Nigel Hughes - Alliance For Change (AFC) Press Release

Nigel Hughes - Alliance For Change (AFC) Press Release
Alliance For Change

The Alliance For Change wishes to say "Thank You" to the thousands who came forward to support the Party's chairman Mr. Nigel Hughes.

The AFC especially thanks President Donald Ramotar who immediately offered the services of the Guyana Defence Force, Minister of Health Dr. Bheri Ramsarran and the doctors, technicians and nurses of the Caribbean Heart Institute, Captain Gerry Gouveia and Roraima Airways, Members of Parliament and other political activists.

[size=11px]Chairman of the Alliance For Change (AFC), Nigel Hughes will not be winging out of Guyana on Tuesday for open heart surgery.[/size]
[size=11px] based on medical advice.His condition continues to be monitored by cardiologists at the Caribbean Heart Institute (CHI).Well-placed sources said the prominent lawyer and his family are exploring extra-regional options for him to undergo heart bypass [/size]surgery.
Hughes, 49, collapsed last Saturday in Marudi, south Rupununi where he had gone to meet miners who government has said have been mining illegally for the yellow metal in a concession granted to the Canadian company, Romanex.
[size=11px]Cardiologists at the Caribbean Heart Institute tried to perfirm angioplssty and insert a stent but they found thst the right artery was 75 percent blocked. [/size]
[size=11px]His blood sugar level was also high.Accompanied by a medical team, he was airdashed to the city with early Saturday morning aboard a Roraima Airways plane.[/size]