Sanitation worker dies after lift collapses at Liliendaal Hospital

Sanitation worker Kevin Smith, age 29,  of Cummings Lodge, East Coast Demerara died this afternoon following an accident at the Infectious Diseases Hospital, Liliendaal, the police said in a statement.

According to a separate statement from the GPHC, Smith was descending on a lift that is only intended for the transport of food and laundry when it collapsed. He was rushed to the GPHC where he died while receiving treatment.