Pensioner hit by minibus dies after waiting for hours at three public hospitals

Tikiram Khalika

A pensioner, who was struck down by a minibus on Friday along the Public Road at Anna Catherina, West Coast Demerara (WCD), died yesterday morning at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) and relatives are blaming health officials for his death citing negligence.

Sixty-one-year-old Tikiram Khalika of Fourth Street, Anna Catherina, WCD, died shortly after 8 am yesterday at the GPH after he was transferred there from the West Demerara Regional Hospital (WDRH) around 11 pm on Friday. Khalika died in the Accident and Emergency Unit of the GPH, where he remained since his