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PNCR unable to pronounce on Corbin’s diagnosis, treatment – Clarke

May 22, 2009 News

Close to a month after Leader of the Opposition, Robert Corbin, was medivacced to the United States of America for medical reasons, details of his specific ailment that caused him to undergo surgery are yet to be forthcoming.
The party at its weekly press briefing yesterday at Congress Place, through its General Secretary Oscar Clarke, said that he was unable to pronounce on the matter He said that he was in receipt of no formal information on what Corbin was diagnosed and treated for.
He said that the Opposition Leader will be back in Guyana by weekend and he will be able to better pronounce on the matter.
The deafening silence on Corbin’s specific ailment has attracted criticism. The critics are vociferous in their calls for transparency given that his medical expenses were being footed at the expense of taxpayers.
Only recently Chairman of the Alliance for Change Khemraj Ramjattan said that more information should be revealed about PNCR Leader Robert Corbin’s medical expenses, since over $10M in taxpayers’ dollars have already been spent.
Ramjattan conceded that the nature of Corbin’s ailment deserves some amount of confidentiality but added that there must be a balance between that and accountability and in this case the balance must be weighed in favour of the taxpayers.
According to Ramjattan, while Corbin does hold an important office in Guyana, taxpayers’ money has been used. It is strange that, to date, there has been no specific pronouncement on the Opposition Leader’s condition since he took ill on April 25 and was flown to the US to undergo surgery, he added.
A week ago Clarke said that Corbin is set to return to Guyana this week and will resume full control of the party when he does. That comment came a day after Central Executive Committee member, Aubrey Norton had refused to divulge any details, claiming that he was not a doctor and was unaware of the specifics.
During a recent press conference, Clarke disclosed that the facility where the Opposition Leader was attended to, deals with medical issues related to radiology.
According to Clarke, Corbin was discharged from a Heart Centre at which he was initially admitted but was re-admitted to a facility that does not specialize in heart ailments.
On Saturday April 25, Corbin was admitted to Woodlands Hospital after feeling unwell, and suffering pains in his chest.
The following day, he was transferred to the Caribbean Heart Institute but was medivacced to the United States on April 27 at the expense of the government.
Corbin was initially hospitalised at the Heart Centre, St. Francis Hospital, Long Island, where he underwent tests, evaluation and medical procedures, including angiography, which, according to reports, ruled out any heart complications.
Following his discharge, Mr. Corbin was subjected to a series of other medical tests and evaluation and subsequently underwent the surgery.
According to Ramjattan, there must be a balance but he feels that it must weigh in favour of taxpayers who have a right o know what specifically Corbin was treated for.
He added that there should be a disclosure as to whether the Opposition Leader could not have been adequately treated in Guyana.
Ramjattan said that the populace must also be informed as to what condition the Opposition Leader is in and if he will require ongoing treatment at the expense of the state.
“To date, there has been nothing conclusive about Corbin’s ailment…. Taxpayers must know.”
Ever since his admission to hospital, there has been a cloud of mystery as to what exactly Corbin is being treated for.

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