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01-18-08, - 07:32 AM
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.....By KRYSTEL ROLLE, Guardian Staff Reporter, krystel@nasguard.com -
Uniformed officers who contract HIV/AIDS should be forced to undergo a medical evaluation, Sr. Commander Dr. Francis Sanders said after reports revealed that there was a "slight increase in new HIV cases involving athletes and the uniformed branches of the government."
Dr. Sanders, who is a senior officer in the Royal Bahamas Defence Force, said the virus could potentially affect these persons' work ethic and could put others in danger, as members of the armed forces usually have to work very closely together. The uniformed branches include police officers, defense force officers and prison officers. "Those people who are found to be having a problem performing their regular tasks should be given some types of medical evaluation. There is no sense in us having those type of individuals on the job with those types of problems because they are constantly deteriorating. They should be given a medical evaluation or early retirement," he said.
Yesterday, Managing Director of the HIV/AIDS Center RosaMae Bain said the increase, although small, has caused great concern. HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) is a retrovirus which causes the deadly AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome).
Dr. Sanders said persons found with HIV in the Defence Force are re-evaluated for their health status annually. Depending on the results of those tests, their job titles could be assessed and changed.
"We try to keep them on base, and their travel as far as dealing with military operations is regulated," Dr. Sanders explained.
When asked if he was concerned about the increase in new HIV cases, Dr. Sanders said the new findings did not affect the Defence Force at all.
In fact he added that in the 12 years he was serving on the force, he has not seen any difference in the amount of cases they have, which he said was "never outstanding" anyway.
Applicants are required to be tested as a part of the Defence Force's policy, he told The Guardian yesterday during a telephone interview. If anyone is found to have HIV they are not eligible, he said.
"As you well know, in the military there is a lot of close contact and we work in close proximity to each other on the job. I'm not saying the policy is the same all over the world but we are a small country," he continued.
Dr. Sanders said all officers in the Defence Force are normally tested every other calendar year.
Coaches also expressed concern yesterday after reports revealed that the increase also involved athletes.
National Team Coach Fritz Grant said they have organized several educational courses as athletes are "vulnerable just like everyone else in terms of contracting the virus".
He said various schools have a program where individuals from the AIDS Secretariat are brought in to speak with various grade levels or the entire student body, including the student athletes.
It is his view that the athletes should abstain from sex until marriage.
"There are young girls getting themselves involved in sexual promiscuity, there is risk involved in it and that is one thing that we continue to preach," he said.
Meanwhile RosaMae Bain said she is just hoping that the increase is not a trend that will continue.
Bain revealed plans of the HIV/AIDS Center to put on a workshop for out-of-school youth. She said the workshop will specifically target persons in athletics.
"We feel this is a group we need to get the message to," she pointed out. "The workshop will be put on and funded by the Trinidad and Tobago-based Population Services International.
"This group has done work with us before with our uniformed officers, both the police, Defence Force and Prison officers. We have been in contact with them and they are prepared to fund this venture along with the United States Embassy," she continued.
Bain also revealed that a number of young persons who have become HIV-infected, indicated that they are exposed to peer pressure when they go on trips to play sports.
"This is something we would work on with the coaches in terms of the chaperons," she said.
Coach Grant, who agreed with her, said parents and coaches need to continue to teach and talk to the athletes. He said it is important for them to understand that they should not allow themselves to be pressured into doing something that they don't want to do.
"No is no and yes is yes. They need to develop the self-discipline and the self-control and realize the goals that they want to achieve in life, because it just takes one contact with an infected person and then there is nothing that you can do," he said.
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.....By KRYSTEL ROLLE, Guardian Staff Reporter, krystel@nasguard.com -
Uniformed officers who contract HIV/AIDS should be forced to undergo a medical evaluation, Sr. Commander Dr. Francis Sanders said after reports revealed that there was a "slight increase in new HIV cases involving athletes and the uniformed branches of the government."
Dr. Sanders, who is a senior officer in the Royal Bahamas Defence Force, said the virus could potentially affect these persons' work ethic and could put others in danger, as members of the armed forces usually have to work very closely together. The uniformed branches include police officers, defense force officers and prison officers. "Those people who are found to be having a problem performing their regular tasks should be given some types of medical evaluation. There is no sense in us having those type of individuals on the job with those types of problems because they are constantly deteriorating. They should be given a medical evaluation or early retirement," he said.
Yesterday, Managing Director of the HIV/AIDS Center RosaMae Bain said the increase, although small, has caused great concern. HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) is a retrovirus which causes the deadly AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome).
Dr. Sanders said persons found with HIV in the Defence Force are re-evaluated for their health status annually. Depending on the results of those tests, their job titles could be assessed and changed.
"We try to keep them on base, and their travel as far as dealing with military operations is regulated," Dr. Sanders explained.
When asked if he was concerned about the increase in new HIV cases, Dr. Sanders said the new findings did not affect the Defence Force at all.
In fact he added that in the 12 years he was serving on the force, he has not seen any difference in the amount of cases they have, which he said was "never outstanding" anyway.
Applicants are required to be tested as a part of the Defence Force's policy, he told The Guardian yesterday during a telephone interview. If anyone is found to have HIV they are not eligible, he said.
"As you well know, in the military there is a lot of close contact and we work in close proximity to each other on the job. I'm not saying the policy is the same all over the world but we are a small country," he continued.
Dr. Sanders said all officers in the Defence Force are normally tested every other calendar year.
Coaches also expressed concern yesterday after reports revealed that the increase also involved athletes.
National Team Coach Fritz Grant said they have organized several educational courses as athletes are "vulnerable just like everyone else in terms of contracting the virus".
He said various schools have a program where individuals from the AIDS Secretariat are brought in to speak with various grade levels or the entire student body, including the student athletes.
It is his view that the athletes should abstain from sex until marriage.
"There are young girls getting themselves involved in sexual promiscuity, there is risk involved in it and that is one thing that we continue to preach," he said.
Meanwhile RosaMae Bain said she is just hoping that the increase is not a trend that will continue.
Bain revealed plans of the HIV/AIDS Center to put on a workshop for out-of-school youth. She said the workshop will specifically target persons in athletics.
"We feel this is a group we need to get the message to," she pointed out. "The workshop will be put on and funded by the Trinidad and Tobago-based Population Services International.
"This group has done work with us before with our uniformed officers, both the police, Defence Force and Prison officers. We have been in contact with them and they are prepared to fund this venture along with the United States Embassy," she continued.
Bain also revealed that a number of young persons who have become HIV-infected, indicated that they are exposed to peer pressure when they go on trips to play sports.
"This is something we would work on with the coaches in terms of the chaperons," she said.
Coach Grant, who agreed with her, said parents and coaches need to continue to teach and talk to the athletes. He said it is important for them to understand that they should not allow themselves to be pressured into doing something that they don't want to do.
"No is no and yes is yes. They need to develop the self-discipline and the self-control and realize the goals that they want to achieve in life, because it just takes one contact with an infected person and then there is nothing that you can do," he said.
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