Attorney and member of the Alliance For Change (AFC) Charrandass Persaud is facing severe criticism over the disparaging remarks he made about the weight of Medical Superintendent of the New Amsterdam Hospital Dr Vishayla Sharma during a recent public meeting in Berbice.
The Berbice Regional Health Authority, in a strongly-worded statement on Thursday, condemned Persaud, stating that his remarks were not just an attack on Dr Sharma but on all women. Women rights’ activists have also taken the AFC’s member to task on social media site Facebook and called on the party to condemn his
