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Police ranks accuse GPHC staff of discrimination
Police ranks are once again expressing frustration and disgust over the treatment meted out to them at the Georgetown Public Hospital.
This feeling was amplified yesterday when a uniformed constable from the Mahaica Police Station turned up at the institution and had to endure a two-hour wait despite being in intense pain.
The gravely ill policeman lying on a bench in the sun, while awaiting treatment at the Georgetown Hospital.
There were some verbal exchanges between ranks who had accompanied their colleague and nurses at the institution with the latter ordering the former to leave the Accident and Emergency Unit.
Kaieteur News arrived at the hospital around 16:00 hours and saw the gravely ill police rank, who was clad in his uniform, lying in sun on a bench in the waiting area outside the Accident and Emergency Unit.
His colleagues were standing silently by, not knowing when or if he would have been allowed to see a doctor.
This newspaper was told that the cops, two Station Sergeants, a Corporal and the Constable were among others attending a seminar at Turkeyen at the end of which they were supposed to return to Mahaicony.
But the Constable, who was the driver of the vehicle, suddenly took ill, complaining of abdominal pains.
Sensing the discomfort of his rank, a male Sergeant undertook to drive the vehicle and took him to the hospital for medical attention.
After registering at the triage area of the A&E department, the sick police rank and his colleagues waited patiently to see a doctor.
But after an hour had elapsed and there were no signs of progress, the ranks began making enquiries, which apparently angered the triage nurse.
At first the police ranks were reportedly told that the doctors on duty were in the process of an official ‘change over’.
A verbal exchange ensued during which the police ranks were ordered to leave the Accident and Emergency area.
This led to the sick rank taking rest for two hours on a bench in the public waiting area.
Eventually, a reporter from this newspaper intervened and managed to solicit the assistance of a senior nursing official who was leaving the compound at the time.
His intervention led to the immediate attention to the sick cop, for which his colleagues are very grateful.
The sick cop was eventually treated and sent away.
Over the past decade or so, there has been some tension between staff at the Georgetown Public Hospital and members of the Guyana Police Force.
This stemmed from police action against protesting nurses during the 63-day public service strike, in 1999.
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