Skip to main content

Jagdeo airdashed to Florida Hospital

FEBRUARY 24, 2014 | BY  | FILED UNDER NEWS 

 

Former President, Bharrat Jagdeo is reportedly in a Florida Hospital, having landed in the United States of America early Saturday morning. Accompanying him is Dr. Ranjisinghi ‘Bobby’ Ramroop who was described as his best friend.
According to reports, Jagdeo had a persistent fever and diarrhea.

Former President, Bharrat Jagdeo

Former President, Bharrat Jagdeo

How long he had this condition was not ascertained.
What is known is that a privately-owned Lear jet out of Florida landed at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) shortly after 21:00 hours Friday night.
His entourage comprising Dr. Ramroop and his security detail arrived at the airport at 22:00 hours. The aircraft took off for Florida at 22:30 hours.
This publication understands that the chartering of a Lear Jet, from Florida to Guyana and back for a medivac, would cost between US$35,000 (G$6M) and US$40,000 (G$8M).
On May 28, 2009, then President Jagdeo assented to the controversial Former Presidents (Benefits and Facilities) Bill bringing it into to law.
Under that Act, he would receive free medical attention and medical treatment, paid for by the state, or reimbursement of medical expenses incurred by him for the medical attention or treatment of himself and the dependant members of his family.
Jagdeo became Guyana’s youngest ever President when his predecessor Janet Jagan demitted office in 1999.
He served until the elections in 2011 when he was succeeded by President Donald Ramotar.
During his term in office Jagdeo he initiated many controversial projects, among them the Amaila Falls Hydro-electric Project, the Marriott Hotel project, the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) Expansion Project and the failed Skeldon Modernisation Project.

Replies sorted oldest to newest

This publication (K NEWS) understands that the chartering of a Lear Jet, from Florida to Guyana and back for a medivac, would cost between US$35,000 (G$6M) and US$40,000 (G$8M).


On May 28, 2009, then President Jagdeo assented to the controversial Former Presidents (Benefits and Facilities) Bill bringing it into to law.
Under that Act, he would receive free medical attention and medical treatment, paid for by the state, or reimbursement of medical expenses incurred by him for the medical attention or treatment of himself and the dependant members of his family.

 

Guyanese Taxpayers would seems to be bearing the burden of this extravagance. This is like a bug sucking the blood of an impoverish nation.

FM

Wishing Jagdeo a speedy recovery.

 

 

Suffering like Kwame with Councie

is messed up & painful.

 

Hope they can fix the PPP,

Freedom House and the Govt

which suffering from Practicing Buggerism

with Black House of Isreal Thugs.

FM
Originally Posted by asj:

This publication (K NEWS) understands that the chartering of a Lear Jet, from Florida to Guyana and back for a medivac, would cost between US$35,000 (G$6M) and US$40,000 (G$8M).


On May 28, 2009, then President Jagdeo assented to the controversial Former Presidents (Benefits and Facilities) Bill bringing it into to law.
Under that Act, he would receive free medical attention and medical treatment, paid for by the state, or reimbursement of medical expenses incurred by him for the medical attention or treatment of himself and the dependant members of his family.

 

Guyanese Taxpayers would seems to be bearing the burden of this extravagance. This is like a bug sucking the blood of an impoverish nation.


This same burden on the taxpayers is afforded to all members of parliament, including Ramjattan. But think of the bright side of this, if Jagdeo passes away then the tax payers will be off the hook for future charges.

FM
Originally Posted by asj:

This publication (K NEWS) understands that the chartering of a Lear Jet, from Florida to Guyana and back for a medivac, would cost between US$35,000 (G$6M) and US$40,000 (G$8M).


On May 28, 2009, then President Jagdeo assented to the controversial Former Presidents (Benefits and Facilities) Bill bringing it into to law.
Under that Act, he would receive free medical attention and medical treatment, paid for by the state, or reimbursement of medical expenses incurred by him for the medical attention or treatment of himself and the dependant members of his family.

