but only recently sought cardiac care at CHI.According to Resident Cardiologist, Dr. Mahendra Carpen, the Cardiac Resynchronisation Therapy Device (CRTD), which was implanted on Friday,China Jerseys, will help CHI to better monitor this elderly patient with the ultimate goal of helping to improve his quality of life and by extension help to extend his life expectancy.And this would be possible,Wholesale Stitched Jerseys, Dr. Carpen said,Jerseys From China, because the device implantation process was successful with no complication even as he asserted that “with this device in place,NFL Jerseys From China, we can help to prolong the life of this patient; he can have a better life at the same time.”Although the patient was discharged the following day, the Cardiologist disclosed that recovery could take a couple of weeks or months. He however noted that the overall evidence is highly in favour of the benefit of the patient.The recent implantation process saw Dr. Carpen being supported by members of his local team including CHI nurses; Eco-cardiographer/Hemodynamic Technician, Jason Solomon and Profusionist/Administrator, Karen Pereira-Debidin. The procedure was also graced by a representative from the Miami, United States Medtronic Company.The process, according to Dr. Carpen, took just under four hours because of its intricacy.? “It is a long procedure because it has a lot of steps and has very small room for errors or mistake, so you have to be cautions and make sure everything is right,” said Dr. Carpen, who noted that the patient will be required to undergo follow up treatment during the course of this week.Explaining the process in brief, he disclosed that “the team used a standard sterile procedure. We cleaned the left shoulder, made an incision,Wholesale NFL Jerseys, found a vein and we had to find two accesses or two veins and from those veins the (CRTD) wires were placed into the heart, one on the right and another, a difficult one, on the left.”On the left, Dr. Carpen disclosed, “that this is where there is a very small opening to a vein that runs behind the heart…it is about half a centimetre in diameter and you have to find that opening and put a wire through it that goes around behind the heart and to the left side.”With the completion of such a procedure, any Cardiologist would be able to continuously monitor the pace of a patient’s heart with a view of administering appropriate treatment to help improve his or her condition.Dr. Carpen also informed that the introduction of the latest device at CHI has in fact allowed Guyana to be the first member state within the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to utilise the CRTD technology. Although the device is one of the more costly that is available at CHI, it however increases the options available to patients, Dr. Carpen asserted.The Cardiologist explained that the patient who benefited from the CRTD implant had been suffering from advanced heart failure issues similar to what is experienced by many patients that have been seen over the years at CHI. The new technology that has arguably not even been utilised in some developed sections of the world, was described by Dr. Carpen as “a new device and new approach to managing patients…this (type of intervention) has been done before, but the device that we are now using is a complete new piece of equipment not yet used in parts of the world, and I am pretty excited about this,” an elated Dr. Carpen told this publication.The updated CRTD device, which is widely available in York, England, was launched in the Caribbean earlier this year. Dr. Carpen had assisted with that launch but was anxious to note that “we are however the first actually in CARICOM to be able to put it in…It is the newest, highest model of this (CRTD) device that is currently available.”

Legal practitioner Christopher Ram has offered free legal services to the National Insurance Scheme.Ram said that his offer is being made in light of the difficulties highlighted as major factors prohibiting the institution from meaningfully carrying out its functions as the state insurance agency.Christopher RamRam was at the time speaking at a public forum which was recently held at the NIS Brickdam Office. Members of the public were invited to raise any queries they might have had about the operation of the scheme and the recommendation coming out of the Eighth Actuarial Report.Members of the public were invited to view a presentation which outlined a review of the NIS operations over the past five years and to plan for the future. The gathering was also afforded the opportunity to voice their opinions and make suggestions for the future of the NIS itself and the recommendations of the independent assessor.However,Authentic Adidas Hockey Jerseys China, two notable recommendations— the increase in contributions percentage from 13 per cent to 15 per cent, and the raising of? the age for persons to receive pension—were proposed. This caused unease in the crowd. Those two recommendations were met with much opposition by the gathering.Ram, who was present at the forum having listened to the report about the failures and possible collapse of the Scheme, said that this situation in which the scheme finds itself is a peculiar and historic one.“Guyana may be one of the few schemes where in an expanding economy the social security scheme is going broke. That is an unusual feature if not a record,” Ram affirmed.He added that the possible failure and collapse may be because of some issues that the actuary, perhaps out of fear or diplomacy failed to highlight in his review.“The problem facing this scheme includes the fact that for more than one decade,Wholesale China Jerseys, the Sixth and Seventh Actuarial reviews have been on the desk of the Board of Directors and the directors have done nothing. If we are expecting them to do something this time, we must be living in dreamland”.Ram reiterated to the head table which included,Wholesale China Jerseys, The NIS General Manager Terry Thomas; Directors Denise Miller, Linda Gosai,Cheap Stitched Jerseys, Earl Welch and Chitraykha Dass; that until the question of governance is dealt with forthwith the scheme will never be able to move forward.“This is not the case in this organization only. If you don’t have capable and competent governors you will always end up in disaster.“It is not only the board; the Cabinet, the political parties, the trade union and the private sector have all sat back and done nothing as this scheme veered toward disaster” Ram stated.“There is no solution. Having neglected to do what you should have done ten years ago is not going to get better performance. Then the scheme pumped $5.7 Billion into Clico and that is a very unfortunate omission by the actuary,Wholesale Jerseys,” Ram added.Ram said that he has on more than one occasion offered his services to the Scheme given his history of working with the organisation not only locally but overseas. However,Jerseys Cheap Wholesale, to date the Scheme has not seen it fit to take up the offer despite the situation.“I sympathize with the entire staff of the NIS…The board must be held accountable for every cent,” Ram added.