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Unregistered doctors working at Berbice Hospitals – Charrandass Persaud
… AFC member to file complaint with Guyana Medical Council
Executive Member of the Alliance for Change (AFC), Mr. Charrandass Persaud, has accused the New Amsterdam Regional Hospital and other Berbice Hospitals of being “illegal…businesses”. He is alleging that there are numerous doctors working at the facility as well as other health facilities, who have not been registered.
AFC Exec Member Charrandass Persaud
Persaud plans to approach the Guyana Medical Council (GMC) this week with the list of names of the “illegal” doctors. He is calling on the Medical Superintendent of the New Amsterdam Hospital, Dr. Vishalya Sharma; Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the hospital, Mr. Alan Johnson; and Chief Executive Officer of the Berbice Regional Health Authority (BRHA), Dr. Vishwa Mahadeo to look urgently into the matter.
Chief Executive Officer of the Hospital, Mr. Johnson, denied the allegation.
Dr. Vishwa Mahadeo also refuted the claims. “Let him take it to the Medical Council—as a citizen, he is entitled to take anything he wants to the Medical Council.”
But Persaud stated, “I am going to the Medical Council with a list of names and you will see what happens to the people who are performing all kinds of cut-and-paste at the hospital—at the various hospitals—not just at the New Amsterdam Hospital and they have not been registered and not licensed to practise!”
“You are operating a heavy- duty illegal business!”
He stated that it is illegal for doctors to not have their licences to practise. “Very important—Mr. Mahadeo, don’t worry with all the medical outreaches—worry with what you’re doing to young doctors in this country! That’s what you need to worry about—you expose them to the brunt of the law. They can all be charged and go to jail, depending on how it turns out in court!”
Persaud questioned, “How do you employ a doctor if the man or woman is not registered or if he doesn’t have a licence”.
“Your doctors have not been registered—they are not licensed to practise”, he claimed.
Mahadeo explained that all of the doctors at the various hospitals in Berbice are registered… “Charrandass can take it to wherever he wants.”
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