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The recent corpse mutilation by rodents at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) has been described as a “very embarrassing situation” by Minister of Health, Dr. Bheri Ramsaran.The Minister said that not only does the situation leave much to be desired but “I think that it was a management issue…”According to Dr. Ramsaran, there is an urgent need to ensure that such occurrences are not repeated, since there is currently a mortuary with chambers that are working.He said that the situation has emphasised the possible need for a change in the hospital’s operation, adding that “we probably need to do our business different and in a much better way”.However, the Minister is optimistic that the system is poised for improvement with the recent appointment of a new board of directors at the hospital. Heading that Board is Colonel Mark Phillips.According to Minister Ramsaran “I have taken special care to see that the new board has very good skills…eople (have been drawn) from all parts of the wider society and hopefully they will bring a better or more impact approach”.On Saturday last,South Carolina Fighting Gamecocks Jerseys, Chief Executive Officer of the GPHC Michael Khan revealed that an investigation has been launched into the incident.According to Khan,J.J. Watt Wisconsin Jersey, he first learnt of the incident last Thursday evening and immediately ensured that pest control officials were summoned to address the situation. He disclosed too, that the matter was reported to the hospital’s board which is tasked with investigating the matter.In expressing his regret over the incident,Texas A&M Jerseys, Khan said that “this is the first time that something like this has happened under my watch and I have been here for 10 years already”.Khan added that efforts to ensure that such an incident does not recur have seen the administration of the hospital making the crucial decision to effect rehabilitative works on the facility.This newspaper reported in its last Saturday edition that the remains of slain 20-year-old Sulé Brian Assanah were discovered with a gaping hole where his nose should have been. The discovery was made last Friday by his father Brian William Assanah during a visit to the hospital mortuary.Reports are that rats were the cause of the corpse’s disfigurement.Staffers of the hospital who informed this publication of a rat infestation at the facility indicated that this is not a unique occurrence.The employees said that rats had eaten away the dead man’s face and there is nothing that could have prevented the rodents, since the mortuary itself needed a better sanitizing system. One staffer speculated that the rats may have got into the mortuary refrigerator through the drain pipes.However,Colt McCoy Texas Jersey, the hospital administration has since recruited the services of a contractor who was on Saturday set to effect repairs.Sulé Brian Assanah,Cheap TCU Horned Frogs Jerseys, the victim of a knife attack,Penn State Nittany Lions Jerseys, succumbed at the Public Hospital two Sundays ago. He was at the time attempting to persuade his eventual attacker, who was wanted for an offence, to surrender to police officers who were pursuing him. His efforts were futile as the man who was armed with a knife,Washington State Cougars Jerseys, lunged at him,Drew Brees Purdue Jersey, inflicting a life-threatening wound to his neck.The incident occurred at the corner of Fourth and Light Streets, Alberttown,Cheap West Virginia Mountaineers Jerseys, Georgetown, a short distance from Assanah’s home. |
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