An investigation is underway into the case of Oswayn Littleton Vieira, whose body was found in the Canje River after he escaped from the New Amsterdam Psychiatric Hospital (NAPH), Health Minister Dr Leslie Ramsammy said on Thursday.
Ramsammy said the case represented one of the dangers of a healthy ministry programme to clear the city of street dwellers, while noting that despite public pressure to address the problem, questions still persist about whether the ministry should take an interest or turn a blind eye.
Vieira’s family has said that the man,
