Armed guards and a spanking new ambulance are now features at the Linden hospitals and nurses in the Region Ten community have returned to work.

The ambulance

Chief Executive Officer of the Linden Hospital Complex, Gordon Gumbs, received the keys for the ambulance yesterday and said he was pleased that ambulance service to the Linden community would be improved with the acquisition.

The hospital operated with two ailing ambulances in the past, which constantly broke down.
Visits to both the Linden Hospital Complex and the Upper Demerara/Mackenzie Hospital revealed enhanced security and nurses back at their posts.

At the Upper Demerara Hospital yesterday, iron grills were being installed at entrance points.

According to the Guyana Public Service Union representative at Linden, Maurice Butters, the Regional Administration has undertaken the installation of the iron grill and has committed to having the work completed in three days.

The union and hospital representatives are to continue talks 48 hours after full resumption of duty by the nurses.

Nurses attached to both hospitals had downed tools last week following the rape and robbing of one nurse and the robbing of another at the Mackenzie Hospital. Two men appeared in court on Wednesday in connection with this.