ALCOHOL MISUSE A DEATH THREAT

"Alcohol misuse destroy the cardiovascular system and the central nervous system posing a death threat to alcoholics," said Mangezi a specialist psychiatrist.

Speaking to Mpilo staff members at a post graduate meeting held at the Pediatric boardroom, Mangezi said there are both physical, social and psychological effects of substance abuse with oral sores being the most visible effect.

a section of the brain

The person standing in for the Public Relations Office said hate speech collectively known as substance induced psychosis is a result of such substances.

The figure said people should desist from consuming harmful substances as they risk their lives.

One can find himself or herself not long before they know that they are in a grave because of alcohol abuse as they will sustain heart failure and liver cirrhosis.

Mangezi illustrated how one depends on alcohol.

The body reaches a state where one starts tolerating alcoholic material after three days. Upon withdrawal when feels agitated and confused.

At other times withdrawal victims are struck by continuous headaches such that water seizes to be the solution but beer.

The specialist highlighted the need for medical personnel to make full investigations so that they render the correct amounts of doses needed by an alcoholic upon the victim's admission period.

The two sides of the coin- Fate of a dumped baby baby

Across Somalala river in Zhombe resides two families. The two families have different experiences and ultimately undergo different behaviours. One family consists of a couple who wake up to pray every day for the foetus in the womb and another, a couple who stay far apart but are legally married. One would ask who will be the most disciplined child from the two.

 As Mpilo hospital we would like to know how many people ensure maximum discipline in their children. We receive cases of dumped babies and most are picked by police on patrol either along the road or in a bushy area. Had it been not the works of the police on patrol, we would have lost the children. A child born is a child of the nation, the future leader, who knows perhaps the next UN chairperson.

Just as l woke up at dawn, this issue was under discussion on star fm under DJ Ola’s host. Many who are now adults called to inform the public on the adverse conditions that they are facing due to the cause of men and women who have neglected their children. Some children find it difficult to progress with life as they have no one to advise them on life conditions. Surely they are deprived of their rights.

I was touched by one woman’s experience. She said her children are the only source of happiness since she has never met her maternal and paternal family. Yes l agreed with her and began to wonder what happens to those who are not blessed with a family. Does it mean that they should spend their life in solitude and continue to face the adverse effects of life?

Here we are as communities, what have we done in bringing these children to harmony and appreciating their condition. Do we get to visit these children and give them some food and clothes to sustain to their aid? Do we report to the police that there appeared to be a pregnant mother but we no longer see the baby? Are we our neighbour’s eye?

Let us help each other bring harmony to every new born child by opening our eyes for the good.

The Ministry of Health has stipulated that every child must obtain a birth record to facilitate the production of a copy of their birth certificate.