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The Namibian
Mon 12 Aug 2013
SMS Of The Day * MINISTRY of Gender and Child Welfare, TEARS are rolling down as I write this SMS. The killing of women in Namibia is now like reciting a poem. Are we really getting the protection we deserve while women not being treated as part of this c Food For Thought * SO the Zimbabwe elections were free and peaceful and not free and fair? Bouquets And Brickbats * NURSES at Katutura Hospital must stop wearing those big plastic sandals at work because they are not the official working shoes. We want to see you looking smart and beautiful with your full uniform. SMS Of The Day * THIS nation is in dire need of a massive conference on housing. When we experienced a crisis in the education sector a crisis-control brain-storming conference was organised which resulted in the best deal ever for the Namibian child, nam Food For Thought * BOURGEOISIE has become a daily occupation if not the order of the day of the upper-echelons, President Hifikepunye Pohamba we urge you to revisit this unpatriotic geocentricism among your staff and the well-connected, for everybody to r Bouquets And Brickbats * COMMISSIONER of Prisons, can you please explain the strategies you use to appoint officers to certain positions? It is my observation that you are being fed with wrong information then you just promote individuals without making p SMS Of The Day * I THINK Paulus ‘The Rock’ Ambunda lost his belt because of this promoter and trainer. How can a world champion still be training at the Katutura Youth Complex where there is not enough equipment. I think they must follow the example of Ha Food For Thought * NAMIBIA Dairies are unable to match low prices of imported milk and this ultimately means the consumer will have to pay more for local milk. Look at the prices of the local chicken. All these profits are going in the pockets of a few in Bouquets And Brickbats * I AM pleased to hear that Cabinet has responded positively to the proposal of Namibia Dairies to support the industry. The restrictions which support the industry by reducing competition to ensure the survival of the industry is a SMS Of The Day * CEO’s golden handshakes. Somewhere on our statute books there must be a provision that if a board of directors suspends/dismisses a CEO without due regard to legal provision (substantive/procedural law) such board must carry the costs for Food For Thought * JACKY Asheeke was so right with her last column- why are the fathers of the dead children not being prosecuted? (Reference to the children who died in shack fires last week) Our justice system still protects men over women. In this cont Bouquets And Brickbats * ALEXACTUS Kaure, your column in Friday’s newspaper opened my eyes. One hardly finds impartial case study analysers in Namibia. Let’s not destroy the Polytechnic’s strong foundation (Tjivikua) as yet. At least wait until the transf
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| 2013-08-09
Heed The Fire Alarm Signal
PAIN is a common occurrence in our daily lives.
It is irritating and an uncomfortable experience at most. As such, people are most likely to seek medical help for it. However, what intrigues me most about this is the treatment people get at hospitals/pharmacies in Namibia.
Pain, as far as my knowledge in this matter goes, is a symptom or a signal sent by the body to indicate that something is not well.
During my four years as a nursing student, I observed that pain is mostly treated with painkillers. The painkillers work by blocking the pain receptors in the body, and you are supposedly ‘in heaven’ again. Yes, you may be free from pain but the underlying source of the pain still exists.
Therefore, in my view the treatment of pain is incomplete.
Treatment should go as far as ascertaining the source of pain whilst relieving the patient from the displeasure it causes (with the help of painkillers).
Nowadays people keep masking this vital signal by the body.
As a result, they end up with bigger health problems (even necessitating operations and other consequences) which could have been prevented by an early and thorough exploration of the source of pain.
This, in my view, is as abhorrent as stopping a fire alarm signalling the presence of fire and then pay no heed to its signal.
It is therefore my conviction that the treatment of pain with painkillers without any further exploration is a recipe for bigger health problems.
This treatment, as I see it, only takes further action after recurrent episodes of pain fail to disappear by the painkillers.
I am no expert on this, so I would therefore welcome people ‘s comments.
Enos T Nghiimbwasha
University of Namibia
It is irritating and an uncomfortable experience at most. As such, people are most likely to seek medical help for it. However, what intrigues me most about this is the treatment people get at hospitals/pharmacies in Namibia.
Pain, as far as my knowledge in this matter goes, is a symptom or a signal sent by the body to indicate that something is not well.
During my four years as a nursing student, I observed that pain is mostly treated with painkillers. The painkillers work by blocking the pain receptors in the body, and you are supposedly ‘in heaven’ again. Yes, you may be free from pain but the underlying source of the pain still exists.
Therefore, in my view the treatment of pain is incomplete.
Treatment should go as far as ascertaining the source of pain whilst relieving the patient from the displeasure it causes (with the help of painkillers).
Nowadays people keep masking this vital signal by the body.
As a result, they end up with bigger health problems (even necessitating operations and other consequences) which could have been prevented by an early and thorough exploration of the source of pain.
This, in my view, is as abhorrent as stopping a fire alarm signalling the presence of fire and then pay no heed to its signal.
It is therefore my conviction that the treatment of pain with painkillers without any further exploration is a recipe for bigger health problems.
This treatment, as I see it, only takes further action after recurrent episodes of pain fail to disappear by the painkillers.
I am no expert on this, so I would therefore welcome people ‘s comments.
Enos T Nghiimbwasha
University of Namibia
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