The family of a woman who was reported last month as one of the country’s COVID-19 fatalities has said neither her immediate care givers nor other relatives were asked to take a test for the virus after she died in the Georgetown Public Hospital’s COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit (ICU).
The relatives of the deceased, who say they received conflicting information, spoke to Stabroek News last Thursday on the condition of anonymity.
The primary caregiver revealed that the now dead woman, who was her parent, was suffering from an underlying condition for years and it had worsened in the recent months. “I took care of her every day and I know that she was dying,” the relative said.
