The New Year’s Day fire which gutted the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) echocardiography (ECG) laboratory was maliciously set, a Guyana Fire Service (GFS) probe has concluded.
Fire Chief (Ag) Gregory Wickham yesterday told Stabroek News that following an analysis of samples tested by the Guyana Forensic Science Laboratory (GFSL), investigators were able to confirm that the fire was deliberately set at the hospital.
The fire has left some $25 million worth of damage behind, along with the destruction of the public health system’s lone ECG laboratory. This has resulted in the laboratory’s work being halted.