Sand Pit, Red Village residents plead for end to deplorable living conditions

Some residents are seen covering their noses as they view the hospital waste

Residents of Sand Pit and Red Village in Onderneeming on the Essequibo Coast are calling on the relevant authorities to listen to their cries for help with the deplorable conditions they are enduring, including the lack of potable water.

Of grave concern to those in Red Village, is the dumping of waste from the Suddie Hospital near their community as they fear that this would create a health crisis in the area.

“The children are picking up old needles and playing with them and when it rains, water from the