Building the state of the art Linden Hospital Complex on Casaurina and Riverside Drives, Linden, was always touted as the best location, considering its proximity to the Demerara River, which provides easy access to residents all across Region 10.But according to residents living in the riverain communities and West Watooka, it is apparent that no thought was given to erecting facilities for mooring boats, and for passengers to disembark. Residents of the West Watooka community, which faces the hospital from the Wismar Shore, have complained bitterly about the ‘hardship’ to get to the hospital despite living in such close proximity to the facility.“Imagine we live right across the river from the hospital, and yet despite the fact that some of us have boats,Cheap Jerseys From China Online, we still got to pay taxis,Discount NFL Jerseys, sometimes a thousand dollars or more to get to the hospital.“We got to take the roundabout way across the bridge, and pay these ridiculous fares, when we could easily just cross the river in our boats. That wouldn’t take us ten minutes- And the thing is we wouldn’t have to pay a cent,China Jerseys,” a concerned resident said.There are others that have questioned the wisdom of building a hospital close to the river affording easy accessibility to residents of riverain communities, but neglecting to erect a facility for disembarking and “landing” boats.Residents of both the Upper and Lower Demerara River communities have complained about this issue.“Right now when we have a sick to take to the hospital, we have to drive past the hospital,NFL Jerseys China, go to one of the boat landings,NFL Jerseys Cheap, and then catch a car from there to get to the hospital. We have to do this. How you gon get a sick person out of a boat, when there is not even a bridge or anything to walk on?“The next thing you know you might try getting out, and you and the person in the river, because the place don’t even be clear that you could get a good footing. Is a set of grass and brambles you would got to trudge through. So it ain’t make no sense stopping there.“This whole thing is nonsense, because what’s the use you say you build the hospital near the river,Cheap NFL Jerseys, and river people got to moor their boats somewhere else and pay money to catch taxi to come to the hospital?” an Upper Demerara River resident lamented.In direct contrast to what existed during the early days of the old Mackenzie Hospital, when the riverside was equipped with a jetty complete with steps on both sides, to facilitate ‘river people’, the present modern facility has nothing of the sort.Only the skeleton of the old jetty dots the ‘riverscape’.