Family of pensioner blames WDRH for father’s condition

Family members of a 66-year-old pensioner have accused the staff at the West Demerara Regional Hospital (WDRH) of dragging their feet in providing urgent medical attention.
The diabetic man, Budhan Budhram, of Lot 60 Ruimzeight, West Coast Demerara, reportedly fell and hit his head and immediately began bleeding profusely on Sunday. He was then rushed to the nearby hospital around 19:00h that evening but had to wait for quite some time before he was attended to.
However, the elderly man was subsequently transferred to the Georgetown Public

Hospital (GPHC) after the doctors reportedly told his family that his condition was too severe for them to handle.
Sharon Basdeo, the man’s daughter, told Guyana Times that since her father was brought to GPHC on Monday, the nurses have been taking much better care of him.
The pensioner is said to have internal bleeding and memory loss. Basdeo said, “The doctors them only tell we that he get internal bleeding and we can like see that he nah really deh in he righted sense because like sometimes he nah even remember we”.
She added that her father has been shaking ever since the fall, something which she is very concerned about, since he was never in that condition.
Basdeo noted that several tests were conducted on her father already and he is currently waiting a few others which will assist doctors in making a more precise diagnosis.
Budhram relied on Government’s old age pension for survival after he became diabetic. His wife passed away last year and he has been struggling to take care of himself.
As distraught as the family of the man is, they argued that his condition might not have been that serious if he was properly looked after at the WDRH.