Water has been restored to residents of Port Kaituma, in Region One, where the supply had been affected for over two weeks.
“The water was restored over the weekend. I think it was on Sunday and everything is going okay and I am happy because it was really getting bad at the hospital,” a hospital employee told Stabroek News yesterday.
He said that patient care has improved since the staff no longer has to worry about pumping water from the creek, while the cleaners now have the opportunity to effectively do their work.
Residents said that personnel from the Guyana Water Inc (GWI) worked round the clock since Thursday and they are happy that the water has been restored.
Last week, Stabroek News had reported on the situation, which began when a GWI representative from Mabaruma visited the community and “and say he change over from the old system to the new system.” Since the April 16 visit, a resident had told this newspaper “plenty people not getting water, some getting but some not getting and the hospital ain’t get and it is really getting from bad to worse.”
Port Kaituma residents were concerned about the situation, which also affected the nurses’ quarters. “The place is getting stink, we have to go down to the creek and full drum so that the cleaners could clean the toilets and bathrooms and so the patients can bathe. This not right and things are getting worse,” an employee had said.
