-frequency of spraying to be increased
By Subhana Shiwmangal
Region Three’s Regional Health Officer, Dr. Erica Forte says that measures are being put in place to combat a rat infestation at the West Demerara Regional Hospital (WDRH), inclusive of increasing the frequency of the hospital’s scheduled sanitisation.
There was also an issue in relation to a stench in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) of the WDRH and this was traced to a dead pigeon in the ceiling.
Dr. Forte said that the pigeon was removed from the ceiling by a contractor. Prior to this, the NICU was relocated to the post-natal ward on the ground floor of the hospital. The hospital, she said, is having another exterminator come in again to deodorize the unit and restore the ward to normalcy.