How shameful this turn out to be, sympathies and condolences goes out to the family of Mr Jeetindra Sookram. There are muslim/hindu/Christian organisations in Trinidad and Tobago and I am sure if this man's plight was made known, those organisation would have readily comes to this mans help.

Now lets see the PM of Trinidad offer some Justice to this man's family. Sometime ago I had spend some four weeks in Trinidad and Tobago, the family was very nice to me and at the end of my vacation, I offered to compensate them for their kindness, and they will have none of it, makes me feel bad that I was like insulting them. Such is the genorousity of Trini.

I cannot fathom, that a Trini Hosp will allow a man to die, without offering some help.

Foreign Affairs Ministry contacts Trinidad Gov’t

following death of Guyanese

April 6, 2014 7:56 amCategory: latest newsA+ / A-

 

By Fareeza Haniff

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Carolyn Rodrigues – Birkett.

 

[www.inewsguyana.com] – Guyana’s Foreign Affairs Ministry has made contact with the Trinidad government, following the death of a Guyanese tourist who was refused medical treatment in the twin Island Republic.

This is according to subject Minister, Carolyn Rodrigues – Birkett. When contacted on the issue, the Minister told iNews (www.inewsguyana.com) that “We have asked the Trinidadian Government ‎for information on the matter and they have advised that an investigation is being conducted. The Honorary Consul will be meeting with the family as well.”

Minister Rodrigues – Birkett also expressed her condolences to the family and friends of Jeetindra Sookram. She said it was a “very unfortunate incident.”

The 35-year-old Guyanese national died of a suspected heart attack an hour after he was denied treatment at the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex because he was not a T&T citizen.

Dead: Jeetindra Sookram

Sookram was then rushed to the Charlieville Medical Centre Ltd for treatment, but died in the back seat of a Nissan Navarra in the private clinic’s Caroni Savannah Road, Chaguanas car park on Thursday. Doctors there said his symptoms suggested he suffered a massive heart attack, as he had complained about severe chest pains.

“I think it is negligence that caused him to not have a chance. I can’t understand how tourists can come into this country and get treated like this,” Sookram’s partner, Vidya Baichu, told the Trinidad media.

Baichu and Sookram, a farmer from the Guyanese island of Wakenaam, had been on a two-week vacation in Trinidad and was staying at their friend Melissa Deosaran’s Warren Road, Cunupia home.

As least Guyana wouldn't turn away a Trinidadian tourist who seek medical attention in our hospitals. More reasons to push for funding for the specialty hospital.

Bai yes Guyanese will never ever turn away a Trini for medical attention.

On your second part, I think that if they fix the Georgetown Hospital which takes up an area of two times of Macy's Building that would be cheaper and and far better.

Speciality Hospitals would be beyond the reach of the poor people of Guyana. 

It's not the speciality hospital building that will make the medical care better. It's getting the good doctors, equipment and drugs.
You can't squeeze blood out of a turnip.

T&T should make this clear to visitors and travel agents that it is  death sentence for visitors to fall ill in on the islands.

Try suggesting to a Trinidadian that they should get healthcare in Guyana.  They will rush to the airport and beg CAL to put on an emergency flight back to T&T.  Hell, when some of them see how isolated GEO looks with all the bush, and no signs of economic activity some of them want to go back on the same plane that brought them in. Most Trinidadians don't even want to be on any CAL plane that goes to JFK or Toronto via GEO as is.

Having said that there should be protocols at the CARICOM level to deal with this problem.  T&T and Barbados have long claimed about people coming from neighboring countries and then sticking them with the bill.  However if an emergency does develop the person should at least be stabilized before being sent back home, and hospital employees should be told about this.

This appears to be over zealous hospital staff.  They are supposed to admit emergencies, and turn back others, unless they can show proof of payment.  The same as the USA.  Proper protocols needed to be submitted to hospital staff, as well as a caution that the fact that T&T is richer than its neighbors (including Venezuela) doesn't mean that humans don't also live in those countries, and so they deserve humane treatment, just as a citizen of T&T will expect if he suddenly falls ill while vacationing in Barbados.

If as many Trinis visited Guyana looking for healthcare as Guyanese visiting Tdad looking to remain illegally and to get healthcare its likely that they would also be turned away.

Please note that only when T&T politicians are seriously ill do they seek attention overseas.  When Patrick Manning had very serious cancer he went to Cuba.

