When me a go college me cuda go Ochi every week via toll, now me a work me deevn can afford it. A Ochi trip is now at an average cost of $25,000-$30,000. Ridiculous
Saw a patient today with a hemoglobin of 1.9 g/dL. For context, a level that low is almost incompatible with normal consciousness, but she walked right into the clinic on her own feet.
For three long years, she lived with crushing weakness and since last 6 months breathlessness from just walking across a room. Why didn’t she get help sooner? At first, it was because the kids had crucial school exams and later her husband was reluctant to deal with the hassle of a hospital admission.
Her health was treated as a background inconvenience.
When we dug deeper, it got worse. A year ago, her Hb was 6.4 g/dL. A doctor explicitly told them she needed immediate admission. The family refused, walked out with a basic strip of iron tablets, she took them for two weeks, forgot about them, and nobody in the house ever bothered to check on her or remind her.
She didn't even come to the hospital today because of the air hunger. She came because her periods had completely stopped for months. Her body was so profoundly starved of iron and oxygen that it literally shut down her reproductive axis just to divert what little blood she had left to her heart and brain.
It’s completely heartbreaking. A woman will literally bleed her body dry, gasp for air for years and keep working silently, only to be brought to a doctor when her normal functioning stops.
Please check on the women in your homes. Stop letting them normalize chronic exhaustion.
Some battles are too heavy for a child to carry alone. Today, we stand with 13-year-old Kemelia and her family in faith, love, and hope. 💜
Every donation, every prayer, every share could help change her story and support her recovery journey. No amount is too small when hearts come together for a greater purpose.
Let us remind this young girl and her family that they are not alone in this fight. Jamaica, let us show the power of compassion, unity, and humanity. 🇯🇲✨
Please give if you can. Pray if you can. Share even if that is all you are able to do.
Together, we can help save a life. 💜🙏 #HelpKemelia #SupportKemelia #EveryDollarCounts #PrayForKemelia #JamaicaCares
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I'll keep in contact with the family and update as things develop.
Kemelia Paul. 13 years old. Still fighting.
So must we.
🔁 Share this everywhere. Don't let this family fight alone.
876-590-7998 — Josephine Mitchell. Call. Help. Do something.
If you follow the people on twitter you pay rent til you dead. For the younger folks just hold summen. Your first house doesn't have to be your last house.
Jamaicans in the Kingston Metropolitan Region lose a month on each year stuck in traffic. The consequences of our car-dependency often go unnoticed, they have become ambient parts of our everyday lives.
🚨🚨 Jamaica's insurance industry just got hit with a regulatory bill that could sting everyone. Up to 100% fee hikes approved yesterday. The IAJ is raising hell about it – and as someone watching this economy closely, you should too. Here's the full story, why it happened, and what it really means for your wallet.
1/10 Picture this: Your car insurance, home policy, or business cover quietly gets more expensive because the watchdog needs more cash. That's the alarm the Insurance Association of Jamaica (IAJ) is sounding right now. Executive Director Everton McFarlane didn't mince words – these increases, some doubling overnight, are "substantial." Every dollar funneled into fees is one less to invest in the business or beef up after disasters.