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GABF President hospitalised
Godwin McPherson
By Edison Jefford
Retired Guyana Defence Force Colonel and President of the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF), Godwin McPherson was hospitalised around noon on Sunday after suffering a Transient Ischæmic Attack (Stroke).
McPherson was still a patient at the St Joseph Mercy Hospital up to press time yesterday. He was transferred from the male ward after being admitted Sunday evening to the High Dependency Unit of the Hospital.
Doctors at the hospital have listed his condition as ‘stable’ but there are still concerns; he had no response in the left side of his body, which medically communicates that the right side of his brain may have been damaged.
A Stroke or Transient Ischæmic Attack (TIA) occurs when a blood vessel feeding the brain becomes clogged or bursts. As a result, that part of the brain and the part of the body controlled by it ceases to function.
McPherson has been an enduring President of the GABF with major successes coming from a relationship with the Washington D.C Jammers. The association has contributed immensely to the development of basketball.
His affiliation to the People’s National Congress where he is a grassroots member was cited time immemorial as one of the major reasons for his controversial position with the National Sports Commission (NSC).
The GABF under McPherson was not involved in the selection process of the 2007 Inter-Guiana Games basketball team. It was disqualified from basketball related matters that had to do with Government’s collaboration.
The Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Dr Frank Anthony issued the clarion call for a more proactive federation recently. The minister had believed that the federation ought to do more work to develop the sport in Guyana.
The retired Colonel once served as acting GDF Chief-of-Staff in the absence of Joseph Singh.
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