Dr Albert Benjamin’s sister, Dr Olivet Buck, was treating Ebola patients in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Last month she died after contracting the deadly virus.
Dr Benjamin spoke to the BBC about the horrific conditions in which his sister and other primary care workers in Freetown have been forced to operate.
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Relatively quiet and violence free without out being remote, is how residents of Doctor Rock, St Elizabeth, view their community.
Yvonne Bowes-Tomlinson, who says she has spent her entire 54 years living in Doctor Rock, has seen the community move from a sparsely populated area to a much more established one.
“It establish because a whole lot more people come in the community. It is only few people who did live in here but it become a big community now. People from outside come and build,” Bowes-Tomlinson relayed.
She went on to say that being one of the closest communities to the town of Santa Cruz, persons living there were comfortable that it was within walking distance of the many conveniences the town had to offer. She added that in later years some of these new conveniences were even inching closer and closer to the Doctor Rock community.
“Any little thing, you can rush and buy what you need to buy. Even now you have a plaza [right at the entrance to the community],” Bowes shared.
She says while many things have changed since she was a child growing up, there was nowhere else she could see herself living other than in the community she has grown to call her own.
Fitzroy, who says he has been residing in Doctor Roack for more than 40 years, says while there are issues in the district there was nothing major that the community could not cope with.
The Santa Cruz bypass, along which the entrance to the community, is known for being flooded whenever there is heavy rain, which in turn causes water to settle at the entrance to Doctor Rock. Fitzroy says to him this is a minor inconvenience.
“We can cope with the situations that we face. For example, when we having a lot of [rain] it settles for a few hours; after it’s gone, the morass is there, too, but at the same time the relevant persons come in and get it sprayed,” he said.
He went on to add that for the most part the people in the community live well with each other.
“It is [relatively] violence free; some things might occur but it does not necessarily mean is people who live in here. It’s people who come in and create a little havoc or friction at times,” he added.
Another resident, Diana, says she, too, is of the opinion that the wrongs that are perpetrated in the community are done by outsiders, and that is why she believes they are in need of a neighbourhood watch to look out for aliens in the community.
“What I’d like to see in Doctor Rock is [for us] to have a park where the children can play, swing, and have fun. We also need a neighbourhood watch,” Diana told The Star.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Michael Jackson requested the anaesthetic propofol to help him sleep at least a decade before he died from an overdose of the drug, a doctor testified Wednesday.
Dr Christine Quinn said Jackson summoned her to a Beverly Hills hotel in 1998 or 1999 and asked her to give him propofol.The request came after she met the entertainer while he was undergoing dental procedures. She said she refused the request and told Jackson it wasn’t appropriate to use anaesthesia as a sleep aid.“I told him that the sleep you get with anaesthesia is notreal sleep, not restful sleep,” Quinn said.Jackson responded by saying his time under anaesthesia was the best sleep he had ever had, she testified.Jackson died in 2009 from an overdose of propofol that was administered in the singer’s bedroom by Conrad Murray, who was later convicted of involuntary manslaughter.Quinn was testifying for the defence in a negligent hiring lawsuit filed by Jackson’s mother against AEG Live LLC, the promoters of the singer’s ill-fated comeback concerts. AEG denies it hired Murray.Quinn said she gave Jackson anaesthesia for procedures done after the meeting at the hotel. He never asked for propofol after the meeting or requested that he be kept under for longer than was medically necessary, she said.Jurors also heard Wednesday from Cherilyn Lee, a nurse practitioner who said Jackson said he needed propofol to help him sleep in April 2009, a little more than two months before his death. Lee said she warned Jackson that propofol was unsafe for home use and he might not wake up, but the singer insisted that doctors told him he would be fine as long as he was monitored.“His demeanour was, ‘I have to have this. I have to have this to sleep. You don’t understand, I have not had a good night’s sleep,”‘ Lee said.Lee did not give propofol to Jackson.AEG Live has called a number of Jackson’s former doctors to testify.One expert hired by the company, Dr Petros Levounis, told jurors on Tuesday that Jackson exhibited signs that he was doctor shopping and trying to find medical practitioners who would give him opioid medication.Attorneys for Jackson’s mother have acknowledged the singer struggled with prescription medications but said he generally received anaesthesia and medications during medical and dental procedures.They rejected the characterisation of Jackson as an addict.JACKSON… died from an overdose of propofol in 2009View the original article here
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Michael Jackson requested the anaesthetic propofol to help him sleep at least a decade before he died from an overdose of the drug, a doctor testified Wednesday.
Dr Christine Quinn said Jackson summoned her to a Beverly Hills hotel in 1998 or 1999 and asked her to give him propofol.The request came after she met the entertainer while he was undergoing dental procedures. She said she refused the request and told Jackson it wasn’t appropriate to use anaesthesia as a sleep aid.“I told him that the sleep you get with anaesthesia is notreal sleep, not restful sleep,” Quinn said.Jackson responded by saying his time under anaesthesia was the best sleep he had ever had, she testified.Jackson died in 2009 from an overdose of propofol that was administered in the singer’s bedroom by Conrad Murray, who was later convicted of involuntary manslaughter.Quinn was testifying for the defence in a negligent hiring lawsuit filed by Jackson’s mother against AEG Live LLC, the promoters of the singer’s ill-fated comeback concerts. AEG denies it hired Murray.Quinn said she gave Jackson anaesthesia for procedures done after the meeting at the hotel. He never asked for propofol after the meeting or requested that he be kept under for longer than was medically necessary, she said.Jurors also heard Wednesday from Cherilyn Lee, a nurse practitioner who said Jackson said he needed propofol to help him sleep in April 2009, a little more than two months before his death. Lee said she warned Jackson that propofol was unsafe for home use and he might not wake up, but the singer insisted that doctors told him he would be fine as long as he was monitored.“His demeanour was, ‘I have to have this. I have to have this to sleep. You don’t understand, I have not had a good night’s sleep,”‘ Lee said.Lee did not give propofol to Jackson.AEG Live has called a number of Jackson’s former doctors to testify.One expert hired by the company, Dr Petros Levounis, told jurors on Tuesday that Jackson exhibited signs that he was doctor shopping and trying to find medical practitioners who would give him opioid medication.Attorneys for Jackson’s mother have acknowledged the singer struggled with prescription medications but said he generally received anaesthesia and medications during medical and dental procedures.They rejected the characterisation of Jackson as an addict.JACKSON… died from an overdose of propofol in 2009View the original article here