A Crispy Psych Ward

Picture taken from: Living Guyana

Well it is a damn shame, that now more mad people will be forced to the streets. Only in Guyana do they keep psychiatric patients in wooden buildings. Who does that? It is like giving a child matches and a kerosene bottle to play with. Note to self, in the future, if you have a group of mentally challenged and mentally disturbed individuals cooped up, it is advised to make sure you have the proper facilities and instruments in place to avoid or prevent harm to ones self or others. Hmmm.... they may have missed that in psych class 101. I am surprised it hasn't happen before. Well for what it is worth Guyana made headlines in the Caribbean see here and MSNBC (American news) see here. According to the AP "No one was injured in Wednesday's blaze, which spread quickly through the wooden, colonial-era building (even they realized we were asking for this catastrophe by housing unstable people in a wooden building). CEO Mike Khan said several patients escaped and were later found with relatives. He said he suspects patients started the fire but did not provide further details. All 13 patients (I vex, he didn't feel shame to admit it was only 13 patients in this big time psych ward) were temporarily moved into a long-term ward. Authorities are investigating the fire as well as the killing of a 23-year-old-woman who was beaten to death in the ward a week ago by other patients. " Well if mad people can coordinate and actually execute an escape, I hope the prison inmates not taking any notes.