President joins St. John’s Day celebrationPRESIDENT David Granger joined the members of the St. John’s Association of Guyana to observe St. John’s Day at State House on Sunday.
The President held a thanksgiving service which was facilitated by Father Malcolm Rodrigues of the association.

Members of the association celebrated the occasion by reading scriptures from the Bible and singing hymns melodiously.

The association has trained thousands of persons, including joint services ranks in the area of first-aid, home-nursing, patient care, ambulance training and disaster preparedness.
President Granger in his message on St. John’s Day had applauded the association for serving the people of Guyana selflessly for 85 years.

“The association’s sustained work in providing ambulatory, disaster response, emergency, first-aid medical care and public health education, training and services has been commendable,” said the president.

He said Guyana is a country of 10 administrative regions and he believes that it is the association’s mission to ensure that every region in the country – both on the coastland and hinterland – has the capacity to provide emergency healthcare services.

“I call on all citizens, communities, corporations and local democratic organs to support the association’s invaluable work. Every household, business place, community and neighbourhood should have persons trained in emergency medical care, so as to ensure a timely and effective response to health emergencies,” the president said.
St John is the patron saint of the St. John’s Association – the international organisation known for its charitable, humanitarian and civic work.