Too many sudden deaths in VI - Commentator
Commentator Julio Sam Henry made the observation while hosting the Speak Your Mind TV show aired on March 22, 2014 and said many people are dying and the public is not hearing or understanding the cause of their sudden demise.
“I think we as a community, we need to hold our politicians accountable,” Henry said while urging Health Minister Hon. Ronnie W. Skelton to look into the sudden deaths.
He said information should be forthcoming, once available, to ease the minds of residents that there is no chronic issue responsible for the apparent phenomenon.
“We need to know, people you should be demanding answers. Don’t wait until it’s your brother or your sister… your mother or father or cousin or somebody you know and you love very much,” Henry urged.
“You wake up one day and you hear that they’re dead and you’re asking these questions,” he added, “don’t wait until it hits home. We should be asking the questions regardless.”
Henry said there have been about six reported deaths since the start of the year where people have been found dead in their homes and he said something needs to be done about it. “We need to look into it.”
The talk show host said investigations might be called for in other developed countries if this were the case and said similar concerns should be shared within the Territory.
He also recommended that a thorough investigation be done and the findings be put in a statistical form that can be put to the public to ease their concerns or indicate that the persons may have died of natural causes.
Further, he suggested a letter should be written to the Governor to request that the spate of deaths be investigated.
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