Two days after a doctor attached to the Bartica Regional Hospital told relatives of 78-year-old Samuel Wilson, a former Toshao of the Indigenous community of Batavia in Region Seven that the elderly man was suffering from a “minor problem,” the former Toshao died from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
This was disclosed by relatives of Wilson, who told Stabroek News yesterday that they were informed on Monday last by a doctor that Wilson was COVID-19 positive. Wilson had no underlying health conditions prior to his death according to relatives.
Stabroek News was unable to elicit a comment yesterday from Region Seven on this case.