German cockroaches plaguing GPHC female ward

The Georgetown Public Hospital in a release today said that its Occupational Safety and Health Officer has said that the type of cockroach that has plagued the Female Medical Ward is the German species, which did not originate there but was brought into the hospital.

The hospital was responding to a letter in the Kaieteur News entitled `Roaches at GPHC’.

The hospital said that a contributing