 

Guyanese Taxpayers would seems to be bearing the burden of this extravagance. This is like a bug sucking the blood of an impoverish nation.

Asj when we expose Dem Crab-Louse and the nasty disease

dem Jagdeo & Ramotar Funny Fellas does get vex.

FM
Originally Posted by BGurd_See:
Originally Posted by asj:

This publication (K NEWS) understands that the chartering of a Lear Jet, from Florida to Guyana and back for a medivac, would cost between US$35,000 (G$6M) and US$40,000 (G$8M).


On May 28, 2009, then President Jagdeo assented to the controversial Former Presidents (Benefits and Facilities) Bill bringing it into to law.
Under that Act, he would receive free medical attention and medical treatment, paid for by the state, or reimbursement of medical expenses incurred by him for the medical attention or treatment of himself and the dependant members of his family.

 

Guyanese Taxpayers would seems to be bearing the burden of this extravagance. This is like a bug sucking the blood of an impoverish nation.


This same burden on the taxpayers is afforded to all members of parliament, including Ramjattan. But think of the bright side of this, if Jagdeo passes away then the tax payers will be off the hook for future charges.

What about De Godey which is another burden.

Hope yuh fix it....

and recover soon.

FM

Honestly methinks that Guyana would have benefitted had he kicked the bucket, think of the drugs that the GPH would have been able to acquired and to save so many lives, with all  those unnecessary extravagance expenses.

 

Right now there is little or no drugs in all the Government Hospitals and Health Centers in Guyana.

FM
Originally Posted by Jungle Girl:

Georgetown Hospital not good enough?

By ensuring that there are no drugs in the Hospitals and the Health Centers, in Guyana, the Corrupt PPP/C Government is making sure that as many people as possible kick the bucket.  

FM

Dem boys seh…Me, You and Burnham payin fuh Jagdeo belly wuk........

February 24, 2014 | By | Filed Under Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News 

De holey book seh, de evil that men do lives after dem. Dem boys want fuh change wha de holey book seh to de evil dat men do lives within dem. De holey book also seh that de evil you do pun dis earth, you gun pay fuh it right hey. Dem boys seh yuh mus also suffer and Donald seh dat you must punish. Jagdeo nah raise dem nurse pay; he nah raise de pay fuh dem police who do all de hard wuk; he nah raise de pay fuh dem porter who had to push he pun de plane. He really put pressure pun de poor people of dis country. Instead he tek de poor people money and decide fuh build a big Marriott wha he, nor dat fat crook Brazzy or nobody else can explain to dis day. He done spend more than 30million US dollar pon a road to nowhere and yet de Amaila Falls project dry up and drop dead before it start. De Skeldon factory never get off de ground, he can’t explain de Sanata complex wha he give to de man wha follow he all around. As a matter of fact he can’t explain nothing and all de time is de poor people got to feel de squeeze. De last wicked thing he do before he lef office was give way de radio licence; in fact, de whole airwaves in Guyana. He give five channel to that same fake doctor who does follow he around every way he go including de toilet. He also give de man half of Guyana which dem boys plan to tek back anyhow by hook or by crook. And dem boys got de holey book pun dem side fuh this one. Jagdeo suh greedy and full ah he self dat he want bring a Specialty hospital fuh put dem other hospital out of business. but dem boys seh dat he could build how much hospital he want and put wha he want fuh put inside, nothing could save he. De Creator seh he is in control and when he call yuh name, you gat to answer; whether is Adam, Donald or Glenn, yuh can’t hide. You can even pass wha law you want, it nah gon save you. Imagine dis same Jagdeo pass a law dat he could call a special aircraft from America, Europe China or India if he sneeze two time or get diarrhea, and guess who gat fuh pay, is de poor people. Friday gone, he call fuh a plane dat cost $20 million fuh fly he to a hospital in Florida. But is not only de plane you payin fuh, you gat to pay another $20 million hospital bill plus another $20 million fuh he kavakamite friends dem, wha travelling with he and staying at dem fancy hotel. Ramotar use to cuss and seh how de law dat Jagdeo pass fuh give heself all dat benefits was too lavish. But when Granger and Ramjatan decide fuh chop it and send it fuh Donald sign, he refuse. Dem boys seh he now see and smelling de sweetness.  Jagdeo de refuse to give money to dem children who need heart surgery in India, but he was quick to claim de same money fuh he belly wuk and so call fever. He stay quiet and watch de hospital in India sue he wife fuh money she owe fuh dem poor children dat she de carry fuh surgery. Burnham dead right in Guyana. He didn’t got no special bill. Jagdeo behave like Burnham but he refuse to live like Burnham. Burnham didn’t have special plane fuh fly he to de States when he get belly wuk, he had to use de latrine. But Jagdeo can fly out with de snap of he fingers or de switch of a button, and guess who paying de bill, me, you and Burnham. Dem boys seh Cheddie used to cuss up Uncle Sam morning, noon and night, and is right deh he go and dead. Jagdeo cuss Uncle Sam every minute of de day but dem boys ain’t want he dead deh yet, but as Donald seh, he muss live fuh suffer and dem boys seh he muss punish before he dead. Talk half and watch Jagdeo and he retribution.





