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NEWS15 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2020 | GUYANATIMESGY.COM Tuschen man GDF recruit dies during found dead on bed training exercise The lifeless body of a 54-year-old man was found on his bed in- A young recruit of the Guyana Defence Force passed the Army’s Medical Examination. However, two weeks side an apartment that (GDF) died on Thursday into training, Reynolds he occupied at Tuschen at the Georgetown Public started complaining of feelHousing Scheme, East Hospital after he fell ill ing unwell and was treated Bank Essequibo (EBE) on during training in the according to his symptoms Wednesday. Basic Recruit course. by GDF medical personnel.
Azad Khan was last seen He has been identi- The GDF said all inabout 07:00h by his land- fied as 20-year-old Orwin ternal protocols for the lord before he left for work. Reynolds. delivery of medical care However, about 17:30h, The GDF in a state- were followed prior to his when his landlord returned ment explained that the transfer to the Georgetown Dead: Orwin Reynolds home and attempted to con- recruit was deemed fit for Public Hospital, where tended condolences to the tact Khan, his efforts proved futile. Thinking that something was amiss, the landlord Police were summoned to the scene. The body was examined by detectives, but Khan was taken to the Leonora Cottage Hospital, where he was pronounced military training by the Force’s Medical Officer having successfully Reynolds later succumbed. The GDF did not reveal the cause of death, but exparents, siblings, and oth er relatives of the dead re cruit. looked through the bedroom no marks of violence were dead by a doctor on duty. His window of the apartment found. However, Police ob- body was subsequently taken Khan was renting and saw served matter regurgitated to the Ezekiel Funeral Home him lying motionless. from the stomach on his bed to await a post-mortem. The
An alarm was raised and and in his mouth. investigations continue.
16NEWS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2020 | GUYANATIMESGY.COM Guyana records 40 new COVID-19 cases in 24h
— infrastructure to manage pandemic to be enhanced
Forty new COVID-19 remaining at 149, with 2733 tion, and 49 in institutional in Region Two (Pomerooncases were confirmed males and 2543 females con- quarantine. Supenaam) one in Region on Thursday, which tracting the virus thus far. Thus far, 4252 persons Three (Essequibo Islandsraise the total positives in There are seven persons have recovered from the vi- West Demerara), four in Guyana to 5276. in the Intensive Care Unit, rus. Region Four (Demerara-
The Health Ministry’s 100 persons in institutional A breakdown shows one Mahaica), 26 in Region Six dashboard showed deaths isolation, 768 on home isola- new case being recorded (East Berbice-Corentyne), two in Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni), one in Region Eight (PotaroSiparuni), three in Region Nine (Upper TakutuUpper Essequibo) and two in Region 10 (Upper Demerara-Berbice). Cases in Regions One (Barima-Waini) and Five (Mahaica-Berbice) remain at 844 and 40 respectively. Response capacity and infrastructure to manage the coronavirus pandemic locally will be enhanced after grants were issued to Guyana by the Inter-
Health Minister, Dr Frank Anthony
American Development Bank and World Bank to the tune of US$22 million and US$7.5 million respectively.
Health Minister Dr Frank Anthony announced on Thursday that these funds will be used to enhance the country’s response to COVID-19. This includes resources, monitoring, evaluation and developing laboratory units across the country.
“With the World Bank’s $7.5 million, $7 million is focused on the response itself, with $500,000 being available for monitoring, evaluation and management of that particular project. We’re looking at developing and strengthening our laboratory capacity, not just centrally, but in the regions as well…We want to improve contact tracing so that if there’s anybody that is positive, we can trace all the people they’ve been in contact with. We’re looking at improving hospital capacity,” he outlined.
