…post-mortem finds

A POST-MORTEM  done on the body of a 53-year-old man whose lifeless body was found on his stairs at  West Indian Housing Scheme, Bartica, has confirmed that the man died from cirrhosis of the liver.

The post-mortem was performed by Government Pathologist Dr Nehaul Singh.

The Guyana Chronicle had reported that Chandika Persaud was an alcoholic and lives alone in a two-storey wooden and concrete house.

On Thursday, June 18, 2020, around 07:00hrs, Persaud was last seen alive sitting on his veranda. His neighbour Davanand Singh told the police that Persaud had invited him for a drink but he told the man that he would join him after doing some chores around his house. The neighbour explained that after finishing his chores around 09:30hrs, he went to Persaud’s home and called several times for him but got no response.

Singh explained that he then went into the yard and found Persaud lying motionless at the bottom of his stairs  and he appeared to be dead. He then reported the matter to the police who visited the scene and observed minor abrasions on Persaud’s left shoulder, right elbow, upper right shoulder and swelling on his forehead. Persaud’s body was later taken to the Bartica Regional Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival by a doctor.