Attorney General Anil Nandlall has directed the Guyana Police Force to settle all debts with the Lyken/Newburg funeral parlour but maintains that the company’s operations remain a public health hazard.
In a letter to the parlour’s lawyer Khemraj Ramjattan, the AG contends that while the requests made of the Lyken/ Newburg Funeral parlour are not currently codified in Guyana’s archaic Public Health Ordinance the company has not been a victim of discrimination. Instead, according to the AG, they are the only operators in the sector who have failed to comply with the requirements presented by the Central Board of Health.
Nandlall maintains that the 99-year-old business has not been “identified in isolation for any specific or discriminatory treatment” since the same requirements have been present-ed to every operator since 2011.
