PRIME MINISTER, Brigadier (Ret’d), Mark Phillips, performing the functions of President, on Tuesday, visited Lance Corporal Troyland Douglas of the Guyana Defence Force at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation, where he is receiving treatment after sustaining injuries during a GDF boat patrol along Guyana’s western border in Region Seven.
During the visit, Prime Minister Phillips wished Lance Corporal Douglas a full and speedy recovery and reaffirmed the Government’s support for the men and women of the Guyana Defence Force in the execution of their duties to safeguard Guyana’s territorial integrity.
The Prime Minister was accompanied by Minister of Health, Dr Frank Anthony; Chief of Defence Staff, Brigadier Omar Khan, MSS; and other senior officers of the Guyana Defence Force.
Lance Corporal Douglas was injured when the GDF patrol, which was escorting three civilian boats transporting personnel and cargo from Makapa to Eteringbang, came under fire in the vicinity of Black Water. The patrol returned fire and safely manoeuvred the convoy out of the area.