The Opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) on Wednesday lambasted the government over what it said were massive shortages of drugs at hospitals, charging that at one facility 400 surgeries couldn’t be done because anaesthetics were not available.
At a press conference, Member of Parliament, Dr. Vindhya Persaud said it was reported that 100 percent of the sum allocated was already expended for drugs in the case of Upper Demerara-Berbice and East Berbice-Corentyne.
Dr. Persaud, as Head of the Parliamentary Sectoral Committee on