 

sachin_05
Originally Posted by asj:
Originally Posted by Jungle Girl:

Georgetown Hospital not good enough?

By ensuring that there are no drugs in the Hospitals and the Health Centers, in Guyana, the Corrupt PPP/C Government is making sure that as many people as possible kick the bucket.  

And instead of describing them as Corrupt seems like we can add murderous as well.

FM
Originally Posted by asj:

Honestly methinks that Guyana would have benefitted had he kicked the bucket, think of the drugs that the GPH would have been able to acquired and to save so many lives, with all  those unnecessary extravagance expenses.

 

Right now there is little or no drugs in all the Government Hospitals and Health Centers in Guyana.


Maybe karma kicking in? ahaha

FM
Originally Posted by Jalil:
Originally Posted by BGurd_See:
Originally Posted by asj:

This publication (K NEWS) understands that the chartering of a Lear Jet, from Florida to Guyana and back for a medivac, would cost between US$35,000 (G$6M) and US$40,000 (G$8M).


On May 28, 2009, then President Jagdeo assented to the controversial Former Presidents (Benefits and Facilities) Bill bringing it into to law.
Under that Act, he would receive free medical attention and medical treatment, paid for by the state, or reimbursement of medical expenses incurred by him for the medical attention or treatment of himself and the dependant members of his family.

 

Guyanese Taxpayers would seems to be bearing the burden of this extravagance. This is like a bug sucking the blood of an impoverish nation.


This same burden on the taxpayers is afforded to all members of parliament, including Ramjattan. But think of the bright side of this, if Jagdeo passes away then the tax payers will be off the hook for future charges.

What about De Godey which is another burden.

Hope yuh fix it....

and recover soon.

did you read the rules of the forum?

FM

QUOTE: "Jagdeo de refuse to give money to dem children who need heart surgery in India, but he was quick to claim de same money fuh he belly wuk and so call fever. He stay quiet and watch de hospital in India sue he wife fuh money she owe fuh dem poor children dat she de carry fuh surgery."

 

This was an injustice to Ms Varshnie Jagdeo who helped many Guyanese kids to get timely life-saving specialist treatment in India.

When the news broke that the Indian hospital had sued Varshnie, I called upon President Jagdeo and the government to step in and pony up funds to pay the outstanding hospital bills.

If my memory is functioning, then Health Minister Ramsammy offered some money.

FM
Originally Posted by raymond:
Originally Posted by Jalil:
Originally Posted by BGurd_See:
Originally Posted by asj:

This publication (K NEWS) understands that the chartering of a Lear Jet, from Florida to Guyana and back for a medivac, would cost between US$35,000 (G$6M) and US$40,000 (G$8M).


