Region 3 health officer denies pensioner received expired meds

Regional Health Officer (RHO) of Region Three Dr. Ravindranauth Persaud yesterday said that the medication given to a now hospitalised Cornelia Ida pensioner was not expired and that the woman had been using the same and similar medication for over 15 years.

The RHO refuted allegations made by the husband of Elfreida Benjamin, 74, earlier this week and insisted that there was no truth in them. However,