By Laurel Sutherland
For ten years Merna Agard, 58, suffered from knee arthritis but up until two months ago the symptoms were bearable. Her greatest fear as her condition worsened was that she would soon lose her independence.
“I don’t feel comfortable being dependent on anybody,” Agard admitted to Stabroek News yesterday. Aside from having to become dependent on her relatives should the worse happen, Agard feared that her illness would result in her having to leave her job as a Technician at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPHC). Her outlook on life was bleak.