On May 28, 2009, then President Jagdeo assented to the controversial Former Presidents (Benefits and Facilities) Bill bringing it into to law.
Under that Act, he would receive free medical attention and medical treatment, paid for by the state, or reimbursement of medical expenses incurred by him for the medical attention or treatment of himself and the dependant members of his family.

 

Guyanese Taxpayers would seems to be bearing the burden of this extravagance. This is like a bug sucking the blood of an impoverish nation.


This same burden on the taxpayers is afforded to all members of parliament, including Ramjattan. But think of the bright side of this, if Jagdeo passes away then the tax payers will be off the hook for future charges.

What about De Godey which is another burden.

Hope yuh fix it....

and recover soon.

did you read the rules of the forum?

Ban he stupid Rass. Not able to read is no excuse.

Nehru

 

 

          Forum Moderator
 
         
          February 19, 2014 5:22 PM

btw, this is not the first time jalil has been suspended...

he was suspended before I was admin,

 

it's obvious his brand of intelligence appeals to some...

but rules are rules.

 

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

His xcellency De Onorable Judge Raymon,

What Brand of Intelligence were you referring to?

 

Those of us who were no fortunate to be part of

De Knowledge Sharing Institute...

want to know more about

De Brand of Intelligence....

 

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Remember KSI was only

a Personal Destructive tool

created by Odo

to Deal with Banning & Restrictions...

 

Fat-boy way of thinking is Irrelevant....

 

Banning or Control or KSI

did not make fatboy

a better, good or intelligent person.....

Or Did It?

 

Now Show Nehru.... 

how De KSI Intelligence wuk...

go ahead and Ban-um

FM
Last edited by Former Member
Originally Posted by Chief:

Wishing the  former President a speedy recovery.

are you joking not even the pope will pray for this man these dogs is a burden on the guyanese tax payers

FM

Is he gay or is he bi? Which Guyanese is 50 and not living with woman if he does not have a wife? This man is an anomaly in our society. He is also straight up the originator of the culture of corruption in the state.

 

Obviously, those people at the hospital will be googling to see who he is. I hope they know this is a man who lied to us that he had a wife. Varshnie said he put her out of their bedroom one week after their marriage and for years had her as his show wife.

 

That miserable critter was foisted on us by Janet and our people has since been host to this greedy parasite.

 

 

FM
Last edited by Former Member

Former First Lady Varshnie Singh yesterday said her nine-year marriage to President Bharrat Jagdeo was never registered.
The

Varshnie Singh

Varshnie Singh

couple were married according to Hindu rites in 1998 and Singh told reporters that there were at least three attempts to register the union. She said on the first two occasions the President said he had lost the forms. By the time third attempt was made, he had assumed the presidency and had informed her that he could not be subjected to court proceedings and with that in mind she took the decision not to sign any legal documents. Singh initially did not think there was a wilful attempt to stall the process but admitted harbouring doubts in retrospect.
Singh does not have a lawyer but she is considering engaging a local firm to represent her. However, she noted that the law stipulates that in the division of property, a woman in a common-law marriage is entitled to a share of the property acquired during the marriage. She said she was a housewife during the years in the marriage before she began work with the children’s charity, the Kids First Fund.


The couple split in 2007 and have been working on a settlement since then. But last Tuesday Singh went public with complaints she did not receive proper maintenance or care during the marriage and said the Office of the First Lady was a “myth.” The previous day she had been locked out of State House on the instructions of the President and told reporters at the news conference that she had no clothing apart from what she was wearing at the time. “That was hardest thing I ever had to do in my life,” she admitted yesterday.


Singh will return to the UK on Tuesday to conduct fundraising activities for the Kids First Fund. She will return to the country in April, but met with reporters yesterday to clarify aspects of her statement.


