This letter is in response to an article (The National, Feb 25 and 26) regarding a baby put up for sale by her grandmother, the lack of appropriate facilities at the Maprik Health Centre.
The baby would still be alive if there were proper facilities at the centre.
That is the biggest problem in our country at the moment, the no care attitude.
People just don’t care about others anymore; all they desire is what they would like to gain.
PNG’s infant mortality rate is among the highest in the Pacific region and yet we cannot do anything to manage it.
All this leads to one question; what are our elected leaders doing these days?
They seem to have the money to fly overseas and buy expensive vehicles at the expense of the hardworking taxpayers while, on the other hand, innocent babies are dying more or less every day.
What happened to the K500 million that was supposed to be delivered to East Sepik, was it just another political gimmick?
You are boasting about the brains and the human resources you have but in actual fact East Sepik province is a long way behind other provinces in the country in terms of development.
After 32 years of independence, Papua New Guinea is not moving forward; instead it is going backwards.
A change of leadership is needed to take the country forward.
Our Prime Minister and his ministers are boasting about improvements in the economy and how they have managed the country; I suggest they come down to the grassroots level and experience the hardship people face each day.
Please help the sick and the dying.

AB’s Zana, DWU, Eazy cruzer