West Demerara hospital doctors lament spate of attacks on them

Public Health Minister, Volda Lawrence (right) with some of the WDRH staff yesterday. (Ministry of Public Health photo)

Doctors at the West Demerara Regional Hospital (WDRH) yesterday complained about frequent attacks on them and in the latest incident on Sunday ten persons fought in the emergency room for about 25 minutes.

The violence against them was recounted to Minister of Public Health Volda Lawrence when staff of the WDRH visited her Brickdam office yesterday following Sunday’s attack where a patient chucked a doctor.