IN view of the Albouystown clinic being out of operation for many months now, Chief Health Visitor for the Georgetown municipality Welfare Centres, Berris Springer, and team paid a visit to the community last weekend.Speaking with the Guyana Chronicle, Springer said the medical outreach was part of the M&CC’s plan for 2017 to take health services to various communities in need. Apart from this, she said this community was especially chosen because the health centre is still under repairs.

Although the residents can access the services at the Dorothy Bailey Health Centre in the meantime, Springer noted that transportation poses a problem to many of them.

During the outreach at the masjid on La Penitence Street, the team offered such services as medical screening, dental health, screening for pre-cancerous cells, HIV testing and dissemination of information for other health conditions, including diabetes and hypertension.

Springer’s team saw over 100 persons, and the entire staff did not remain at this location, but some members went into the community to look for those who needed certain vaccines.

She said the M&CC will be looking to visit other locations and that once the clinic is back in operation, more services will be added there.

Public Relations Officer, Debra Lewis, offered that the clinic should be repaired in April, noting that the money is coming solely from taxes.