Albinos demand specialised skin care
Thursday, October 20, 2016
They say high turnover in health care has lead to instances where prescriptions are not followed up by the initial consultants, hence confusion as to what exactly to believe.
Already, living in an extremely hot country, the albinism community say they have had contradicting prescriptions from public (skin care) doctors, further making them vulnerable to skin diseases, prime of which being cancer.
It is a warning flare to every Motswana who logs onto social media. As a country, we have reached a point where the line between robust debate and outright destruction has become dangerously blurred. At face value, Mabeo’s response, which seeks an apology and threat of a defamation suit, might seem severe to some. But we cannot ignore the context. The comment in question did not offer a policy critique or question a political decision.It...