published: Friday | July 25, 2008 The Editor, Sir: It would be of tremendous benefit for school children to be given a guided tour of the casualty department, observation room and emergency room at the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH) or the morgue. Earlier this year, I was shocked and saddened to see at the KPH the high number of young women, some in their teens, who had stab wounds on their heads, necks and faces. A young woman, soaked in blood, was brought in unconscious. She was pronounced DOA (dead on arrival) by the police, who used the victim's cellphone to call someone she knew. Assaults A nurse said that usually these injuries were inflicted by their 'boyfriends'. She added that when these men visited, they would bring gifts, and the battered victims would be excited to receive the 'apology' for the assaults. In a...
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