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Luncheon released from city hospital following health scare
Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr. Roger Luncheon, was yesterday rushed to the Caribbean Heart Institute (CHI) for a medical assessment after he reportedly complained of feeling unwell at his office.
Cabinet Secretary,
Dr. Roger Luncheon
Reports are that Luncheon was taken by ambulance to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC)’s compound where the CHI is housed.
He was released and sent away around 15:00hrs.
Early last month, Dr. Luncheon said that he is putting on hold his option of retirement at the end of this year.
Speaking after one of his weekly post-Cabinet press briefings, he said that the move by the political Opposition to table and pass a no-confidence motion in the government, has forced him to delay his retirement plans.
“My plan has certainly been altered by this no confidence motion and its likely outcome,” he stated.
Dr. Luncheon had planned to give up his role in government due to ill health. A few months ago, he had announced that he was suffering from cancer and had opted to not have any treatment administered.
“I may or I may not live up, both literally and figuratively, to this outcome of the no-confidence motion, but if they have elections I would like to have the last opportunity to lay my wares out to the Guyanese public,” Dr. Luncheon said.
Luncheon is a critical front-man to the ruling administration, serving as a Head of Presidential Secretariat and Cabinet in consecutive Governments. He also heads up the Defence Board and the National Insurance Scheme.
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