GPSU rejects unseen report on allegations against GPHC matron

The Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) has rejected the findings of the committee appointed to investigate allegations levelled against Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) Matron Collene Hicks even though it has not read the report.

“We have not seen the report but we would not dignify it by examining it,” GPSU President Patrick Yarde told reporters on Thursday.

According to Yarde, there was a body of protest and once such concerns were raised they needed to be investigated which was why the union agreed to the inquiry, nominated a member and gave advice on the format the panel should take.  However, he said, the union felt that the