Medical services in Rupununi deplorable – Sydney Allicock

Sydney Allicock speaking during the debate

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,