An investigation has been launched into the death of a patient at the National Psychiatric Hospital at New Amsterdam, according to Minister of Public Health Dr George Norton, who yesterday once again decried the scandalous condition of the facility and announced a plan to rectify the situation.
“An investigation has been launched into the incident so that we can tell the nation exactly what happened,” Norton told Stabroek News yesterday.
The minister, who did not want to comment further on the incident, revealed that he plans to visit the hospital shortly and put measures in place to ensure that it does not happen again.
The deceased, identified only as Eda, of Blairmont, West Bank Berbice, and her alleged assailant, 50, and another patient, were in an isolation room at the time of the fatal encounter last week Tuesday.
Stabroek News was told that Eda and her assailant had a row that escalated into a fight.
