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Pregnant nurse robbed at gunpoint near WDRH

May 11, 2013 News

Following the attack on a female staff nurse in the vicinity of the West Demerara Regional Hospital, (WDRH) employees of the institution are once more calling on the relevant authorities to address appalling circumstances under which they are required to work.
Kaieteur News understands that on Wednesday night, Asante Sauers, a pregnant staff nurse, who is attached to the Paediatric Ward of the hospital, was robbed at gunpoint. The nurse was relieved of her personal belongings.   The armed attacker is said to have escaped with a handbag containing the nurse’s cellular phone, identification card, a sum of cash and other personal items  around 22:00 hours on  Wednesday.
The nurse was reportedly leaving the hospital vicinity after working a fraction of the night shift.
Although the nurse did not sustain serious injuries, sources attached to the hospital told this newspaper, that Ms Sauers was treated and admitted to the facility to be monitored throughout the night, as she had complained about having pain in her abdomen. She was subsequently sent home the following day.
Workers said that over the years from time to time, several persons including hospital staff have been robbed and visited with various misfortunes along the area known as Best Road.”
“The road which leads directly to the hospital is dark and lonely, due to the absence of adequate street lights and no other form of security. Nurses working the night shift walk in groups to avoid this kind of trouble,” one staffer pointed out.
Kaieteur News understands that the constant procession of issues facing the health facility have been ignored by those at both the regional and administrative levels.
Hospital employees noted that they are having difficulty in getting the attention of the relevant authorities at Regional Democratic Office.
Regional Executive Officer Donald Gajraj has been unwilling to cooperate with the Hospital’s administration to rectify the current problems affecting the development of regional institutions.  Several calls made to the office of the REO for a comment proved futile.
“It is necessary for the appropriate safety measures to be implemented so as to safeguard workers and clients of the hospital, we were asking for a police outpost and “operational” street lights along the road this was not done,” a hospital source stated.
This publication was told that in the interim, a community vigilante policing group will be patrolling the area, to ensure the safety of those working in the neighbourhood, especially during the dark hours.
Meanwhile, police investigations in the recent robbery are ongoing.

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