A parliamentary team yesterday found expired drugs and poor delivery of health care among a host of problems during a tour of two West Demerara hospitals and the emergency room at one was described as a junkyard.
What was supposed to be the morgue at the Leonora Cottage Hospital turned out to be a bond for storing expired drugs, while beds without sheets, messy laboratories and the conversion of various rooms into storage space for broken light bulbs, expired drugs and tables were among a number of problems observed at the West Demerara Regional Hospital (WDRH)
These findings were made during a visit by the Sectoral Committee on Social Services to observe the conditions at the hospitals and to make recommendations to solve some of the problems encountered. The media accompanied the committee on the visit. Both the