Two teenage girls, one a 13-year-old who gave birth nine days ago and another a 12-year-old who is five months pregnant are presently receiving medical treatment after being removed from the Region 1 backdam by Members of the Guyana Women Miners Organisation (GWMO).
President of GWMO Urica Primus told Stabroek News yesterday that residents in the area made contact with the organisation’s regional representative Stephanie Miguel, who along with another member went into the backdam on ATVs and removed them from the area.
The girls were taken to the Port Kaituma Hospital before being transferred to the