The Georgetown Public Hospital (GPHC) says an ambulance was dispatched on Monday night to respond to the fatal accident at Bee Hive.
In a press release on Wednesday, the GPHC expressed disappointment at the page 10 headline in Wednesday’s edition of Stabroek News which said that a failed plea was made for an ambulance. The hospital said that its records show that an ambulance – BHH 4102 was dispatched at 7.31 pm and returned at 8.25 pm with two male victims.
The Stabroek News report was based on an interview with Joan Williams who lives near to the accident scene. She told Stabroek News that after the accident she had immediately called her friend who is an ambulance driver but he had pointed out that he couldn’t dispatch himself. He advised her to call 913 and she said that when she called the number she was plied with all sorts of questions and then told to call the LBI estate. She added that at this point her credit was running low and she screamed that an ambulance was desperately needed.
