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Eversham nonagenarian abandoned in old house
The Ministry of Human Services and Social Security and Government talks a lot about care for the elderly. But talk has done little for a retired school teacher who is currently—to put it bluntly—abandoned and suffering alone in an old derelict building at Lot 16 Eversham, Corentyne.
Mrs. Lyte was very hungry
A public-spirited resident, Hubert Newtown, summoned this newspaper to the scene yesterday. When Kaieteur News arrived, the 94-year-old woman was lying on a mattress on the upper flat of the wooden structure, leaning on one side.
She was awake and asked if we had brought her anything to eat.
She said that her name is Mary Lyte, nee Albert. Her husband, Augustus Lyte, died a few years ago. She added that she does not have children or other close relatives who are around.
One of her cousins, Lucy, “brings food for me from time to time.”
Mr. Newton added, “She doesn’t have anything except her pension book. She is getting senile.”
He tried several times to get the woman help through the Social Services Ministry branch at Esplanade Road, New Amsterdam, but claims that he feels frustrated since he is not getting the cooperation of the staff there.
“They are not giving me any satisfaction. They even put the phone down…,” he stated.
The house where Mary Lyte, nee Albert was found in.
“I phoned the Ministry [of Human Services and Social Security] in Georgetown and they said they will investigate.”
Something has got to be done soon to help this senior citizen. The locks on the door of the house have always got to be on, since it is feared that she can attempt to walk down the dilapidated steps and fall to her death or suffer serious injury.
(Leon Suseran)
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