Dear Editor,
PLEASE permit me some space in your newspaper to acknowledge the sterling services I received from the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation neurosurgery team and indeed from the entire staff with whom I came into contact.
On April 17, 2023, while I was critically ill during a week about which I have no recollection, my friends and relatives made a life-saving decision to fly me out of Region Nine to the GPHC.
I was told that I was picked up at the Eugene Correia Airport at 16:30hrs and rushed to the GPHC A&E Department, where doctors and support staff did four different diagnostic tests and a complete evaluation.

It was recommended that I have immediate surgery for removing blood clots from my brain. By 20:00hrs or a mere three hours later, my surgery was successfully done by a team of seven neurosurgeons led by Dr. Dookie.
While recovering, my relatives updated me on the sequence of events leading up to the surgery and about the swiftness and professionalism with which every member of staff with whom I came into contact, responded to my sickness.

I would like to go on top of the mountain and shout out my appreciation to all of the staff at the GPHC and especially to doctors Dookie, Singh, Fredericks, Alicock and the rest of Dr. Dookie’s team.
The nursing care I received in the surgical ward was exceptional. Friendly, courteous, professional and at times humorous nursing care is what I received. Thank you nurses. The attendants were all caring and supportive and assisted me as if I were their relative. I want to say a special thanks to them too.

I have heard and read so many negative things about the GPHC, but my experience has been very different.
I want to congratulate the management and staff for the quality of healthcare that is being delivered from the GPHC, despite the capacity and other challenges that they face. Thank you all for saving my life.

I also want to thank the doctors, nurses and other staff of the Lethem Hospital also for the care they provided me before I was flown to the GPHC.
Yours sincerely,
Hemwant Persaud