The Ministry diagnoses the wrong disease

Sep 02, 2026 Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom

(Kaieteur News) – The Ministry of Health’s response to Peeping Tom’s column, “Second-Class Patients,” is a case whereby a medical response is so clinically misplaced that one is tempted to prescribe a second opinion.

The Ministry has produced an impressive medical case for something nobody was disputing. It explains screening, early detection, clinical urgency, emergency testing, inpatient care, maternity services, intensive care and surgical priorities. It then proceeds to administer a therapeutic dose of statistics about vouchers, laboratory tests, angiograms, stents, pacemakers, dialysis and other accomplishments.