RDC wasn’t notified of Linden Hospital’s laparoscopic centre inauguration

Maurice Butters

Regional Chairman of Region Ten Sharma Solomon has accused the organisers of the inauguration ceremony of the Laparoscopic Centre of the Linden Hospital Complex (LHC) of engaging in “narrow, dingy politics” because they did not invite him and members of the Region Ten Regional Democratic Council (RDC) to the function.

The matter was raised by APNU Councillor Maurice Butters on Thursday at the October statutory meeting of the Region Ten RDC when he informed his fellow councilors that the region missed a glorious opportunity of meeting with the Ambassador of the Peoples Republic of China to Guyana Zhang Limin and Li Bin, the Chinese Minister of Health because the Region Ten Chairman had not been informed of nor was invited to attend the inauguration ceremony, which was held at the Mackenzie Hospital Complex last Sunday.

“We have issues with Baishanlin. We have issues with Bosai and we have so many Chinese companies operating in the region and we could have, if not entertain a discussion with the ambassador, we could have set the stage and made arrangements to meet with the ambassador sometime after to voice our concerns,” Butters said. “But, here it is,