The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) has agreed to strengthen security at the West Demerara Regional Hospital (WDRH), a move which comes two days after doctors and other health workers protested the poor arrangements at the institution.
“Concerned officials of the WDRH yesterday met with the MoPH [and] were able to find common ground and iron out most of the difficulties with both sides agreeing to a raft of measures, some of which will be implemented in the short term,” the Public Health Ministry said in a statement yesterday.
Among the measures discussed was the deployment of armed ranks of the Guyana Police Force as a permanent feature at the hospital; this is intended to beef up security for doctors who have been perennially abused – verbally and physically – by Region Three (Essequibo Islands/West Demerara) residents, especially when they are under the influence of alcohol or believe they have waited long enough to see a physician.