She said her decision to go public was a last resort and emphasised that she is a “private person” but she did not see any other way. “I didn’t want to do what I ended up having to do,” she explained. “It wasn’t a joyful thing to bare your soul to the nation.” She added that she thought going public could have been avoided if the couple had agreed on an amicable parting. “I wanted to avoid conflict because he is powerful and I am an ordinary person and even if I know I tell the truth it can be spun around.”
Asked to react to critics who might say she participated in a “sham” by remaining in the union, she said, “I would say guilty as charged, but I didn’t know what else I could do. She added that she tried every single year of the marriage to get the President to agree “to call it a day” and agree to a settlement.


She dismissed the suggestion that the union was a marriage of convenience, arranged to enhance the then junior minister’s candidacy to assume the presidency. She recounted that she first saw Jagdeo when he was still Finance Minister and made his first budget presentation to the National Assembly. They met the next year at a party fundraiser in the UK and a friendship subsequently developed, she said, noting that they had similar ideas about the development of the country. She admitted that Jagdeo was “anxious” for marriage, noting that although she had suggested an engagement he insisted on marriage. “…They say women drag men up the aisle − it was the other way around,” she said, adding that she was convinced the relationship was sincere: “I thought we were in love… It was a normal relationship.”


She said the first week into the marriage she was locked out of the couple’s bedroom. She could not explain the President’s behaviour, saying he was angry and she did not know why.


Singh noted that she had returned to UK in 1999, a year after the couple were married, to further her studies. She said she had resolved not to return but had been asked by Jagdeo to attend his swearing in when he assumed the presidency that year. She recalled a kind of “pressure,” with the elections having been dubbed by the opposition as rigged. Singh agreed to attend and arrived on the morning of the swearing in, travelling directly from the airport to the ceremony.


The next year, the case that led to her creation of the Kids First Fund presented itself and she was unable to leave, although she had initially planned to hand over the organisation to someone else. “I kind of got stuck,” she said.


Explaining the decision to remove Singh from State House, President Jagdeo in a statement said it was expected that she would have left State House when they announced their separation. He pointed out that at the end of his tenure as president in 2011 he would also have to leave the residence. He explained that he was “forced” to make a “painful decision” and take steps to have Singh leave, since she refused to do so despite numerous promises.


In response to Singh’s charges that he denied her access to resources to support her charity work, the President said that he made it clear to her on more than one occasion that the resources of the state could not be used to support the work of a private charity. “…I sought to keep a certain distance from it so as to avoid accusations that the fund was benefiting from the patronage of the state because of the presence of my wife,” Jagdeo said, adding that it would be unethical for him to allow it. “She was therefore free to undertake her work with the clear understanding, as she acknowledges, that there were to be no special favours involved.”
On the division of assets, Jagdeo said the issue was jointly discussed with his lawyer and he showed her copies of his declaration of income and assets to the Integrity Commission over the period that they were together. “I am prepared to meet all my obligations to her provided for by the laws of Guyana,” he declared, adding that he could not meet her demands to hand over government lands and other assets and provide duty and VAT-free concessions as part of the settlement. He said Singh could access these as any other eligible Guyanese citizen.

FM
Originally Posted by Danyael:

Is he gay or is he bi? Which Guyanese is 50 and not living with woman if he does not have a wife? This man is an anomaly in our society. He is also straight up the originator of the culture of corruption in the state.

 

Obviously, those people at the hospital will be googling to see who he is. I hope they know this is a man who lied to us that he had a wife. Varshnie said he put her out of their bedroom one week after their marriage and for years had her as his show wife.

 

That miserable critter was foisted on us by Janet and our people has since been host to this greedy parasite.

 

 


Under his stewardship, Drugs running in Guyana became so acute that the National Air Carrier (GAC) was fined so many a times in the USA, and no one was brought to Justice no one was put before the courts of Guyana, eventually GAC had to fold up. Guyana became a marked Country.

