Henry Greene collapses ahead of mother’s funeral

Former Police Commissioner Henry Greene was yesterday rushed to a city

The casket bearing the remains of Mrs Irene Greene in the church

hospital after complaining of severe chest pains.
Greene was admitted to hospital before noon and could not attend the funeral of his mother, whose body was brought back to Guyana for burial.
The woman, Mrs. Irene Enid Greene, passed away on April 20, in Ohio, USA.  She was 83. She died on the same day, April 20, last, that President Donald Ramotar accepted  Greene’s request to retire.
Greene’s offer to retire was submitted to Cabinet Secretary Dr Roger Luncheon on April 19.
So far details of Greene’s illness remain sketchy but there was speculation that it might have been a heart attack. He was reportedly at home preparing for his mother’s funeral.
The funeral service took place at First Assemblies of God Church, D’Urban Street, Wortmanville. Among those at the funeral service were, the former Commissioner’s brothers and sisters and senior officers of the Guyana Police Force.
Greene, 58, was hospitalized last year for an undisclosed illness.
He stepped down as police commissioner amidst public pressure for him to do so following a bitter scandal in which a woman alleged that he had raped her in a city hote