The relatives of a 22-year-old cane cutter from East Canje, Berbice who was diagnosed with Guillain-Barre syndrome, a rare neurological disorder said to be associated in some countries with the mosquito-borne Zika virus are seeking the public’s help for his treatment.
Speaking with Stabroek News via telephone, the man’s father Surindra Ramcharitar related that his son, Pooran Ramcharitar remains a patient of the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Georgetown Public Hospital, on a ventilator. He has been there for almost two weeks, since being diagnosed with the condition.
Recounting the series of events that led to his son being hospitalized, the man said it all