FM
Originally Posted by Jalil:

 

 

          Forum Moderator
 
         
          February 19, 2014 5:22 PM

btw, this is not the first time jalil has been suspended...

he was suspended before I was admin,

 

it's obvious his brand of intelligence appeals to some...

but rules are rules.

 

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

His xcellency De Onorable Judge Raymon,

What Brand of Intelligence were you referring to?

 

Those of us who were no fortunate to be part of

De Knowledge Sharing Institute...

want to know more about

De Brand of Intelligence....

 

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Remember KSI was only

a Personal Destructive tool

created by Odo

to Deal with Banning & Restrictions...

 

Fat-boy way of thinking is Irrelevant....

 

Banning or Control or KSI

did not make fatboy

a better, good or intelligent person.....

Or Did It?

 

Now Show Nehru.... 

how De KSI Intelligence wuk...

go ahead and Ban-um

Are you insinuating that our good fellah Ray de Moderator was a former KSI honcho?

Kari
Originally Posted by Jungle Girl:

Georgetown Hospital not good enough?

Well, if Guyana hospital is not good enough for Nigel Hughes, Debora Becker, and other government officials, why should it be good enough for a former president?

 

FM
Originally Posted by Cobra:
Originally Posted by Jungle Girl:

Georgetown Hospital not good enough?

Well, if Guyana hospital is not good enough for Nigel Hughes, Debora Becker, and other government officials, why should it be good enough for a former president?

 

i guess a snake cannot think fool who is the government that is responsible for the GTH 

FM
Originally Posted by warrior:
Originally Posted by Cobra:
Originally Posted by Jungle Girl:

Georgetown Hospital not good enough?

Well, if Guyana hospital is not good enough for Nigel Hughes, Debora Becker, and other government officials, why should it be good enough for a former president?

 

i guess a snake cannot think fool who is the government that is responsible for the GTH 

The Guyana Government has  been spending hundreds of millions and billions on this Hospital every year and yet one cannot see how this money has been spend, if the Hospital is not fit for a President, not fit for a minister, not fit for anyone of high position, then why call it a hospital, why not a whore house, they might very well close it down, because it seems like someone in the Government is thieving the money instead of spending it on the Hospital.

FM
Originally Posted by BGurd_See:

If the opposition had not blocked the Indian speciality hospital at Turkeyen, the tax payers would have been saved 40K US for a private plane.

LOL! Only wan jackass will say that.

FM
Originally Posted by Kapadilla:
Originally Posted by BGurd_See:

If the opposition had not blocked the Indian speciality hospital at Turkeyen, the tax payers would have been saved 40K US for a private plane.

LOL! Only wan jackass will say that.

A Jackass with a Godey maybe.....

FM
Originally Posted by BGurd_See:

If the opposition had not blocked the Indian speciality hospital at Turkeyen, the tax payers would have been saved 40K US for a private plane.

Like your goadee bang your head. BTW, the specialty hospital wouldn't do goadees.

Mitwah
Originally Posted by BGurd_See:

If the opposition had not blocked the Indian speciality hospital at Turkeyen, the tax payers would have been saved 40K US for a private plane.

you wan ass

FM
Originally Posted by Kari:
 

Are you insinuating that our good fellah Ray de Moderator was a former KSI honcho?

 

I aint insinuating a dam thing...

Just let dem deal with de Truth....

Dem KSI Graduates like carry themselves

with a chip pun dem shoulder....

Nuff talk about

dem Superior Brand of Intelligence...

and Ban-am, Burn-am, Ban-am

FM
Originally Posted by Danyael:

Is he gay or is he bi? Which Guyanese is 50 and not living with woman if he does not have a wife? This man is an anomaly in our society. He is also straight up the originator of the culture of corruption in the state.

 

Obviously, those people at the hospital will be googling to see who he is. I hope they know this is a man who lied to us that he had a wife. Varshnie said he put her out of their bedroom one week after their marriage and for years had her as his show wife.

 

That miserable critter was foisted on us by Janet and our people has since been host to this greedy parasite.

