The mortuary at the New Amsterdam Hospital which has been out of service for some time is now closed indefinitely.
Director of Regional Health Services, Jevaughn Stephen said the decision to close the mortuary was taken on January 23.
According to Stephens, the Hospital administration had been experiencing issues with the mortuary during the latter part of 2018 due to a fluctuation in the electricity supply provided by the Guyana Power and Light (GPL).
“We found that the morgue is on now and then the next hour it is off… it is on and off all day so we decided to take it off completely and we are doing some extensive work on the morgue,” Stephens said.
He said it is likely to be back in operation before the end of the week but he could
Director of Regional Health Services, Jevaughn Stephen
not give a guarantee on that.
The Health Services Director added that other equipment at the Hospital is also being affected by the fluctuation of the current which comes from GPL.
“We did an assessment and we are working with the Ministry and the region [Administration] to add two more transformers to the facility. Because we find that over the years we have been adding additional equipment and offering additional services but the capacity for current had remained the same.”
Only Friday the Guyana Water Inc (GWI) had stated that it was unable to provide water to some residents on the East Bank of Berbice and sections of the Corentyne Coast and Black Bush Polder because it was not getting the required
The closed New Amsterdam Hospital Mortuary doors
voltage from GPL to power its pump stations and water treatment plants.
According to the Director of the water company, Dr Richard Van-West Charles, the water treatment plant in New Amsterdam was being powered by a generator but GWI did not have enough generators to operate the nine pump stations which were affected and the water treatment plant at Rose Hall Town.
According to him, the company had utilised the generators it had to power pump stations in the hinterland.