When Jagdeo had diarrhea he went to Florida.

TRINI NOW RESORT TO LIEING TO SAVE THEIR SKIN

Demerara Waves

...but wife says: Khan not told truth
Health Minister Dr Fuad Khan is either lying or has not been told the truth about the circumstances leading to the death Jeetindra Sookram says Vidya Bachu.

It stands to reason, if Sookram was attended to, then why would Vidya Bachu, take him away to another Hospital?

Shows that the Trini Minister is just lying to save his miserable job.

You guys know from experience that the Trinis have a scorn for Guyanese. If you travelled on CAL from Guyana and you have to stop over in Trinidad, you experienced the belittling treatment  meted out to you by the immigration authorities. They could care less if you carry an American passport. Once you are Guyanese born, they treat you like sh*t.

Kamla is spitting blood these days so maybe he fears that he will be next.  There always seems to be a problem with these T&T hospitals and this is yet another embarrassment.

I wonder why people feel the need to make such statements.  Wouldn't it have been better to say that he was told certain things by hospital staff which contradict statements made by the deceased's wife, and that he will get to the bottom of it.  And that protocols will be put in place in all T&T hospitals to protect visitors who have an emergency.  All they need to do is stabilize the patient and then send him back home to receive any additional treatment.

Too many PPP supporters trying to sneak into Trinidad.  I have never experienced this.  In Barbados I once did until I put the guy in his place, but not T&T.

Why do PPP supporters support that party and then flock to neighbor poor nations?  Their illegal entry stigmatizes others who are only going on vacation.

Not to excuse this incident, but when people from a particular country habitually attempt to sneak into another as illegals they will be despised.  I have been told that in Trinidad people say they have "a Guyanese" as short hand for referring to their laborers, domestics and gardeners. We are the "Mexicans" of the Caribbean.

Guyanese need to stop thinking that other CARICOM nations have an obligation to provide every need that Guyanese cannot obtain at home.  These are also poor nations, even if less poor than Guyana.  It is indeed possible that some Guyanese go to T&T for healthcare and then don't pay their bills, and as non citizens they cannot expect free care, unless it is to STABILIZE an emergency.

Carib,

Even the Afro Guyanese were complaining about the treatment meted out to the outgoing passengers. It had nothing to do with PPP or PNC. How would the immigration officers know who is a PPP supporter or a PNC supporter? Both PPP and PNC have Indo and Afro Guyanese. Let's not put this on PPP supporters or Indians.

the guyana ppp foreign policy is weak,no country have respect for guyanese 

Wrong! This has nothing to do with foreign policy. It's all about stereotyping.

Islanders are very aware of Guyana's race politics.  So they may be wrong about 10% of the people, but as you full well know you can look at a Guyanese and be 90% sure about which party he votes for, based on race only.

Tell you what.  Black people flee to the islands because they are fleeing Indian racism and the PPP.  Indians vote in the PPP and flee.

Islanders, living in their crowded islands, don't see what any of this has to do with them.

The islanders blame the PPP for being racist against blacks and PPP supporters for enabling a gov't which is unable to take care of its own.

So yes the PPP supporters are to blame.  Check which country send the most illegals around the Eastern Caribbean and it is Guyana, followed by Jamaica.  So it ought to be n surprise to you that Guyanese and Jamaicans are harassed.  This would most likely NOT have happened it he was a Bajan, because Bajans do NOT sneak into T&T.

anything you say professor,which university you say you teaching at

So you think the Indians flee Guyana due to the PNC? Maybe not? Guyana was autopia under the PNC? 

I fled Guyana because of Burnham so that should shut you up.

I fled Guyana because of Forbes also. My point is, you cannot blame the PPP for all the Afro Guyanese problems. Indo Guyanese have he same problems too.

I repeat.  Afro Guyanese flee to the islands to escape widespread racism against them.  They can blame the PPP for not dealing with that issue, and also being part of the problem.    They told Jagdeo this when he went to Antigua and appealed to the nurses to return to Guyana.  A journalist who reported this in Guyana was black listed by the PPP.  When he persisted Jagdeo descended to his normal fisher women brawl.

And what compounds the situation is when some Indians even arrive in these black islands bringing their anti black racism against them.  Here you are begging people to live in their country and then telling your kids not to mix with those people.

The issue is if you all want revenge against black people for what you think Burnham did to you then don't turn around and pretend as if blacks, who also suffered under Burnham, aren't being punished again.