Region five doctors face probe over alleged abuse of medication

The Medical Council of Guyana (MCG) has said that it will soon begin investigations of three doctors attached to the Fort Wellington Hospital, regarding the roles they played in the matter where former Region Five councillor Carol Joseph was accused of abusing her authority to access large amounts of prescription pain medication.

“We will very soon start our investigations into this matter. We just received the complaint. We are making moves to request to get records and such,” Head of the MCG Dr Navindranauth Rambarran told Stabroek News.