 

 

It's common knowledge the Jagdeo has an alternative life style. No one questions his sexuality. 

FM
Originally Posted by Chief:

jALIL 

pLEASE HAVE SOME RESPECT FOR THE SICK pRESIDENT?

Chief respect fuh De Sick President....Fine.

 

Chief, If you were the one sick like da,

Who would you chose to escort you pon de Learjet.

Manni, Bobby or Kwame????? 

FM
Originally Posted by Jalil:
Originally Posted by Kari:
 

Are you insinuating that our good fellah Ray de Moderator was a former KSI honcho?

 

I aint insinuating a dam thing...

Just let dem deal with de Truth....

Dem KSI Graduates like carry themselves

with a chip pun dem shoulder....

Nuff talk about

dem Superior Brand of Intelligence...

and Ban-am, Burn-am, Ban-am

Hmmmmmmmmmmmm! dilchasp! dilchasp!

Mitwah

Jagdeo benefits from pension package

FEBRUARY 25, 2014 | BY  | FILED UNDER NEWS 

…state to foot multi-million-dollar medical cost

Former President, Bharrat Jagdeo, is a private citizen and can choose to seek medical help wherever he wants, said Minister of Health, Bheri Ramsaran.

Former President, Bharrat Jagdeo

Former President, Bharrat Jagdeo

Dr. Ramsaran was not at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) when Jagdeo was medivacced to a Florida Hospital, reportedly suffering from persistent fever, vomiting and diarrhea.
Dr. Ramsaran said, yesterday, that he was unaware of Jagdeo’s ailment. He added that while he is close to the former President, he does not have to answer to Jagdeo anymore.
According to Dr. Ramsaran, he was only made aware of the President’s ailment through media reports.
He described the former President’s ailment as a private matter.
Asked repeatedly about the fact that it is the state that would have to foot the bill for Jagdeo’s treatment, the Minister maintained that it is a ‘private matter’.
Asked whether the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), could have dealt with Jagdeo’s fever, vomiting and diarrhea, the Minister said that this is possible, but was adamant that he was unaware of what was afflicting the former President and as such could not offer a comment.
He said that like any private citizen, Jagdeo is entitled to choose wherever he wants to seek medical attention.
Jagdeo was flown to a Florida Hospital, Friday evening and accompanying him was Dr. Ranjisinghi ‘Bobby’ Ramroop, who was described as his best friend.
How long he has had this condition is still to be ascertained.
A privately-owned Lear jet out of Fort Lauderdale, Florida landed at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) shortly after 21:00 hours Friday night to medivac Jagdeo to the United States.
His entourage, comprising Dr. Ramroop and his security detail arrived at the airport at 22:00 hours that night. The aircraft took off for Florida at 22:30 hours.
This publication understands that the chartering of a Lear Jet, from Florida to Guyana and back for a medivac, would cost between US$35,000 ($7M) and US$40,000 ($8M).
In May, 2009, then President Jagdeo assented to the controversial Former Presidents (Benefits and Facilities) Bill bringing it into to law.
Under that Act, he would receive free medical attention and medical treatment, paid for by the state, or reimbursement of medical expenses incurred by him for the medical attention or treatment of himself and the dependant members of his family.
Jagdeo became Guyana’s youngest ever President when his predecessor Janet Jagan demitted office in 1999.
During his term in office Jagdeo initiated many controversial projects, among them the Amaila Falls Hydro-electric Project, the Marriott Hotel project, the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) Expansion Project and the failed Skeldon Modernisation Project.

Mars

Quote "Asked whether the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), could have dealt with Jagdeo’s fever, vomiting and diarrhea, the Minister said that this is possible, but was adamant that he was unaware of what was afflicting the former President and as such could not offer a comment."unquote

 

That would have been doing Guyana a favor, as GPHC could have very well killed him. Better for all concerned.

FM

Add Reply

×
×
×
×
×
Link copied to your clipboard.
×
×