The Mon Repos Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) has not been able to find the shallow grave plots at the Good Hope Cemetery storing coffins with unclaimed bodies, with one inspector saying it would be difficult to find them.
Mon Repos NDC Superintendent Rocky Ramgopaul yesterday told Stabroek News he only had knowledge of one body being buried in a shallow grave at the cemetery, which is believed to be the site of a scheme to defraud the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) of funds paid out for “poor burials.” The mass graves were discovered by a member of the public who had gone to the facility to attend a funeral. In one instance, six wooden boxes containing bodies and small body parts used for testing in post-mortem examinations were stacked in a single plot, which the GPH said is in violation of the contract for disposal.
Asked about the situation, Ramgopaul said he had knowledge of one body being buried in a shallow grave earlier this year. He added that the body, which was reportedly from a