Victim declines to lead further evidenceFor the second time in two weeks, the court has freed a rape accused because of the victim’s unwillingness to lead further evidence.Yesterday, the case against Linden Goppy, 31, of D’Urban Street, Lodge, who was charged with rape, buggery and committing an indecent act, was called in the Supreme Court before Justice Winston Patterson for the first time, and was dismissed because the victim claimed that she could not go through with it and that God would take care of the accused.She told the court that she is a University of Guyana student and that she is also seven months’ pregnant.According to her, she went through a lot physiologically, mentally and emotionally, and does not want to go through with the matter.The particulars of the charges state that Goppy had carnal knowledge of the complainant without her consent, committed buggery and an indecent act against her with intent to insult or offend her on November 24,NFL Jerseys Clearance, 2005.The matter was heard before Magistrate Oneidge Walrond-Allicock, who had committed Goppy to stand trial in the High Court on March 7,NFL Jerseys China Online, 2007.Last week, the case against 32-year-old Samuel Archer, who was charged with three counts of carnal knowledge and one count of buggery committed against his niece,Wholesale NFL Jerseys, was also dismissed after the victim refused to offer evidence against him.According to the victim’s evidence during the preliminary inquiry in the Magistrates’ Court,Nike Shox Women Clearance, Archer first began molesting her when she was 12 years old.The girl, now 17 years old, became pregnant in 2007 for Archer, and he was subsequently charged with carnally knowing a girl under the age of 15 years and went through the court procedures in the Magistrates’ Court, after which he was committed to stand trial in the High Court.Last week Tuesday, when the trial came up for the first time in the Supreme Court before Justice Patterson, the victim, under oath, said that she did not wish to offer any evidence against her uncle,NFL Jerseys Wholesale, since he is her only source of income.

Following reports that private hospitals in Georgetown are still collecting blood, although they were instructed not to do so, Minister of Health, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy, has threatened to revoke their licenses to operate in the country,Nike Air Vapor Max Flyknit Women, if this is found to be true.Minister Ramsammy told Kaieteur News yesterday that his Ministry is not aware that this act is still occurring, but promised a full investigation into the matter.Since March 1, last, all private hospitals were prohibited from collecting and screening blood from donors,Adidas NHL Jerseys China, as the private health institutions are being asked to enhance their laboratories, in order to facilitate the proper testing and screening of blood collected from donors, so that the blood is made entirely safe.The Health Minister explained that the Health Ministry cannot monitor all private health facilities on a 24-hour basis. In this regard,Cheap Jerseys USA, he called for the cooperation of the Guyanese people, who need to understand that they should not give blood to any private hospitals, since these hospitals do not have the requisite laboratory facilities to test for diseases such as Chagas disease, Hepatitis C and HTLV (a sexually transmitted disease).“I can only make the laws as strong as I can… It’s about making the people of this country safe, but Guyanese also need to play a part and keep the welfare of their families at heart by doing the right thing,” Minister Ramsammy said.Recently,Wholesale Stitched Jerseys, the National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS) the capacity to test for Chagas disease.Unless the private hospitals meet the same standards as the NBTS, they would not be allowed to collect blood from donors.Dr. Ramsammy had earlier said that the new Health Facilities Licensing Act now gives the Ministry the power to check the ‘books’ of the hospitals so as to ensure that they are adhering to the regulation.The Ministry will also monitor the private hospitals on a daily basis. It was explained that if a person is asked to donate blood at a private hospital, then that person should make a report to the Ministry of Health, as only then there could be 100 per cent compliance.“People who go to these hospitals need to enquire where the blood has come from. The only blood that should be used for transfusion would be blood that was certified by the NBTS…This is not made to reduce business; the rule was not made to create difficulty for anyone. This rule was made to keep everyone safe,” Minister Ramsammy had said.During the course of the ban,Nike Air Max 95 For Sale, private health facilities will have to acquire their blood from the blood bank at a cost of $3,000 per unit.“It is the only place that can screen for all the diseases that should be screened for and since the policy of the Guyana government is that only the safest blood must be utilised, the safest blood is at the NBTS.”When asked if the private hospitals gave any indication that they are willing to comply with the new standards, Minister Ramsammy said that they would want to adhere, but that the private sector would have to make an assessment of whether it is cost effective to invest in building capacity or to get it from the NBTS.Only a few months ago, the NBTS found out that there are a few persons in Guyana that are infected with Chagas disease.Chagas is a tropical parasitic disease and is commonly transmitted to humans and other mammals by an insect vector, the blood-sucking assassin bugs.The disease may also be spread through blood transfusion and organ transplant, ingestion of food contaminated with parasites, and from a mother to her foetus.The symptoms of Chagas disease vary over the course of an infection.In the early, acute stage, symptoms are mild and usually produce no more than local swelling at the site of infection.As the disease progresses, over the course of many years, serious chronic symptoms can appear, such as heart disease and malformation of the intestines.