-press conference to be held

Three weeks since a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital died after allegedly being left unattended for hours, the hospital’s administration is yet to make public the results of the inquiry into the woman’s death.

Contacted yesterday for the status of the report, Chief Executive Officer Michael Khan told Stabroek News that the report was completed and a number of recommendations were made. However Khan said that he has spoken with the chairman of the hospital’s board and a decision has since been made for a press conference to be held sometime next week, when he said the matter would be dealt with and the findings revealed.

Khan had previously told this newspaper last week, a few days before the hospital had originally said it would complete the report, that it had to be subjected to a review and would be released this week
Twenty-seven-year-old Basmattie Balkarran of Ruby Backdam, Parika, the mother of three, was first treated at the Leonora Cottage Hospital over three weeks ago and was transferred to GPH the same day but her relatives had told  this newspaper that even though she was rushed to Georgetown in an ambulance and was in a critical condition she had to wait for hours before being taken into the Emergency Room (ER). By the time the doctor was ready to attend to her, she breathed her last. The woman reportedly waited for treatment outside the ER for seven hours……