Minister of Public Health Volda Lawrence is seeking an inquest into the death of Nursing Assistant Schenise Apple, who was found dead in her apartment at the nurses’ quarters in Mahdia, in Region Eight, the Department of Public Information (DPI) reported yesterday.
The report said the decision to seek an inquest was taken after the minister met with Dexter Copeland and Shonette Apple, the parents of the deceased.
It noted that while initially the Ministry of Public Health, along with the Guyana Police Force (GPF), treated the investigation as a suspected suicide, the minister determined that an inquest was necessary after her meeting with the grieving family members. “It is only in that way we will be able to have a deeper investigation into what really happened, so I am asking for an inquest… I am happy that I’m taking this step… All the answers to questions must come out in that inquest,” Lawrence was quoted as saying.
