Lack of proper medical facilities in the Rupununi sub region has led to the deaths of Guyanese women in neighbouring Brazil after they travelled there for medical attention, according to A Partner-ship for National Unity (APNU) Member of Parlia-ment Sydney Allicock.
He was speaking at yesterday’s continuation of the budget debate in the National Assembly following last week Monday’s presentation of the budget of $208.8 billion.
“This budget is a miserable failure of the Government to understand the realities of the masses, to give expression to their needs and aspirations, to address the issues that a budget [for Guyana should address],” he said.
Describing the Rupununi region as a likely location for the biblical Garden of Eden, Allicock said that the lack of vision,