Palms worker in rooftop protest for nurses’ pay hike

Delon King sits on the gutter of one of the Palms’ buildings as he spoke to the institution’s administrators

A young porter, who works at the Palms Geriatric Home on Brickdam, gave the institution’s staff and inmates a shock yesterday afternoon when he climbed to the roof of the building and threatened to jump.

Stabroek News was told that the man, identified as Delon King, has been working at the institution for just about a year now.

At first it was uncertain why the man was threatening to take his life but his reasons