Dementia

THE EDITOR: The news and sight of a man crashing into the Couva Health Centre were, at the least, alarming and distressing. Happy to know that he suffered minor injuries and that he would be fine.

Of grave concern, though, is the fact that the gentleman was known to be suffering from dementia by the medical personnel there!

Now, to my simple mind,dementia is a decline in the mental capacity of an individual and is usually associated with old age. How did the individual obtain his fitness certificate for the renewal of his drivers permit if he is over sixty five years? If he is below that age, there should have been some kind of intervention on the part of the medical personnel there at the institute.

Just think of it, if that place was filled with people what would have been the outcome? I shudder to think!! Doors, chairs and walls were destroyed. Those are replaceable, human lives are not. Can we all be a bit more vigilant, responsible and be our brothers keeper?

Sahadeo Ragoonanan, Indian Walk

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