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–    Legislation to weed our touting The Ministry of Health is now seeking to regulate the operations of the funeral parlour business in Guyana to “weed out all unsavory practices”, particularly touting, says Juanita Johnson, Secretary to the Central Board of Health.According to Johnson, the Public Health Ordinance of 1934 that governs funeral parlour business in Guyana does not detail the operations of this sector. It only requires funeral parlours to be registered with the Central Board of Health. However, the Ministry is moving to have a regulated sector.She said that yesterday’s consultation with key players in the sector including directors of funeral parlours, attendants, morticians and supervisors focused on adherence to certain code of ethics; annual licensing of directors and employees; continuing education and Occupational Health and Safety aspects of the job.According to Johnson, the Central Board of Health has a document to which participants are contributing. The inputs would help to create a working document that is hoped to be included in the proposed Health Protection and Promotion Bill, which is in the draft stage.Johnson said that the document covers the Code of Conduct/ Code of Ethics that mandates operators in the sector to behave professionally. She made specific reference to touting that is ongoing at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC).“In the proposed legislation there shouldn’t be any touting. We have to have them buy into this particular proposal. But, I do not believe that anyone would continue to have touting because it is really ridiculous. This legislation would minimize touting and it would be an offence with punitive measures. Nobody would want to go against that. That is why we call all of them. We have operators from Essequibo, Linden, Berbice and Georgetown all represented,” she said.Johnson said that adherence to the Occupational Health and Safety aspect of the job is important and the consultation dealt with vaccination.“The immunisation of all staff with the Hepatitis B vaccine, tetanus and yellow fever which the Ministry of health is offering for free so that the personnel would be protected against diseases because they handle dead human remains and are maybe susceptible to certain viruses and infections so that is where we are at. “And, the Central Board of Health, we see it as a concern,Mark Clayton Dolphins Jersey,” she said.According to Johnson, in the proposed legislation a member of the Board accompanied by the Secretary of the Board and a health officer would inspect funeral parlours annually with or without notification.Currently, the Regional Environmental Health Officers are empowered to inspect facilities.“This is a work in progress to put in writing the checks and balances. Right now we have something that they are working with. All the funeral parlours were inspected…And, those not where they are supposed to be we have to work with them to get to a particular standard,” Johnson said.She said that funeral parlours are required to have tanks to hold water used to wash the dead and fluids from the dead. A particular formula is used to treat the waste. When the container is filled a waste management company uplifts the substance in the presence of an Environment Officer.“The remains where it goes, we have not reached that stage as yet. So, basically when it is released there is no danger to impact the environment,” he added.