Up to press time last evening, PNCR executive member Winston Murray remained hooked up to a respirator in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH).
When contacted last evening Murray’s close associate Dr Richard Van West- Charles told Stabroek News that the position with the parliamentarian remained the same.
On Tuesday, Murray’s wife Marva told this newspaper that no decision had yet been made on his fate and that relatives continue to come in from abroad.
Meanwhile, another associate of Murray told this newspaper last evening that they are considering the possibility of conducting further tests on him.
The source told this newspaper that a specialist from Trinidad and Tobago may be flown in to conduct an Electroencephalogram (EEG) test. An electroencephalogram (EEG) is a test that measures and records the electrical activity of the brain.
On Sunday, neurosurgeon Dr Ivor Crandon, who arrived on a chartered flight from Jamaica found that there was no brain activity. He said that no surgical intervention could be made.
According to the associate, the possibility of having the EEG test done was discussed on Tuesday with some of Murray’s colleagues and another meeting will be held today to try to concretize these discussions. The associate told this newspaper that some persons are trying to raise funds while they will be looking for further assistance from the government. The government had paid for Crandon’s chartered flight.
Last evening former members of the party’s youth arm, the Guyana Youth and Student Movement (GYSM), held a vigil outside of the hospital.
Murray, 69, collapsed while standing in a line at McDoom, East Bank Demerara, early Thursday evening and gave his car key to a public-spirited citizen whom he told to take him to the Balwant Singh Hospital. He was later transferred to the GPH.
He suffered cerebral haemorrhaging and subsequently lapsed into an unconscious state.
