Why TNT treating guyanese so!!!!!

Guyana ministry concerned

Visitor turned away at ‘Mt Hope’ dies

By Joel Julien joel.julien@trinidadexpress.com



Story Created: Apr 6, 2014 at 11:03 PM ECT
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Story Updated: Apr 6, 2014 at 11:03 PM ECT )

THE Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Guyana yesterday stated it was “deeply concerned” over the reported incident in which a Guyanese national on vacation in Trinidad is said to have died after being refused emergency medical attention at Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex, Mt Hope.
The Guyana ministry said it will be “aggressively pursuing” the matter.
Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Dookeran said he too was “deeply concerned” over the situation and will be liaising with his Guyanese counterpart, Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett, on the matter.
Health Minister Dr Fuad Khan has “reaffirmed the principle that no one should ever be refused emergency medical attention at any hospital”.
According to a report in the Sunday Guardian, Guyanese nationals Jeetindra Sookram, 35, and his wife, Vidya Bachu, entered Trinidad last Tuesday for the start of a two-week vacation.
On Thursday, Sookram was taken to the Mt Hope hospital after he complained of chest pain, but was reportedly denied treatment.
It was alleged Bachu was told that because Sookram is not a Trinidad and Tobago citizen, he would have to pay for treatment.
Bachu opted instead to take Sookram to a private clinic in Charlie­ville, but he died in the back seat of a vehicle in the clinic’s car park.
An autopsy is expected to be performed on Sookram today.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Guyana yesterday issued a news release addressing the situation.
“The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is deeply concerned over the reported incident in which a Guyanese national was refused emergency medical attention at the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex and later succumbed while being taken to another medical institution,” the release stated.
“The Consul General of Guyana in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, Ernie Ross, has requested the Minister of Health Fuad Khan to investigate this report,” the release added.
Dr Shehenaz Mohammed, chairman of the North Central Regional Health Authority, has already ordered an investigation into the incident.
“The minister has assured that the matter is already under investigation and has reaffirmed the principle that no one should ever be refused emergency medical attention at any hospital,” said the release.
Dookeran said he will await the report into the situation.
“I will await the report from the Minister of Health into the situation and, in the meantime, I will keep in touch with the Minister of Foreign Affairs in Guyana,” Dookeran said yesterday.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Guyana called on Bachu to make contact with Ross at the Guyana Consulate over the situation.
Bachu is reported to have been appealing for help to have Sookram’s body returned to Guyana.
The trip is said to be costing more than $15,000.
“In the meantime, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is requesting that the bereaved family members make contact with Mr Ross at the Guyana Consulate at 16 Gray Street, St Clair, Port of Spain, or on telephone number 868-622-2913,” the release stated.

Guyanese tourist dies after T&T hospital  turns him away April 6, 2014 · By Staff Writer · 7 Comments    Next Article »Print(Trinidad Guardian) Staff at the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex (EWMSC) are once again under scrutiny after 35-year-old Guyanese national Jeetindra Sookram died of a suspected heart attack an hour after he was denied treatment there because he was not a T&T citizen.Vidya Bachu recalls how her husband died outside the San Fernando General Hospital’s mortuary yesterday. (Photo by Rishi Ragoonath/ Trinidad Guardian)Sookram was then rushed to the Charlieville Medical Centre Ltd for treatment, but died in the back seat of a Nissan Navarra in the private clinic’s Caroni Savannah Road, Chaguanas car park on Thursday. Doctors there said his symptoms suggested he suffered a massive heart attack, as he had complained about severe chest pains.
“I think it is negligence that caused him to not have a chance. I can’t understand how tourists can come into this country and get treated like this,” Sookram’s partner, Vidya Baichu, told the T&T Guardian on Friday. Baichu and Sookram, a farmer from the Guyanese island of Wakenaam, had been on a two-week vacation here and was staying at their friend Melissa Deosaran’s Warren Road, Cunupia home.
Chairman of the North Central Regional Health Authority, Shehenaz Mohammed, has since instructed CEO Kumar Boodram to check the roster to identify which workers were on duty when the incident occurred. Mohammed said on Friday that Sookram’s family has been asked to provide the RHA with details of the incident, as an investigation has been launched. The incident comes weeks after baby Simeon Cottle’s death five hours after his mother, Quelly Ann Cottle, underwent a C-section at the Mt Hope Women’s Hospital.
Telling of the tragedy while waiting outside the San Fernando mortuary yesterday, Baichu said they were talking at Deosaran’s Central workplace around 7.30 am when he complained of a slight pain. Deosaran had taken them there because she had to drop something off. Baichu said she gave Sookram two painkillers, believing he may have been tired from their travelling here, but it did not help.
“He could not sit and he could not stand because the pain was getting to him more. It kept getting worse so we took him to the hospital (EWMSC),” Baichu said. “When we got there, I went in with him and they took him straight to the place where they took blood and did tests. “When I went to register him now, they asked for ID and I gave them his passport. They told me he is not a Trinidadian resident and so all the services, we would have to pay for it.
“We asked them how much was the cost, they said they were not able to say, but whatever service they do we would have to pay for it.” Baichu is now calling on Government to probe the incident, saying if Sookram had received help at the hospital he might still be alive. She said even while Sookram was grimacing from the chest pains, EWMSC medical staff told him to take a seat while they tended to other patients.
Baichu said Sookram had no known heart condition and never experienced chest pains before. I just want the Government to look into it, because a lot of Guyanese come across here on vacation … and this could happen to anybody and the treatment that we got, I don’t want it for anybody else. “I can’t understand how visitors can visit this country, go to the hospital and can’t get help. Maybe if they did not send us away, maybe there was a chance that he would still be alive.
“I am upset because it is a public hospital. People go to Guyana and anybody could go to the hospital and get treatment. Nobody is charged. I can’t understand how in a public hospital in this country, you have to pay for a service and their negligence is what caused his death.”

This is an embarrassment for TnT!  I hope they fix it.  This was an emergency.!!  >

too late to fix

TnT seem to be treating a lot of its neighbors badly. We in the Caribbean/West Indies cannot be so callous!