15 Tuschen man GDF recruit dies during found dead on bed training exercise NEWS
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2020 | GUYANATIMESGY.COM
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he lifeless body of a 54-year-old man was found on his bed inside an apartment that he occupied at Tuschen Housing Scheme, East Bank Essequibo (EBE) on Wednesday. Azad Khan was last seen about 07:00h by his landlord before he left for work. However, about 17:30h, when his landlord returned home and attempted to contact Khan, his efforts proved futile. Thinking that something was amiss, the landlord looked through the bedroom window of the apartment Khan was renting and saw him lying motionless. An alarm was raised and
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Police were summoned to the scene. The body was examined by detectives, but no marks of violence were found. However, Police observed matter regurgitated from the stomach on his bed and in his mouth.
Khan was taken to the Leonora Cottage Hospital, where he was pronounced dead by a doctor on duty. His body was subsequently taken to the Ezekiel Funeral Home to await a post-mortem. The investigations continue.
young recruit of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) died on Thursday at the Georgetown Public Hospital after he fell ill during training in the Basic Recruit course. He has been identified as 20-year-old Orwin Reynolds. The GDF in a statement explained that the recruit was deemed fit for military training by the Force’s Medical Officer having successfully
passed the Army’s Medical Examination. However, two weeks into training, Reynolds started complaining of feeling unwell and was treated according to his symptoms by GDF medical personnel. The GDF said all internal protocols for the delivery of medical care were followed prior to his transfer to the Georgetown Public Hospital, where Reynolds later succumbed. The GDF did not reveal the cause of death, but ex-
Dead: Orwin Reynolds
tended condolences to the parents, siblings, and other relatives of the dead recruit.
