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– Police launch manhunt

The Police have launched a manhunt for two men who carried out a daring daylight robbery on the Sophia Health Centre at B Field, Sophia, Greater Georgetown.

The names and addresses given to health workers by the two men are Kevin James of 285 Festival City, Georgetown and Andre Hicken of B Field, Sophia.

According to reports received, the two men entered the health centre claiming that they were in need of urgent medical attention and stormed into a room where the nurse was attending to a patient. They then held them at gunpoint.

The senior Medex on duty explained that a patient was accompanied by an accomplice and entered the health centre under the pretext that he had sustained a back injury due to a fall.

As such, the patient was attended to by the nurses who later informed him of his condition and immediately advised treatment. However, the man bluntly refused to receive treatement. The Medex stated that he was told of the patient’s reluctance and decided to have him wait his turn.

“I then went to attend to another patient in the dressing room but while doing so, the guy walked into the dressing room, pulled out a hand gun and ordered that no one move. The gunman place the gun to my head after which he direct all of us to the back of the dressing room where he demanded that we put all out mobile handsets in a bag… he then took off my chain and hand band”, the Medex stated.

During the ordeal, the gunman had the weapon pointed at them, ordering them not to raise an alarm. After the incident, the men left and the nurses and the Medex waited for some time before coming out of the dressing room area. “I came out and enquired if the other patients saw anyone leaving in a hurry with a bag on their back but no one noticed anything”.

He told the media that he immediately instructed the clerk to contact the Police but did not get through. They finally got onto the Regional Health Office and informed them of the situation. Within a few minutes several officials arrived, along with a Police patrol vehicle but no one was seen.

The health worker explained that after the patrol had left, he was told that a young man had visited the health centre claiming that he wanted to see the clerk but she was busy, and he left. The health worker is of the belief that that man was the accomplice to the robbery.

Guyana Times understands that the gun tooting bandit is known to the health centre since he would have visited on a previous occasion and received treatment for a similar injury complaint. The police are continuing their investigation into the matter.