Albert Perreira, the Berbice policeman who died after collapsing on Tuesday morning moments after complaining of shortness of breath, died due to a cerebral edema compounded by hypertension, according to an autopsy that was conducted on Friday.
Perreira, 44, of Reid Street, Sheet Anchor Village, collapsed in the hall of his home just around 5.30 am.
The post-mortem examination was done by Dr Vivekanand Brijmohan yesterday.
The Guyana Police Force, in a statement, had reported that according to the man’s wife, she was awakened by Perreira, who was lying on the floor in the hall and having difficulty breathing. “As a result she went for a glass of water to give him and when she returned she observed that he was motionless,” the statement had added.
According to the Force, the woman contacted the New Amsterdam Hospital for an ambulance “but was unsuccessful, she then contacted the Police, who visited and observed the man lying in the hall motionless.”
He was pronounced dead at the scene by a doctor attached to the New Amsterdam Public Hospital. The man’s body was checked for marks of violence but none was seen, the police had noted.
Perreira was last stationed at the Springlands Police Station.
