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Are the people of Cardiff aware of the high risk of cholera?
Zimbabawe has a major cholera epidemic which despite lies from Mugabe is out of control. Due to hundreds of Zimbabwean refugees & asylum seekers coming into the City of Cardiff and spread throughout its various communities and due to Welsh Refugee Council and Cardiff Council Asylum Support Team totally failing in their duties to maintain links with health care providers for their clients the residents of Cardiff are at serious risk indeed. As well as overcrowding accomodation to reap more revenue per head which is paid directly to various private landlords from allocated government funding ( Lynx Hotel Newport Road grossly overcrowded and well outside of fire regulations ) there are other dire problems such as rat and mice infestations and fire hazards. These are evident in and around the many grubby run down privately owned houses and flats which are sublet under contract to the Home Office and supposedly managed by the agencies I am identifying here. But most worrying of all is the fact that absolutely nothing is being done to ensure clients are seen by doctors or hospitals. This is the responsibility of the Welsh Refugee Council and the accomodation providers under Cardiff Council namely the Asylum Support Team. All they are interested in is being seen to be performing within the remit of their contract looking after their own jobs and maximising rents paid from government funds to the landlords who are making thousands from the scheme. As soon as any rents are no longer forthcoming countless sick refugees and asylum seekers are being put onto the streets within seven days of payments ceasing. The staff at WRC and the Council Asylum Team will adamantly try to cover their own backs and claim that they "signpost" clients to services which simply doesnt happen and many of these vulnerable and sick people are wandering around in Cardiff and its suburban communities. Many are made homeless by huge flaws in the system which unseen by the public is in a disgraceful mess. Therefore a high risk of Cholera now exists. After countless efforts to inform these agencies of details and evidence of the above problems which are just being ignored it is now cause for alarm for all residents of Cardiff. You would not believe the lack of interest and the lethargic attitude of staff at these agencies. Unless the people of Cardiff start insisting NOW that action is taken especially with Zimbabwean clients the city is facing a major problem and risk to lives !!!! Do you want an outbreak of Cholera in Cardiff ? http://www.welshrefugeecouncil.org/ Dr. Debebe Lagasse http://www.cardiff.gov.uk/content.asp?Parent_Directory_id=2865&nav=2867,2904,3554,3557,4639 Sara Evans. Elaine Thomas. Alison Gilbert. http://www.jennywillott.co.uk/contact/
Public Comments
- I live in Cardiff and it's the first I've heard of it.
