Region Six environmental health dep’t facing challenges

Marvin Dindyal

Low fines, lack of qualified persons as well as the absence of an abattoir on the Corentyne are some of the issues affecting the work of the Environmental Health Department in Region Six, according to the Region’s Environmen-tal Health Officer Marvin Dindyal.

“Some of the fines under the Public Health Ordinance can be $24, $54 and that’s the ordinance we operate with to date