THIS GIRL’S DEMISE WAS A NEEDLESS DEATH

Apr 05, 2017 Letters

Dear Editor,
Uncaring, bizarre and indifferent are some of the bitter feelings that emanate from the death of a 10 year old girl at the Georgetown Hospital. For someone to die from a kick to the stomach the perpetrator would have to have practiced martial arts, however, in this case a school fight should never have resulted in death. People have recovered from bullet wounds, shrapnel from bombs and intense torture but for a child in this era to die from a relatively frivolous hit is mind boggling.
The problem in Guyana is that no one is held accountable for medical malpractice. In the US this case would produce a multi-million dollar lawsuit. The cheap Cuban so-called doctors are in Guyana to practice—not administer—medical treatment. I am no doctor but I do know that a series of basic tests and continued monitoring are done when someone has a medical complaint. If such was performed then there would be a change in respiration and blood pressure – basic medical observations. Obviously this was too much trouble for the medical staff.
Herein lies the dilemma: There must be an investigation and whoever is held culpable brought before whatever medical authority exists in Guyana. One must recall that the doctor, Conrad Murray, who treated pop star Michael Jackson was sentenced to 4 years jail for malpractice. The drawback is, the country is in dire need of doctors.
These Cuban-trained practitioners really need a higher level of training as a really disproportionate number of their patients end up in the mortuary. My heart reaches out to the parents of this little angel and I pay great respect to Freddie Kissoon for his persistence in exposing the trauma of Guyanese life. I am familiar with the deficiencies and incompetence of such ‘doctors.’ My father died at the hands of Cuban doctors.
Leyland Chitlall Roopnaraine

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