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HIV/AIDS Counsellor found dead in Parika Health Centre office
Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of 42-year-old, Seeraj Persaud, whose lifeless body was discovered around 14:00 hours yesterday in his office at the Parika Health Centre.
Seeraj, a resident of Lot 8 Hydronie, East Bank Essequibo, at the time of his death was attached to the Health Centre as a HIV/AIDS Voluntary Counsellor.
The locked office in which Seeraj Persaud
According to Senior Health Visitor, Linda Johnson, she first learnt of her colleague’s demise after she was alerted by two clients awaiting his attention. The woman revealed that she was undertaking her regular duties when one of the two clients raised an alarm after peering into Persaud’s office.
“I heard nothing even though his office is right next to mine. There was no sound to indicate that something was wrong. They (clients) just got tired of waiting so they decided to check to see what was keeping Persaud.”
Upon investigation, Johnson said that she discovered Persaud lying on the floor of his small office. He appeared lifeless, she recounted. He was pronounced dead by a doctor shortly after.
The police were summoned after the discovery and an investigation was immediately engaged.
Johnson said that while Persaud’s office was in no disarray, his keys, wallet, cellular phone and laptop were missing. Johnson described Persaud as a very pleasant individual and claims that she knew of no one who had a problem with him.
When this newspaper arrived at the Health Centre yesterday, Regional officials, including Medical Superintendent of the West Demerara Regional Hospital, Dr Ravi Persaud, were already there, expressing shock and dismay at the unfortunate situation.
According to Dr Ravi Persaud, based on the examination of the doctor’s report, there were no external marks of violence on Persaud’s body. Thus his cause of death may only be determined by a post mortem.
Persaud had resided with his mother up to about one year ago when she died. According to the man’s relatives, they were already preparing to observe the death anniversary on Sunday. They related that Persaud was a loving and caring person who kept to himself most of the time.
He had no enemies, they insisted.
His life, they said, was characteristic of going to work and returning home since he returned from Russia about two years ago and started offering his service as a volunteer with the National AIDS Programme Secretariat.
He had wed his Russian sweetheart in 2002 but returned here leaving her behind.
Relatives also confirmed that several of the man’s belongings were missing, adding that he “did everything with his laptop. He never left home without it.”
Among the keys that were missing were a set for the two-flat house in which Persaud lived. He was the youngest of five siblings and leaves to mourn three brothers and one sister.
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