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No ambulance: Walk or creep to the hospital
This destitute, according to vendors at Merriman Mall, was lying on the corner for hours as members of the health sector failed to render him assistance. They said that around 8:30 yesterday morning, the man, who seemed sickly, was heading along north on Alexander Street when he collapsed on the roadway. 
The man, they said, starting frothing at the mouth and appeared to be in excruciating pain. A crowd then gathered, hampering vehicular traffic for some time. Despite numerous calls to the Georgetown Public Hospital no one came to the sick man’s attention. Attempts were also made to contact the police but nothing materialized.
The vendors said they were repeatedly told by the hospital that there were no vehicles available. When Kaieteur News arrived at the location around 14:30 hours, the destitute was still lying on the roadway. He was hardly moving, and even when he did, he made it look difficult to do so.
Calls to the city hospital by Kaieteur News were answered with excuses of unavailability of rescue vehicles. The dispatcher said, “Madam if we have no vehicles, I cannot send what we don’t have.”
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