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Basmattie BalkarranThe Georgetown Public Hospital (GPHC) has again pushed back its official release of findings from the investigation into the timeliness of treatment received by Basmattie Balkarran the day she was rushed from the Leonora Hospital in a serious condition and died after allegedly being left unattended for hours.

The woman died on May 3 and the hospital had announced that it would conduct an investigation on May 4. When contacted again by this newspaper, Chief Executive Officer Michael Khan restated that the details and recommendations of such a report would be released at a press conference. That press conference, he had told this newspaper last week, would be held this week. But yesterday he said the press conference would now be held on June 13. …..


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