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THERE has been no definitive decision to have the Alliance for Change (AFC) Chairman, Nigel Hughes, removed from the Caribbean Heart Institute (CHI) of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation as yet, to be flown overseas for treatment. This is according to Cathy Hughes, wife of the AFC Chairman who on Saturday last suffered a heart attack while in the Marudi Mountains, South Rupununi.
Cathy Hughes told the Guyana Chronicle that at some point in the future the family would like to have Hughes flown overseas for treatment, but a definitive date has not been set.
Speaking to the possibility of surgery for the AFC Chairman, the Executive Member and Parliamentarian confirmed that such an intervention will be required also, “at some point in the future.”
She said that Hughes, who is currently recovering at CHI, is still undergoing a series of diagnostic tests that would better inform what type of surgery will be required.
Meanwhile, in a public statement issued yesterday, Mrs Hughes said that the AFC Chairman is responding satisfactorily to the excellent medical attention he is receiving.
She said further: “We would like to thank President Donald Ramotar, the Minister of Health (Dr. Bheri Ramsaran) and his able team, in collaboration with Captain Gerry Gouveia, who arranged to bring Nigel to the city and hospital where he is under the excellent care of Dr. Mahendra Carpen and his highly efficient team”.
She said, “Nigel suffered a heart attack on Saturday, March 16, while on a visit to Marudi in the remote Rupununi”.
On Sunday morning he was airlifted to Georgetown and was admitted to the CHI, where he remains a patient.
“Nigel and I, and indeed our entire family, have been overwhelmed by the tremendous outpouring of kind concern, support and caring from so many persons, from all walks of life and from all over the country,” said Mrs Hughes.
She said that they “deeply appreciate these sentiments and know that it will inspire Nigel to overcome this challenge successfully and continue his dream of helping to make a difference in the lives of the least of his countrymen, a vocation he considers his deep civic responsibility as a citizen”.
Cathy Hughes told the Guyana Chronicle that at some point in the future the family would like to have Hughes flown overseas for treatment, but a definitive date has not been set.
Speaking to the possibility of surgery for the AFC Chairman, the Executive Member and Parliamentarian confirmed that such an intervention will be required also, “at some point in the future.”
She said that Hughes, who is currently recovering at CHI, is still undergoing a series of diagnostic tests that would better inform what type of surgery will be required.
Meanwhile, in a public statement issued yesterday, Mrs Hughes said that the AFC Chairman is responding satisfactorily to the excellent medical attention he is receiving.
She said further: “We would like to thank President Donald Ramotar, the Minister of Health (Dr. Bheri Ramsaran) and his able team, in collaboration with Captain Gerry Gouveia, who arranged to bring Nigel to the city and hospital where he is under the excellent care of Dr. Mahendra Carpen and his highly efficient team”.
She said, “Nigel suffered a heart attack on Saturday, March 16, while on a visit to Marudi in the remote Rupununi”.
On Sunday morning he was airlifted to Georgetown and was admitted to the CHI, where he remains a patient.
“Nigel and I, and indeed our entire family, have been overwhelmed by the tremendous outpouring of kind concern, support and caring from so many persons, from all walks of life and from all over the country,” said Mrs Hughes.
She said that they “deeply appreciate these sentiments and know that it will inspire Nigel to overcome this challenge successfully and continue his dream of helping to make a difference in the lives of the least of his countrymen, a vocation he considers his deep civic responsibility as a citizen”.
