The second patient who succumbed to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) this morning has been identified as the Executive Director of Reliance HealthCare, Jermaine Ifill.
“Can’t believe covid got me typing RIP…I tried to call you when you were first admitted and you cut off the phone because you said when you talk you (can’t) breath so i must text you. I texted you this morning asking you how you feel….it hurt me when I understand why you didn’t reply .So these texts are my last memories of you,” a post by Joel Bancroft stated.
Bancroft also uploaded screenshots of the conversations he had with Ifill via WhatsApp after Ifill was diagnosed with the virus.
Meanwhile, the Chief Executive Officer of the Georgetown Public Hospital Brigadier (Ret’d) George Lewis disclosed that the person who died was not assigned to take care of COVID-19 patients. He did not disclose the identity of the patient saying that it is sensitive information and family members are in mourning.
Deputy Chief Medical Officer Dr. Karen Gordon-Boyle had today announced the second death while the number of confirmed cases had risen from eight to twelve. She provided no information on the second fatality.
The first recorded death linked to COVID-19 was announced on March 11th after a 52-year-old woman who travelled from the United States to Guyana died at the Georgetown Public Hospital.
