In Region Four…
CAMPBELLVILLE Health Centre in Georgetown is undergoing an $8.4M rehabilitation in keeping with the subject Ministry’s aim to improve existing facilities countrywide.
Other smaller centres in Region Four (Demerara/Mahaica) are also being rehabilitated as they are seen as the “essence of primary health care,” Minister in the Ministry of Health Dr. Bheri Ramsaran said Friday when he explained that the one in Campbellville is the most frequented in the City.

As a result, Sophia Health Centre was established to alleviate some of the pressure from the Campbellville Centre but the load has not significantly decreased, as more persons are utilising the former, he pointed out.

Ramsaran said, in light of that experience, Campbellville is being renovated to upgrade its facilities and provide better quality services.
Including in the overall expansion project, the upper flat, which once housed a municipal day care facility, is now facilitating the Environmental Health Assistance Programme and the Medex Training Programme, previously conducted at Liliendaal, East Coast Demerara.

Ramsaran said the graduates emerging from the New Pathway Medex Training Programme will also serve their required residency at Campbellville, to allow them easier access and to familiarise themselves with the procedures and practices of health workers.
“This will become a small branch for niche training and we will be adding to the list of specialised training programmes already offered here,” he stated.
Other similar works taking place in Region Four are ongoing at Craig and Soesdyke health centres, both on the East Bank of Demerara.
Ramsaran said, at Craig, the fence is being repaired and the upstairs of the building is being adjusted to be utilised for lectures.
He said the place was in a severely run down condition and $8M has also been allocated for expenditure on it.
Ramsaran said the Soesdyke clinic is strategically located and the Government has allocated a significant sum of money for use there, as well, including to be spent on the medexes living quarters.
“The key health centres are being repaired to facilitate the influx of health care providers,” he said.