The Ministry of Health has dispatched a team to Chinowieng in the Cuyuni/Mazaruni to determine what caused some residents there to fall ill.
Minister within the Ministry of Health, Dr. Bheri Ramsaran told Stabroek News yesterday that the team headed by the Chief Environmental Health Officer, left for the remote Amerindian community on Saturday. Another doctor, a medex as well as technicians to do testing are part of the team. Ramsaran said that their stay in the community will depend on the situation. The minister was travelling in Essequibo when reached by Stabroek News and he said that he had received no initial report as yet.
Stabroek News first reported that several persons had fallen ill and Chinowieng residents expressed concern about the