Following a double suicide on Wednesday on the East Bank of Berbice, President David Granger yesterday convened an emergency meeting of several ministers and vowed a hands-on approach to the scourge which has seen Guyana being tagged with the highest rate globally.
The Ministry of the Presidency said in a release that Granger convened the meeting with Minister of Public Health, Dr. George Norton; Minister of Social Protection, Volda Lawrence; Minister of Social Cohesion, Amna Ally; Minister within the Ministry of Public Health, Dr. Karen Cummings; Minister within the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples Affairs, Valerie Garrido-Lowe and Minister within the Ministry of Communities, Dawn Hastings.
The outcome of the meeting is a plan of action, which will see Non-Governmental Organisa-tions (NGOs), religious organisations and other