Opposition Leader Robert Corbin says Guyanese should be told what caused the death of Minister Desrey Fox.
In a statement issued yesterday Corbin questioned whether Fox died as a result of the injuries sustained during the accident or whether “there were any intervening events such as professional negligence at the Georgetown Hospital that contributed to her sudden death.”
“All Guyanese”, Corbin said, “were informed that her condition was stable. Why then did she die? She was a serving Minister of the Government and one expects that there would have been special attention given to her particularly in the context of several previous reports of treatment meted out to patients at the Georgetown Hospital.”
The Opposition Leader further said it was known that Fox had suffered broken bones and he has since been advised by “competent medical professionals that in any such situation it should have been known that the possibility of further injuries to her lungs while in hospital was possible and preventive steps should have been taken.”
Several days, Corbin also said, elapsed before the minister was transferred to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) on the very day she died; last Friday.
This matter, the Opposition Leader said, has serious implications for the service Guyanese expect from the public hospital. Corbin stressed that this matter cannot be swept under the carpet as has been done with many similar reports of incidents at the Georgetown Hospital.
“If a Minister of Government is treated in this manner, what can ordinary Guyanese expect?” Corbin questioned.
Fox, Minister within the Ministry of Education, was injured in a three-vehicle collision last Tuesday. She was rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital that evening and subsequently admitted a patient of the High Dependency Unit.
