THE University of Guyana (UG) has refuted a report carried in this newspaper last Saturday that a female student was raped on campus.The university in a statement said last Friday, a female student was taken to the medical centre on the Turkeyen campus and was subsequently diagnosed as being intoxicated by the university’s capable medical personnel.

“Investigations by the University of Guyana Administration have not revealed any basis to conclude or suspect that she was sexually assaulted,” UG said.

Guyana’s premier tertiary institution said it places high priority on the safety and security of its members and visitors to the campus. But the release stressed that the university is pursuing several measures to enhance security on campus, and will continue to exercise maximum care and due diligence in providing a safe and secure environment for students and staff on the two campuses.

This publication on Saturday reported that a female student of the university was allegedly drugged and gang-raped by a group of male students. The report alleged that after the perpetrators had finished with their victim, they escorted her to the campus medic where she was treated for injuries she sustained from the assault.

A university staffer told the Guyana Chronicle that he overheard the young men who committed the act joking and describing what they did in graphic details.

The staffer related that he attempted to see the medic who treated the victim, but was told that he was not available.
The UG employee who lives on the campus in the building behind where the rape occurred, said more than once he had recommended routine and even unplanned checks on some areas of the campus, especially those that are secluded, since it is not safe for students. But he said his advice has fallen on deaf ears.