Protest over GPHC cancer deaths continues

Feb 14, 2019 News

Sherlina Nageer staged a peaceful picketing exercise outside of the Ministry of Public Health yesterday, to demand justice, transparency and accountability in the public healthcare sector.
This is the third consecutive week of protest action led by Nageer, since it was revealed that three children died after receiving treatment for cancer at the Georgetown Public Hospital Incorporated.
Some of the issues highlighted by the protesters included “hoggish” behaviour from healthcare providers, lack of transparency in investigations, medication shortages, defective equipment, uneven distribution of medical services throughout the country, and the need for stronger oversight for private healthcare providers.
The picketing exercise has received support from Red Thread, ASPIRE Youth Network, and poet and activist, Renatta Burnette.

Activists picketed the Ministry of Health for the third time, yesterday

The families of Curwayne Edwards, Roshani Seegobin and Sharezer Mendonca are yet to receive conclusive details on the cause of the children’s death, though Kaieteur News was informed that the hospital investigations have already concluded that an intravenous medication, Vincristine, was administered to the spine, instead of the muscle.
Vincristine is marketed under the brand name Oncovin, with strict instructions to refrain from administration to the spinal cord.
The Mendonca family, through their lawyers, has been trying to have an analysis conducted by an independent pathologist from Trinidad. The pathologist, who was present during a post mortem examination on Sharezer Mendonca, is yet to conclude his analysis, because he has not received the dead child’s medical records from the hospital.
Though the family’s lawyers requested the medical records from the hospital, they were informed that the records can’t be released until the hospital concludes its investigation. This execution is being executed collaboratively, with the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO).

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