Management of the Linden Hospital Complex (LHC) says that referrals of patients to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) is not high when compared with other hospitals and that they are necessary judgement calls by the medical staff.
The $1.8 billion facility, which was commissioned a year ago, has been coming in for heavy criticism for its inability to handle various levels of medical care. However, LHC Chief Executive Officer Gordon Gumbs says that the facility was not built to compete with the GPHC. “There was never the intention to duplicate the GPHC around the country. That is the highest hospital in the country and others like the LHC, which
