The project was executed by the U.S. Southern Command Team (New Horizons) in conjunction with the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) at a cost of US$350,000.

The facility will be staffed with trained doctors from Cuba along with other support personnel while the supply and installation of medical and other furnishings will be provided by the Regional Health Services Department, Ministry of Health.

The centre which is located at Lot 1 Mayor and City Council Reserve, Vlissengen Road, formerly ‘punt trench’ will provide services in the medical field including in the areas of dentistry and optometry.

The New Horizons Guyana programme seeks to strengthen U.S. relations with partner nations in Central and South America through combined quality-of-life improvement projects.

The programme entails several projects which are being undertaken at a cost of US$9M. These include the rehabilitation of a school at Timehri, East Bank Demerara, which was previously built by the Mission, the construction of a nursery school at Bel Air and a health centre at East La Penitence.

The mission has also collaborated with the Health Ministry to provide free medical and dental care to Guyanese through various medical outreaches conducted at the Timehri Primary School, Diamond Secondary and the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC).

The New Horizon is the third mission to conduct projects in Guyana. Earlier in 2009 there was the Operation Southern Partner programme; a military-to-military exchange programme. Continuing Promise 2009, a medical mission aboard the USNS Comfort mission also visited the country.