A 63-year-old public health nurse of Kitty, Georgetown was found dead in a hotel in New Amsterdam, Berbice yesterday and the police are investigating.
According to a police press release, Winston Longford Benn, 63, of Lot 82 William Street, Kitty, Georgetown was found motionless in a hotel located on Main Street, New Amsterdam, Berbice.
The police said they responded to a report around 09:02 hrs yesterday and found the man’s body in Room 238. Emergency medical services pronounced Benn dead at the location, the release said, adding that the cause of death was currently under investigation and was to be determined by a post-mortem examination.
Holly Trim, a 38-year-old public health nurse, told the police that she and Benn (her colleague) were attached to the Maternal and Child Health Depart-ment, Ministry of Health. Trim further mentioned that Benn was recovering from dengue fever, the release said.
She told the police that she and Benn went to Berbice on Wednesday for supervisory visits to different health facilities to see how they were managing the new HPV vaccine.
Around 08:45 hrs yesterday, the Ministry of Health driver went to the hotel to pick up Benn and Trim to take them to Corentyne to visit clinics there, the police were told. When Benn did not appear, Trim and the driver knocked on his room door but got no answer. As such, the driver forced open the door, and upon entering, they saw Benn lying motionless in his room, the release said.
Investigations are ongoing.
